Jean Cussac


Jean Cussac is a French baritone and music director.

Biography

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, Jeanette Beaucomont, Christiane Legrand,, 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.
The same year, he was chosen to be the sung voice of the prince during the redubbing of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He therefore began a regular collaboration with the Walt Disney Pictures as a singer. then as musical director an opportunity for him to continue working with his Swingle partners.
As music director, he also supervised The Secret of NIMH, Annie and An American Tail among other things.
He also took part in the recording of songs from French films such as The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and and to albums such as L'Aigle noir by Barbara and Les Chansons de Sylvain et Sylvette.
Nevertheless, he didn't abandon the lyrical repertoire, recording among others the Coronation Mass by Mozart, Les Malheurs d'Orphée by Darius Milhaud alongside Claudine Collart,, Jacqueline Brumaire, Bernard Demigny and André Vessières. He was also Kapellmeister at Les Invalides church in Paris.