Jean Cussac | |
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Born | Paris, France | 31 May 1922
Genres | Jazz, classical music |
Occupation(s) | Singer, musical director |
Formerly of | The Swingle Singers |
Jean Cussac (born 31 May 1922) is a French baritone and music director.
Born in Paris, Jean Cussac studied lyrical singing at the Conservatoire de Paris, and subsequently turned to jazz and joined The Swingle Singers at their creation in 1962, alongside Anne Germain , Jeanette Beaucomont, Christiane Legrand, Jean-Claude Briodin , Claude and José Germain. Together, they recorded many albums and received several awards including the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1964 and the Grand Prix du disque of the Académie Charles-Cros.
Also in 1964, he was chosen to be the singing voice of the prince during the redubbing of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . After this, he worked regularly with Walt Disney Pictures as a singer. His contributions included One Hundred and One Dalmatians , The Sword in the Stone , Mary Poppins , The Jungle Book and Pinocchio . He also worked as musical director on Dumbo , The Fox and the Hound , The Great Mouse Detective , Lady and the Tramp , which provided an opportunity for him to continue working with his Swingle partners.
As music director, he supervised The Secret of NIMH (1982), Annie and An American Tail (1986) and others.
He also took part in the recording of songs from French films such as The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and Moi y'en a vouloir des sous (1973) and to albums such as L'Aigle noir by Barbara (1970) and Les Chansons de Sylvain et Sylvette .
He also continued his recording career, including the Coronation Mass by Mozart, Les Malheurs d'Orphée by Darius Milhaud alongside Claudine Collart , Janine Collard , Jacqueline Brumaire, Bernard Demigny and André Vessières. He was also Kapellmeister at Les Invalides church in Paris.
Cussac celebrated his 100th birthday in 2022 in a retirement home in Gujan-Mestras. [1]
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