Swingle Singers (Philips boxed set)

The 2005 Philips boxed set, Swingle Singers is a compilation of all eleven of the Paris-based 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.

Contents

 * Disk 1: Jazz Sébastien Bach a.k.a. Bach's Greatest Hits (1963)
 * Disk 2: Jazz Sébastien Bach Vol. 2 a.k.a. Back to Bach (1968)
 * Disk 3: Noëls Sans Passeport a.k.a. Christmastime (1968)
 * Disk 4: Going Baroque / de Bach aux Baroques (1964)
 * Disk 5: Swinging Mozart a.k.a. Anyone for Mozart? (1965)
 * Disk 6: Les Romantiques a.k.a. Getting Romantic (1965)
 * Disk 7: Swingling Telemann a.k.a. Rococo Á Go Go (1966)
 * Disk 8: Les Quatre Saisons a.k.a. The Joy of Singing (1972)
 * Disk 9: Sounds of Spain: Concerto d'Aranjuez a.k.a. Spanish Masters (1967)
 * Disk 10: American Look (1969)
 * Disk 11: Place Vendôme a.k.a. Encounter (1966)

Personnel
The Swingle Singers = 8 voices: 2 sopranos, 2 altos, 2 tenors and 2 basses (accompanied by only a drummer and double bassist ) Rhythm section: The Modern Jazz Quartet (on Encounter / Place Vendôme only):
 * Christiane Legrand – soprano
 * Jeanette Baucomont – soprano (1963–1968)
 * Nicole Darde – soprano (1969–1972)
 * Claudine Meunier – alto
 * Anne Germain – alto (1963–1965)
 * Alice Herald – alto (1965–1966)
 * Hélène Devos – alto (1967–1972)
 * Ward Swingle – tenor, arranger
 * Claude Germain – tenor (1963–1966)
 * Joseph Noves – tenor (1967–1972)
 * Jean Cussac – bass
 * Jean Claude Briodin – bass (1963–1964)
 * José Germain – bass (1965–1972)
 * 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)
 * John Lewis – piano
 * Milt Jackson – vibraphone
 * Percy Heath – double bass
 * Connie Kay – drums