Bitter Ending

Bitter Ending is a recording of a work for eight voices composed by Andre Hodeir as commissioned by Ward Swingle. The work is performed by the Swingle Singers with a jazz quintet. This was the last work by Hodeir and is inspired by James Joyce's Finnegans Wake

Personnel
The Swingle Singers:
 * Roger Guérin – trumpet
 * Pierre Gossez – saxophone
 * Jean-Louis Chautemps – saxophone
 * Jacques (Jacky) Cavallero – double bass
 * Marcel Sabiani – drums
 * Christiane Legrand – soprano
 * Nicole Darde – soprano
 * Hélène Devos – alto
 * Claudine Meunier – alto
 * Ward Swingle – tenor, arranger
 * Joseph Noves – tenor
 * Jean Cussac – bass
 * José Germain – bass