American Look
# American Look

American Look is a 1969 album by the Swingle Singers on the Philips Records label. All tracks from this album are also included on the 11 disk Philips boxed set, Swingle Singers.

## Track listing

* Country Dances (invention for vocal ensemble: "Arkansas Traveller" / "College Hornpipe" / "Devil's Dream" / "Old Zip Coon" / "Virginia Reel" / "Pop Goes the Weasel") – 2:15
* "When Jesus Wept" (William Billings) – 2:07
* Negro Spirituals (for vocal ensemble: "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" / "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" / "Little David" / "Deep River") – 3:52
* Patriotic Songs (invention for vocal ensemble: "Dixie" / "Yankee Doodle" / "Battle Hymn of the Republic") – 2:07
* "He's Gone Away" (trad.) – 2:12
* "Saint's Fugue" (based on "When the Saints Go Marchin' In" for vocal ensemble) (Swingle) – 2:18
* Stephen Foster Medley: "Old Folks at Home"; "Beautiful Dreamer"; "Camptown Races"; "Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair" (Foster) – 3:26

    from the opera, Porgy and Bess (Gershwin):
* "My Man's Gone Now" – 2:51
* "It Ain't Necessarily So" – 1:59
* "Summertime" – 1:58
* "I Got Plenty of Nothin'" – 2:03
* "Bess You Is My Woman" – 2:40

## Personnel

Vocals:

* 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

Rhythm section:

* Jacky Cavallero – double bass
* Roger Fugen – drums

## References / external links

* Philips 6311.007, Philips 8262016
* American Look at Allmusic.com
