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Jazz Sébastien Bach (released as Bach's Greatest Hits in North America) is the debut album released by the Paris-based Swingle Singers. The album was a 1964 Grammy award winner for "Best Performance by a Chorus" and the group also won the 1964 Grammy award for "Best New Artist". It peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Top LPs chart during the week of 21 December 1963.

All tracks from the album are included on the CD reissue / compilation Jazz Sebastian Bach (together with all tracks from 1968's Jazz Sébastien Bach Vol. 2) and on the 11 disk Philips boxed set Swingle Singers.

Track listing

all compositions by J. S. Bach

Side 1:

"Fugue in D Minor", Contrapunctus 9 from The Art of the Fugue – 2:14
"Prelude for Organ Chorale No. 1" (Choral-Prelude BWV 645 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme", from the Schübler Chorales) – 2:38
"Aria" from Suite No 3 in D – 3:17
"Prelude No 12 in F Minor" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II" – 2:12
"Bourrée II" from The English Suite No 2" – 1:44
"Fugue No 2 in C Minor" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I" – 1:16
"Fugue No 5 in D" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I – 1:38

Side 2:

"Prelude No 9 in E" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II – 3:19
"Sinfonia" from The Partita No 2 – 4:54
"Prelude No 1 in C" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II – 1:56
"Canon" (4-Part Canon BWV 1073) – 1:53
"Two Part Invention No 1 in C" – 1:22
"Fugue No 5 in D" from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II – 3:15

Personnel

Vocals:

Jeanette Baucomont – soprano
Christiane Legrand – soprano
Anne Germain – alto
Claudine Meunier – alto
Ward Swingle – tenor, arranger
Claude Germain – tenor
Jean Cussac – bass
Jean Claude Briodin – bass

Rhythm section:

Pierre Michelot – double bass
Gus Wallez – drums
Andre Arpino – drums

References / external links

Philips PHM 200-097 & Philips PHS 600-097
- Bach's Greatest Hits at discogs.com and at allmusic.com
Philips B 77.921 L & Philips 840.519 BY
- Jazz Sébastien Bach at discogs.com and at allmusic.com

v t e The Swingle Singers
Discography
The Swingle Singers / Les Swingle Singers	Jazz Sébastien Bach / Bach's Greatest Hits Going Baroque / de Bach aux Baroques Swinging Mozart / Anyone for Mozart? Les Romantiques / Getting Romantic Swingling Telemann / Rococo Á Go Go Place Vendôme / Encounter Sounds of Spain: Concerto d'Aranjuez / Spanish Masters Operazione San Pietro Noëls Sans Passeport / Christmastime Jazz Sébastien Bach, Vol. 2 / Back to Bach American Look Berio: Sinfonia (1968 w/New York Philharmonic) Les Quatre Saisons / The Joy of Singing Bitter Ending
Swingle II The Swingles The (New) Swingle Singers	Madrigals / Love Songs for Madrigals and Madriguys Words and Music Rags and All that Jazz
Notable compilations	Anyone for Mozart, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi? Compact Jazz: The Swingle Singers Jazz Sebastian Bach Swingle Singers (Philips boxed set)

v t e Chamber music and orchestral works by, and transcriptions after, Johann Sebastian Bach
Solo	Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001–1006 Partita No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 Cello Suites, BWV 1007–1012 Partita for Solo Flute, BWV 1013
Ensemble	Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014–1019 Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord, BWV 1027–1029 Flute Sonatas in B minor, BWV 1030 in E♭ major, BWV 1031 (doubtful) in A major, BWV 1032 in C major, BWV 1033 (doubtful) in E minor, BWV 1034 in E major, BWV 1035 Trio Sonatas Sonata for two flutes and continuo, BWV 1039 Canonic Sonata for oboe, violin and continuo, BWV 1040
Concertos	Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 Concerto for Two Violins, BWV 1043 Triple Concerto, BWV 1044 Sinfonia for violin and orchestra, BWV 1045 Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–1051 No. 5 Keyboard concertos, BWV 1052–1065 No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 No. 2 in E major, BWV 1053 No. 4 in A major, BWV 1055 For two harpsichords in C minor, BWV 1060
Suites	Orchestral Suites, BWV 1066–1069 Orchestral Suite in G minor, BWV 1070 (doubtful)
Fugal	The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 discography
Adaptations	"Air on the G String" "Alphabet" "Ave Maria" Bach-Busoni Editions "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" "Feel My Rhythm" "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" "Joy" "Lady Lynda" "Sheep may safely graze" "They" Trio Sonata, BWV 525a "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
Albums	Bach's Greatest Hits Back to Bach Jazz Sebastian Bach Switched-On Bach Switched-On Bach II
List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach

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