THE SWINGLE SINGERS

Third Stream / Pop/Art Song/Folk / Vocal Jazz • France
Jazz music community with review and forums
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS picture
Originally a French vocal band, founded in 1962 by Ward Swingle, specialized in singing classical songs with a capella/jazz arrangement. They were very popular in the USA, they won 3 Grammy Awards in 1964 and 1965. The French group disbanded in 1973, Ward went to England where he formed Swingle II with an expanded repertoire, he continued actively with the group until 1985. The Swingle Singers have continued, with various new members and with Ward as musical advisor, to this day.

The original double-quartet: Alto: Alice Herald - Anne Germain Soprano: Christiane Legrand - Jeanette Baucomont Tenor: Claude Germain - Ward Swingle (Arranger) Bass: Jean Cussac - José Germain

The current members are: Sopranos: Sara Brimer, Joanna Goldsmith-Eteson Altos: Clare Wheeler, Lucy Bailey Tenors: Christopher Jay, Richard Eteson (- 3/2010) Basses: Tobias Hug, Kevin Fox

They have performd and record under the names The Swingles, The New Swingle Singers and
read more...
Thanks to snobb for the addition

THE SWINGLE SINGERS Online Videos

See all THE SWINGLE SINGERS videos

Buy THE SWINGLE SINGERS music

More places to buy jazz & THE SWINGLE SINGERS music

THE SWINGLE SINGERS Discography

THE SWINGLE SINGERS albums / top albums

THE  SWINGLE SINGERS Bach's Greatest Hits album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Bach's Greatest Hits
Third Stream 1963
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS Swinging Mozart (aka Anyone For Mozart) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Swinging Mozart (aka Anyone For Mozart)
Third Stream 1964
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS Les Swingle Singers Sing... Bach, Handel, Vivaldi (aka Going Baroque) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Les Swingle Singers Sing... Bach, Handel, Vivaldi (aka Going Baroque)
Third Stream 1964
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS Les Romantiques (aka Getting Romantic) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Les Romantiques (aka Getting Romantic)
Third Stream 1965
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS Swingle Singers, The / The Modern Jazz Quartet : Place Vendôme (aka Encounter: The Swingle Singers Perform With The Modern Jazz Quartet) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Swingle Singers, The / The Modern Jazz Quartet : Place Vendôme (aka Encounter: The Swingle Singers Perform With The Modern Jazz Quartet)
Vocal Jazz 1966
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS Swingling Telemann (aka Rococo Á Go Go) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Swingling Telemann (aka Rococo Á Go Go)
Third Stream 1966
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS Les Swingles Singers - Ein Porträt (aka Jazz Sebastian Bach aka Swingle Bach Style) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Les Swingles Singers - Ein Porträt (aka Jazz Sebastian Bach aka Swingle Bach Style)
Third Stream 1966
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS Concerto D'aranjuez - Sounds Of Spain (aka Spanish Masters) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Concerto D'aranjuez - Sounds Of Spain (aka Spanish Masters)
Third Stream 1967
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS Christmas With The Swingle Singers (aka Christmas Album aka Chistmastime aka Noëls Sans Passeport) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Christmas With The Swingle Singers (aka Christmas Album aka Chistmastime aka Noëls Sans Passeport)
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1968
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS Jazz Sébastien Bach, Le Volume 2 (aka Back To Bach) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Sébastien Bach, Le Volume 2 (aka Back To Bach)
Third Stream 1969
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS Swinging Bach album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Swinging Bach
Third Stream 1974
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS Swingle Skyliner album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Swingle Skyliner
Vocal Jazz 1979
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS Swing The Classics album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Swing The Classics
Third Stream 1980
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS Chameleon album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Chameleon
Vocal Jazz 1984
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS Reflections album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Reflections
Vocal Jazz 1987
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS The Bach Album album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Bach Album
Third Stream 1990
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS A Cappella Amadeus - A Mozart Celebration album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Cappella Amadeus - A Mozart Celebration
Third Stream 1991
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS Around The World - Folk Music - An A Cappela Song Collection album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Around The World - Folk Music - An A Cappela Song Collection
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1991
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS 1812 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
1812
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1995
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS The Story Of Christmas album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Story Of Christmas
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1998
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS Beauty And The Beatbox album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Beauty And The Beatbox
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2007
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS Ferris Wheels album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ferris Wheels
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2009

THE SWINGLE SINGERS EPs & splits

THE SWINGLE SINGERS live albums

THE  SWINGLE SINGERS 'Live' In New York album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
'Live' In New York
Vocal Jazz 1982
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS Retrospective: The 40th Anniversary Show album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Retrospective: The 40th Anniversary Show
Third Stream 2003

THE SWINGLE SINGERS demos, promos, fans club and other releases (no bootlegs)

THE SWINGLE SINGERS re-issues & compilations

THE  SWINGLE SINGERS Les Swingle Singers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Les Swingle Singers
Third Stream 1967
THE  SWINGLE SINGERS Best Of The Classic Years album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Best Of The Classic Years
Third Stream 2003

THE SWINGLE SINGERS singles (0)

THE SWINGLE SINGERS movies (DVD, Blu-Ray or VHS)

THE SWINGLE SINGERS Reviews

No THE SWINGLE SINGERS music reviews posted yet.

THE SWINGLE SINGERS Movies Reviews

No THE SWINGLE SINGERS movie reviews posted yet.

THE SWINGLE SINGERS Shouts

Please login to post a shout
No shouts posted yet. Be the first member to do so above!

JMA TOP 5 Jazz ALBUMS

Rating by members, ranked by custom algorithm
Albums with 30 ratings and more
A Love Supreme Post Bop
JOHN COLTRANE
Buy this album from our partners
Kind of Blue Cool Jazz
MILES DAVIS
Buy this album from our partners
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Progressive Big Band
CHARLES MINGUS
Buy this album from our partners
Blue Train Hard Bop
JOHN COLTRANE
Buy this album from our partners
My Favorite Things Hard Bop
JOHN COLTRANE
Buy this album from our partners

New Jazz Artists

New Jazz Releases

Cabaret Eclectic Fusion
MARIUS NESET
Buy this album from MMA partners
Living Ghosts Post-Fusion Contemporary
MICHAEL WOLLNY
Buy this album from MMA partners
Live at Donte's, Vol. 1 Vocal Jazz
MIKE CAMPBELL
Buy this album from MMA partners
Sunday Afternoon Fusion
FURIO DI CASTRI
Buy this album from MMA partners
São Paulo Creative 4 : Supernova Avant-Garde Jazz
IVO PERELMAN
Buy this album from MMA partners
More new releases

New Jazz Online Videos

Sunday afternoon
FURIO DI CASTRI
snobb· 3 hours ago
Harmônicos
FABIANO DO NASCIMENTO
js· 18 hours ago
Con Alma
GENE BERTONCINI
js· 21 hours ago
Our Walk (Live)
BEN MARKLEY
js· 22 hours ago
More videos

New JMA Jazz Forum Topics

More in the forums

New Site interactions

More...

Latest Jazz News

members-submitted

More in the forums

Social Media

Follow us