Les Swinger Singers J S Bach Partita No2 Sinfonia 1969

What? Voices? Jazz? Bach?

[@bbcbeausoleil8689]

My older siblings would play this album on our hi-fi in the 60s and this was my favorite tune. There I was 8 years old in Brooklyn scatting along thinking nothing of it😂. Glad they introduced me to the classics and jazz back then...it's been a keeper❤

[@cheayunju]

Really incredible. I found this because I read a Junji Ito story about a cursed record that was inspired by this group. He heard a record in a shop I think and started putting ideas together. Really is a great track though.

[@christina397]

Came here for the same reason!

[@thocle2126]

Same

[@addyjung3955]

Same King

[@emiemi4392]

😄 I’m not the only one

[@raphaelsublime6745]

Paula Bell scat. Melody of the afterlife!!

[@dotarsojat7725]

My Mom had the first Swingle Singers albums, back in the 60’s. Thanks for the trip back in TIME.

[@浮草-t7j]

多分この頃の日本のCMに多く登場していたと思う。幼心に「エキゾチック」を感じていた。昨今のガサツなものとは異なり、この頃のCMは情緒と格調が漂っていて良かった。もう半世紀も前の事。

[@jimvandemoter6961]

When this was coming out I was 16 years old and a guitar player in a rock band. I would never admit I got into this because I thought it would ruin any credibility I had as a rocker. It wasn't until years later I found out that everyone I knew liked it too, but wouldn't admit it for the same reason. How ironic can you get? After all these years it still sounds great. Great music will always be great no matter how old it is.

[@practicalpen1990]

And then there's Van Canto doing this, in rock (metal, really).

[@francisheperi1127]

I have to say something after all these years. I too listened to these guys, in secret. Bought two of their albums and listened through headphones. I came across them in the early 80's and considered myself rather ''hip''. Still like them. Nice to see videos of them. xxx

[@jimvandemoter6961]

@@francisheperi1127 What I find so cool about your response is I'm many decades older than you (I'm 68 years old) and even with that age difference we can still find common ground.😁

[@jeremiebouissou9171]

@@practicalpen1990 you really missed the point

[@Boris-85100]

Merveilleuse formation;et la voix de la soliste était magnifique.Quelle qualité d'arrangement et de placement de chaque voix!

[@RawRimaPolarBear]

Is anyone here from Junji Ito's "Used Record"? 🎵

[@chdcris]

I've done my homework.

[@Bardodrift]

Foo doo be doo waa.....

[@bernardsoul5186]

Well, yes, but...I really wasn’t expecting this to be the top comment

[@mymy-yu9mq]

I just finished reading it. as soon as I read which song inspired the manga I came here. glad I was not the only one

[@BJ.Cardoso]

@@Shikogo lol same

[@IsabelDoerfler]

I sang along as a child.. sang in classical choirs, in bands, became a professional singer. This today is still high class singing! Unbelievable how they all manage to sing together without a conductor. It still is great art to sing all the time so much together in tune! thank you for posting this, never knew the faces to the music. They are called The Swingle Singers. Love them - still !

[@hectorrodriguez4426]

Bach's music Is timeless!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@benedictcowell6547]

The Swingles made Bach fun and the evidence is that Bach was a man who loved fun, and romance and humour which s why his Mathew Passion is so beautiful. You cannot have a sense of tragedy and pathos unless you also have a sense of humour. My dad taught me that. If you are prepared to laugh you should be prepared to cry. There is nothing shameful about tears,'

[@claudioavalos1097]

Belleza Inmortal! A mis 16 años vagabundeaba por aquel perdido centro de Baires...la Galería del Este y los Swingle S. de fondo en mí Alma, aún!

[@philipponphil8753]

À la minute 1:35 quelle belle voix et de beaux sons articulés, doux, sonores et harmonieux. Une voix qu'on ne retrouve plus chez les Swingles d'aujourd'hui. Tout comme les autres voix. Un moment unique du chant choral et symphonique. Bravo encore! Malheureusement, quelque chose d'important s'est perdu en traversant La Manche. At the minute 1:35 what a beautiful voice and beautiful articulated sounds, soft, sound and harmonious. A voice that we no longer find in the Swingles of today. Just like the other voices. A unique moment of choral and symphonic singing. Congratulations again! Unfortunately, something important was lost crossing the Channel.

[@gabrielpetit7812]

En hommage à Jeanette Baucomont, chanteuse des Swinger Singers de 1963 à 1968 et décédée en 2019. Un très belle personne qui brillait autant par son caractère que par sa voix.

[@andreasgrip871]

R.I.P.

[@Rohrerprod.]

C'est sublime!! Quelle performance!

[@eodoherty47]

Best melodies I can remember when I was a teen in the 70s

[@OdinComposer]

That solo performance is hypnotic. I love how she uses her facial expressions.

[@grahamdavidcowley]

This was the music that opened a big wonderful door to the world of jazz. Such wonderful music, classical with a swing.

[@user-fg6ng7ej6w]

This wonderful melody and record used in film "July Rain" of Marlen Khutziev, 1966. Thanks for publishing it - i never knew the origin of melody before i saw this record. Wonderful performance and singers.

[@andreasgrip871]

Nochmal, herzlichen Dank fürs Posten, lieber Zvonko / Hvala ti puno na objavi draga Zvonko

[@bjartestre5519]

This group has given mi much joy in life 💚

[@pierre-xavierchassot3183]

que de souvenirs de ma jeunesse ! on les entendais souvent a la radio et j avais meme acheter le disque ! l effet musical et etonant , mais juste et bach aurais aime et peut etre composer pour eux . merci : m pierre xavier de chassot .

[@migrando2]

I have listened to these girls with great pleasure since the days when I was young, more than half a century ago.

[@aleksandroshis9777]

You are not the only one, my friend :)

[@wandaloskot]

So, you tuned out the boys?

[@MiskoKatua]

Many find J.S. Bach's Melodic Counterpoint Lines so complex/complicated/difficult; but this PROVES His Lines were just SO NATURAL and EVERY voice goes into PERFECT Harmony with the other! Only a TRUE Master of Music can do this!

[@simonmcowan6874]

I've got most of the Swingle Singers LPs I got to hear them when I was very young.

[@JilSAUVE]

en 1980, j'avais 32 ans et j'étais dans école de jazz à côté de Tati (Barbès) et j'avais parlé des swingers à la Legrand puis on est allé boire un verre et c'étai marrant quand je lui ai dit qu'à 20 ans j'avais acheté le 33 tours avec bach

[@bodegabreath4258]

Still the best Swingles. The originals often are. Thank you.

[@jbarrer2196]

I heard them perform this in 1969 at Oberlin College in Ohio. Fantastic. Love the "doob-lee-ahh" at the end.

[@600322]

Thanks to you captured this moments from croatian tv.

[@passitelexk43]

questa ensemble è stata la migliore…..professionisti , musicisti di grande capacita' …..e talento. Dio li ha benedetti e mandati a noi…. io ero piccolo …...ma hanno portato Bach a me e a mamma...io prego per loro

[@Tmanaz480]

Try doing this without sliding between notes, it's tough. She hits each note distinctly while maintaining a jazz expression. Brava!

[@VerbranntiChaib1]

Yes, she hits each note spot on, She sings notes that other singers dont't even know about.

[@jmoreno600]

She slides into a note at 2:51.

[@davidryle1164]

Le Grande was one of the best session vocalists of her time, a virtuoso by any measure.

[@cesarhumbertojimenezlopezt1289]

Todo fue único perfección,en tiempos escalas , etcétera.Hicieron posible estás especiales personas con sus voces,y lo más singular, que concidieran en tantos aspectos

[@RosamundeBeck]

Amo demais... Meu pai tinha um LP... Saudades... 🎵

[@2308malice]

bravo à nos huit chanteurs et en particulier Christiane Legrand auteure d'un solo extraordinaire Bach est transcrit en musique chorale et swinguée grâce au talent de ce groupe français

[@iridesibilla6161]

Meravigliosi! Chapeau! Mi sono venuti i brividi! Che musica.....che voce!❤️

[@steveclapping]

J'ai découvert les Swinger Singers et par là même la musique classique, notamment celle de Jean Sébastien Bach, durant mon adolescence alors que j'étais plutôt branché rock. Surpris par ces interprétations agréables et surprenantes à l'époque, je suis devenu un fan inconditionnel de leur singularité et me suis ouvert aux musiques symphoniques en général, avec un prolongement aux musiques minimalistes et néoclassiques... Merci !

[@maryvonneseveno]

Sublime un regal pour les oreille ont en redemande vidéo réussie bravo à la personne qui la posté un grand merci à elle

[@marcocampus7943]

Ho conosciuto Bach quasi 25 anni fa proprio con i SS

[@claudiomenesesc]

You can't help loving Christiane. Thanks for sharing.

[@TTT-vz3yi]

Это просто божественно! 😍

[@xamos26]

So much respect to that bass player haha, some seriously crazy shifts and scales especially towards the end.

[@stephh.7314]

My pa bought the album this was on. I was hooked. Aged 12.

[@mauricioduron3193]

Let's be patient. Slow harmonies and at around 01:20, the vocal fireworks from soprano Christiane Legrand and the ensemble come into play. SOLID!

[@Bluesquest]

Michel Legrand'sister

[@antoniofernandez-albalatga5731]

Esta letra convence cualquiera.😊

[@solotzzo2000]

i love this opening of this partita... it always makes me cry!!!!... i love you bach!!!!!!!! thanks for sharing it bayawiki!!!!!!!

[@ofmann1]

...when extraordinary facial expressions are combined with an incomparable musicality, the face of the soloist seems to narrate the music she sings

[@christasamstag1543]

Die sind die Swingle Singers, die ich schon in den 60er Jahren liebte und verehrte. Nicht die Swinger Singers. Liebe Grüße aus Taunusstein

[@veralakatos7557]

Savršeni su! Genijalni!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@78rpmblog]

They were great back then, but I think they are even better today.

[@luclafor]

Nah...Not really

[@derektyler9308]

they meaning the original players sans Jean Cussac (101), no? :)

[@roby578]

Gracias por dejarnos estas maravillas

[@SparkyStevens1967]

Beautiful, haunting music.❤

[@KRLSKLNT]

Esto inicia solemne y SI que es profundo..... ya después, delirante.., yeah!, como nos lo platica Christiane Legrand. Voz abierta, franca y bella.Ya para la tercera sección, espero estar algunos años luz de aquí!!!

[@josereyangelhernandezcruz]

+Carlos Escalante Pliego Eres un verdadero admirador de éste grupo. yo también. Me evado del mundo cuando los escucho.

[@tedygarzanti08046561TEDNORM]

Así es, simplemente gloriosos!!

[@cmcull987]

So lovely. Thank you for sharing.

[@tedygarzanti08046561TEDNORM]

Formidable, espectacular! impresionante!!!

[@ЮлияТимофеева-м8п]

Люблю. С 1974. Многое со временем перестает нравится. А этих все также люблю. Икона стиля.

[@michaelrg3836]

It amuses me to think this group's light touch paved the way for the "Period Instrument/Performance Revolution" in the 70's.

[@jmjakevai]

Bach is Jazz in positive way. Swings and rolls very nicely. Rock'n roll almost never rolls..

[@Plazma1226]

ありがとう！Arigatou！ Thank you for your video. I bought this record 40 years ago.

[@teinmcdonald9262]

Any chance you could upload to KZbin 'Air on a G String' if it is on this album. It is to die for and I can't find it anywhere

[@ampzamp]

The very discovery of this form was in itself, a legitimate stroke of genius too.

[@gardaisjj479]

Deep in my heart.... un solo vocal aussi agréable à écouter qu.a interpréter... en décembre 1970... à Landau ......

[@robertodetree1049]

Yes, It is Bach, it is Jazz, it's music!

[@ernesthill4017]

Who knew Bach could itself to a jazz arrangement so easily? Beautiful ✨️

[@bernadettebidouille]

Les précurseurs de la vulgarisation de la grande musique aux petites oreilles paysannes comme les nôtres ! Et Dieu créa la musique pour faire chanter toute la création.

[@annasognosia]

Thank you for posting this

[@ewasadurska9888]

Byłam dzieckiem 7-8 Letnim- słuchałam partity

[@aubinjean-michel3460]

Je regarde le titre et les commentaires... Ce sont les SWINDLE Singers, pas les Swinger Singers. Peut-être étaient-ils échangistes mais le nom du groupe ne le mentionnait pas hahaha... C'était toutefois un incroyable ensemble, incroyables voix, incroyables arrangements, wow.

[@hdholl9696]

They really know the lyrics!

[@Kathiebaxter]

This is before all singing became sexualized, it is just BEAUTIFUL!!!

[@andreasgrip871]

Herzlichen Dank lieber Zvonko Sisuric fürs Posten. So habe ich die Möglichkeit meine Lieblingsgruppe, die seit mehr als 50 Jahre sehr gerne zuhöre jetzt auch singend sehen zu können.

[@bibifrijam]

Jeanette Baucomont ! une légende ! c'était au temps où la télévision remplissait sa mission culturelle auprès du grand public : aujourd'hui c'est Koh Lanta et la Roue de la fortune...

[@jeanpierrecarabas5508]

où la télévision remplissait sa mission culturelle auprès du grand public ..... Et OUI, ça, c'est l'unique misión !!

[@waldogonzalez4350]

PARA MI Y NO POCOS DE MI GENERACION QUE ESTUDIAMOS EN LA ESCUELA NACIONAL DE ARTE, THE SWINGLE FUE UNA CONMOCION Y UN DESCRIMIENTO DEL QUE NO NOS HEMOS RECUPERADO AUN, PUES NOS MARCO LA SENSIBILIDAD, EL BUEN GUSTO Y LA CULTURA. LOGROS QUE LUEGO AMPLIAMOS ALGUNOS CON EL SEGUIMIENTO DE LA NO BUENA, SINO MEJOR MUSICA DE LOS GRANDES COMPOSITORES CLASICOS DEL BARROCO, EL CLASICISMO Y EL ROMANTICISMO, COMO DEL SIGLO XX, JUSTAMENTE CON PIAZOLLA A LA CABEZA..

[@darioburatovich2240]

You are right, I remember the choral ensembles who sung Argentine folk music in the sixties and. seventies in Argentina. Recuerdo los grupos corales que cantaron folklore en los años sesenta y setenta en Argentina y temas de Piazzolla.

[@r.i.p.volodya]

Stunning! 😁

[@samanthayork3125]

Ah yes, the sound inside Gould's head while playing Bach

[@jonnathanopazohernandez7469]

ahahahahahahahahah

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

And it matters not which piece he's playing.

[@ivoseixas]

Exactly!!!

[@DavidHartley88]

Probably the sound in Bach’s head when he was composed it.

[@filiperigues2127]

Merci beaucoup !!!!!!!!!

[@ML-wz3ek]

Mervallous notes. I love you J.S.B.

[@franciscomacias2097]

Mi grupo coral favorito de los 60s...

[@fritzkleinerrecke]

It touched me, i moved in a way: the Scanner Fell of The Couch.

[@BIGCAM5000]

Outstanding.

[@vincentguyot3029]

J’adore

[@JohnLRice]

Fans of Christiane Legrand who is the soloist here might enjoy the song called "Fires (Which Burnt Brightly)" by the rock band Procol Harum on their Grand Hotel album? Christiane was a guest soloist on the song, I think it's an absolutely fantastic somber and melancholy song. (and the whole album is wonderful!)

[@bayawiki]

I'm glad to make you happy

[@adoramase]

This is great. The words are terrific as well (kidding)

[@SDGRTX1455]

she is so beautifull singer

[@EnnioRome]

Brilliant and Classic!!!

[@robertomoralesromero4291]

genial, mil gracias.

[@nee9731]

Wonderful!

[@lilithnav]

I can hear it. The melody from the afterlife.

[@nikolay1n]

Моя любимая партита. И именно в этом исполнении! Спасибо Звонко!

[@StSrFromMoscow]

Июльский дождь..

[@moreira7daniel]

That kind of skill amazes me.

[@vladimirlo1423]

Amazing.

[@marlena480]

Bravissimo!

[@MariaAlvarez-sm8bv]

They were "the ones". Fantastic and unique, nothing to do with other later groups.

[@darioburatovich2240]

They inspired others around the world.I can think of choral ensembles singing folk music in Argentina in the sixties and seventies.

[@suelamullaj7068]

fantastic

[@ryszardmirski8557]

Brilliant... wonderful... 💗

[@gva-lev9798]

Прекрасно!...

[@sigridjung9295]

Bravoooo

[@Natalykwid]

звучит в фильме Марлена Хуциева "Июльский дождь"

[@Fastuni]

All people here: Ah great performance, yeah the expression, I love jazz Me here thanks to Ito sensei: o.o creepy...

[@luclafor]

It's the *Swingle* Singers. Not the Swinger Singers...

[@kennethshen7265]

Gour Ghane really?

[@mustafaerol8478]

Gour Ghan👍👏

[@SemraGoodman]

After a year, the name is still not corrected. ??

[@cicci0salsicci0]

Maybe they were also swingers... who knows..

[@luclafor]

@@cicci0salsicci0 - 😊 yes who knows

[@canman5060]

Favourite exam piece for pianoforte from the Associated Examination Board The Royal School of Music.

[@Navire75]

La chanteuse solo est Christiane Legrand ( soeur de Michel Legrand )

[@mariev9233]

Merci 😊

[@ВладимирАрялин-в2д]

Огромное спасибо!!!

[@ВладимирАрялин-в2д]

Спасибо!

[@zariyablevins8553]

Am I the only who thinks this would be way harder to learn than a rap song with someone rapping supper fast.

[@darioburatovich2240]

....well, if you don't like them,its fine, solong you don't sit on their necks....