Bitter Ending
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| Released | 1972 | |||
| Length | ~30 minutes | |||
| Label | Epic 80544 | |||
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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[1]
Personnel
[edit]- Roger Guérin – trumpet
- Pierre Gossez – saxophone
- Jean-Louis Chautemps – saxophone
- Jacques (Jacky) Cavallero – double bass
- Marcel Sabiani – drums
The Swingle Singers:
- 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
References
[edit]- ^ Hodeir, Andre and Pautrot, Jean-Louis. The André Hodeir Jazz Reader (Google Books link)
- Epic 80544
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