Biography

QUIRE
Effective period / Period of releases: 1976
Members: Christiane Legrand, José Germain, Michel Barouille, Claudine Meunier
A short-lived choir vocally recreating instrumental jazz classics under the direction of Christiane Legrand. These included note for note vocal recreations of instrumental solos, created by overlaying vocal replacements over the original recordings and then removing the originally recorded tracks..
Formed after the disbanding of Les Swingle SIngers and included 3 former members - Christiane Legrand, Claudine Meunier, José Germain, it has been speculated the inability to recreate the tracks in concert may have contributed to the brief existence of this group.