It is quite remarkable how much of American roots music is related to the style we know as swing. Boomers were made aware of the style through our parents who played a great deal of Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman and others on that old console stereo. Most of us had little idea what we were hearing, but others absorbed the music and took it as their own. For the next couple of weeks, we’ll dig into some great swing-style roots music. We'll open with some classics and later feature some contemporary players whose style has been influenced by swing. It don’t mean a thing, if it ain’t got that swing … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

Episode #18-48: Swing Pt.1

Host: Tom Druckenmiller

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

Guy Van Duser / “Seneca Slide” / Stride Guitar / Rounder

Louis Armstrong / I Can't Give You Anything but Love” / Louis in Yew York / Columbia

Duke Ellington / “Diga Diga Doo” / The Okeh Ellington / Columbia

Joe Venuti / “Raggin' the Scale” / Violin Jazz 1927-1934 / Yazoo

Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan / “One O'Clock Jump” / Jazz Masters-The Vocalists / BMG-Bluebird

Claude Williams / “Cherokee” / Masters of the Folk Violin / Arhoolie

Rob Wasserman & Stephane Grappelli / “Over the Rainbow” / Duets / MCA

The David Grisman Quintet / “Minor Swing” / The David Grisman Quintet / Kaleidoscope

Guy Van Duser / “That Certain Feeling” / Stride Guitar / Rounder

Eden MacAdam-Somer&Larry Unger / “Soft Shoe Louie” / Through Many a Land / Black Socks

Pete Wernick's Live Five / “Seven Come Eleven” / Up All Night / Niwot

Claudia Schmidt / “Sea of Love” / Promising Sky / Self Produced

Housetop / “Two Foot Jumpin'” / Two Foot Jumpin” / Self Produced

Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band / “That's When I'll Come Back to You” / Greatest Hits / Vanguard

Rodney Miller / “Contrazz – Old Joe” / Airplang / Rounder

The Pickpocket Ensemble / “Prague” / If I Were A Highway / New World Cafe

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways