The Swingle Singers
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Biography
[Edit]A French vocal group famed for tackling all manner of classical material (Baroque, fugues, madrigals, orchestral overtures) and switching them to an a cappella swing setting, the Swingle Singers was formed in Paris during the early '60s by American expatriate Ward Swingle. By the time of their 1963 album debut, the group comprised eight voices — Swingle, Christiane Legrand (sister of Michel), Jean-Claude Briodin, Anne Germain, Claude Germaine, Jean Cussac, Claudine Meunier and Jeanette Baucomont. That album, Jazz Sebastian Bach (titled Bach's Greatest Hits in America), earned the group a Grammy award and almost made the Top Ten.
The novelty inherent in an eight-voice scatting choir resulted in dozens of television and radio appearances around the world during the mid-'60s. Somehow, the group also managed to record follow-up LPs Going Baroque in 1964 and Anyone for Mozart? one year later. Both were Grammy winners as well — though Best Performance by a Chorus definitely wasn't the most competitive category at the awards ceremony. In an era when vocal choruses increasingly slipped down the easy listening slope, however, the Swingle Singers moved in precisely the opposite direction. In 1969, a subsidiary group called Swingles II premiered Sinfonia, a composition by the avant-garde composer Luciano Berio that also utilized the New York Philharmonic.
After a move to England in 1973, Ward Swingle recruited a new Swingle Singers and changed musical direction, incorporating material from the avant-garde as well as the Renaissance era and jazz. Swingle himself retired from active performance in 1984, but continued on as music director. The group continued to tour the world into the '90s, performing operas by Azio Corghi and Berio, appearing in compositions with ballet companies, and holding various classes and workshops as well.
Title: A Capella Christmas Favourites
Artist: The Swingle Singers, The King'S Singers
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: The Swingle Singers
Artist: The Swingle Singers
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Orchestral, Pop, Orchestral
Title: The Swingle Singers Sing Irving Berlin
Artist: The Swingle Singers
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, A Cappella
Title: Place Vendome
Artist: The Modern Jazz Quartet, The Swingle Singers
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Rock, Pop
Title: Christmastime
Artist: The Swingle Singers
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Back to Bach: A Capella Baroque Masterpieces
Artist: The Swingle Singers
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: Anyone for Mozart, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi?
Artist: The Swingle Singers
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: Back to Bach: Acapella Baroque Masterpieces
Artist: The Swingle Singers
Title: A Tribute to the Beatles - Ticket To Ride
Artist: The Swingle Singers
Genre: Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Beauty & the Beatbox
Artist: Shlomo, The Swingle Singers, The Vocal Orchestra
Genre: Classical
Title: Bach Hits Back - A Cappella Amadeus
Artist: The Swingle Singers
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Choral
Collections
Title: Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas
Genre: Jazz
Title: Sing 8: Too Cubed (A Cappella)
Genre: Pop
Title: Music from Gangs of New York & The Departed
Genre: Pop
Title: 50 Ultimate Chillout Classics
Genre:
Title: Baby Deli - Mozart II
Genre:
Title: Classic Mix, Vol. 2
Genre:
Title: O' Christmas Tree
Genre:
Title: The A Cappella Collection
Genre:
Title: The Most Relaxing Bach Album In The World... Ever!
Genre:
Title: Great Secular Choral Works
Genre:
Title: Sing 7: Lucky (A Cappella)
Genre: Pop
Title: Vocal Nocturne
Genre:
Title: No. 1 Christmas Choir Album
Genre: Pop
Title: Christmas Acapella
Genre:
Title: Merry Christmas (3CD Econopak)
Genre:
Title: 50 Ultimate Choral Classics
Genre:
Title: Jazz To The World: A Christmas Collection
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Best Adagio Voices (CD4)
Genre: Classical
Title: An A Cappella Tribute To The Beatles
Genre: A Cappella
Title: Romantic Voices (CD01)
Genre: Classical
Title: Cool Jazz Christmas Hits
Genre: Jazz
Title: Autour De Minuit - Sweet Dreams
Genre: Jazz
Title: World Classical 3. Modern Treatment (CD1)
Genre: Instrumental, Classical, Instrumental
Title: Melodic Souvenirs
Genre: Rock
Title: The French Dispatch (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Björk In Jazz / Bjork In Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Cosy Autumn Jazz (CD1)
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: The Holdovers (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Bjork In Jazz: A Jazz Tribute To Bjork
Genre: Contemporary Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Featuring albums
Title: Milk (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Danny Elfman
Title: Fila Brazillia
Artist: Fila Brazillia, The Infesticons
Genre: Downtempo, Trip Hop, Electronica, Soul, Indie Rock, Disco, Funk, Experimental
Title: The Square (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: La lutte des classes (Bande originale du film)
Artist: Guillaume Atlan
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Theatre/Soundtrack