Bitter Ending
Studio album by The Swingle Singers
Released	1972
Length	~30 minutes
Label	Epic 80544
The Swingle Singers chronology
The Joy of Singing (1972) Bitter Ending (1972)
Swingle II chronology
Madrigals (1974)

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^[1]

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