Swingle Singers,... Released 2000–2005 Recorded 1963–1972 Length ~5 hours (~1 hour per 2 CD release) Label Philips / Emarcy
The 2005 Philips boxed set , Swingle Singers Swingle Singers ' recordings made for Philips between 1963 and 1972. Ten of the eleven disks included in this boxed set had also been re-issued previously by Philips (Emarcy) in five "two-fer" compilation sets over the preceding five years.
Personnel
The Swingle Singers = 8 voices: 2 sopranos, 2 altos, 2 tenors and 2 basses (accompanied by only a drummer and double bassist[1]
Christiane Legrand – sopranoJeanette Baucomont – soprano (1963–1968)
Nicole Darde – soprano (1969–1972)
Claudine Meunier – alto[2]
Anne Germain – alto (1963–1965)[3]
Alice Herald – alto (1965–1966)
Hélène Devos – alto (1967–1972)
Ward Swingle – tenor, arrangerClaude Germain – tenor (1963–1966)
Joseph Noves – tenor (1967–1972)
Jean Cussac – bassJean Claude Briodin – bass (1963–1964)
José Germain – bass (1965–1972) Rhythm section:[1]
Andre Arpino – drums (1963)
Gus Wallez – drums (1963–1964)
Daniel Humair – drums (1965–1968)
Bernard Lubat – drums (1968)
Roger Fugen – drums (1969–1972)
Pierre Michelot – double bass (1963)
Guy Pedersen – double bass (1964–1968)
Jacky Cavallero – double bass (1969–1972) The Modern Jazz Quartet (on Encounter / Place Vendôme only):
