Bitter Ending
# Bitter Ending

Bitter Ending is a recording of a work for eight voices composed by Andre Hodeir as commissioned by Ward Swingle. The work is performed by the Swingle Singers with a jazz quintet. This was the last work by Hodeir and is inspired by James Joyce's Finnegans Wake

## Personnel

* Roger Guérin – trumpet
* Pierre Gossez – saxophone
* Jean-Louis Chautemps – saxophone
* Jacques (Jacky) Cavallero – double bass
* Marcel Sabiani – drums

The Swingle Singers:

* 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

## References / external links

* ↑ Hodeir, Andre and Pautrot, Jean-Louis. The André Hodeir Jazz Reader (Google Books link)
* Epic 80544
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