Ward Swingle

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Ward Swingle (born 21 September 1927) is an American vocalist and jazz musician. Swingle was born in Mobile, Alabama, USA. He studied music, particularly jazz, from a very young age. He was playing in Mobile-area Big Bands before finishing high school. After high school, Swingle graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. He then moved to France, where he studied piano with the celebrated Walter Gieseking. In the 1960s he was a founding member of Les Double Six of Paris, then took the scat singing idea and applied it to the works of Bach. This concept would be the foundation for The Swingle Singers, a group Swingle founded and whose early recordings won five Grammy Awards. When the French group of Swingle Singers disbanded in 1973, Swingle moved to London and formed an English group, expanding the repertoire to include classical and avant-garde works along with the scat and jazz vocal arrangements. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

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Peau de banane

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The A Cappella Collection

Peau de banane - EP

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Deep Purple - Close Harmony Arrangements for Choirs

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Aimez-vous les femmes? (Original Movie Soundtrack) - EP

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The Christmas Album

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Beauty & the Beatbox

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Christmas In Italy: Beautiful fireplace music

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Anthems for the 21st Century

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Water in the Fields - American Choir Music

Aimez-vous les femmes? (Original Movie Soundtrack)

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LE SCAT!

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