Place Vendôme (released as Encounter in the U.S.) is an album released by the Swingle Singers performing with the Modern Jazz Quartet. The album was a 1967 Grammy award nominee.[1]

Place Vendôme
Studio album by The Swingle Singers with the Modern Jazz Quartet
Recorded	1966
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	37:07
Label	Philips
Producer	Pierre Fatosme
Modern Jazz Quartet chronology
Blues at Carnegie Hall (1966) Place Vendôme (1966) Live at the Lighthouse (1967)
Swingle Singers chronology
Rococo Á Go Go (1966) Place Vendôme (1966) Spanish Masters (1967)
alternative cover
U.S. LP cover

Professional ratings

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Allmusic (link)

All tracks from this album are also included on the Mercury compilation CD Compact Jazz: The Swingle Singers and the 11 disk Philips boxed set, Swingle Singers.

Track listing

1. "Sascha" (Little David's Fugue) (John Lewis) – 4:18
2. "Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major," (aka "Air on the G String") BWV 1068 (J. S. Bach) – 5:41
3. "Vendôme" (Lewis) – 3:32
4. "The Musical Offering" (Musikalisches Opfer), for keyboard and chamber instruments, BWV 1079 (Bach) – 6:34
5. "When I am Laid in Earth" (from Dido and Aeneas), soprano aria ("Dido's Lament") (Henry Purcell) – 5:05
6. "Alexander's Fugue" (Lewis) – 4:53
7. "Three Windows" (Lewis) – 7:10

Personnel

The Swingle Singers:

• Jeanette Baucomont – soprano
• Christiane Legrand – soprano
• Alice Herald – alto
• Claudine Meunier – alto
• Ward Swingle – tenor, arranger
• Claude Germain – tenor
• Jean Cussac – bass
• José Germain – bass

The Modern Jazz Quartet:

• John Lewis – piano
• Milt Jackson – vibraphone
• Percy Heath – double bass
• Connie Kay – drums

References / external links

• Philips PHM 200-225 (Mono LP) / Philips PHS 600-225 (Stereo LP)
• Place Vendome at allmusic.com