The Swingles

from *SCAT SINGING by Steve Shapiro

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Ward Lamar Swingle was an American vocalist and jazz musician who founded The Swingle Singers, in France in 1962.

While he was working as a studio session singer, he and seven French colleagues, wanting something novel to put their voices to, tried vocalizing Bach -much like a jazz singer would, using scat syllables. An early hit for The Swingles was Bach's "Air on the G String", recorded with the Modern Jazz Quartet.

The Swingle Singers produced covers ranging from pop songs to classical music to contemporary music. Their arrangements are often infused with jazz harmonies and stylings. They performed at the White House, Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully and Town Halls and the Village Gate in New York and at La Scala in Milan.

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from *SCAT SINGING, track released September 23, 2023

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Steve Shapiro Oakland, California

Steve Shapiro has composed music for hundreds of radio and TV commercials, documentary films, infomercials and other TV programs. He was the music director at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, which produced hundreds of award-winning educational films and recordings. He has a BA in Music from Brown University and an MA in Music from the Manhattan School of Music. ... more

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