Swing with us here on Deeper Roots on a Friday morning, one week ahead of the Christmas festivities. The big band sound is that apple pie sound that grew out of the traveling musicians and dance hall bands of the 1920s. From the radio to ballrooms across the land, as the jazz orchestras grew in size, the arrangements had to be formalized to avoid mass confusion. The arranger became the focal point of the band. Improvisation during solos was written into the arrangements but their location and duration were controlled and the vocal stylings grew around the easy flowing style of the evolving jazz that would become known as ‘Swing’. Tune in for two hours of exploration of a century of America’s music.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Benny Goodman	King Porter Stomp	RCA Victor Jazz-The First Half-Century-The 30's
2	Benny Carter (With Lionel Hampton Orchestra)	I'm in the Mood for Swing	RCA Victor Jazz-The First Half-Century-The 30's
3	Chick Webb	Go Harlem	Stompin' At The Savoy
4	Cab Calloway	The Jumpin' Jive	Best Of The Big Bands
5	Benny Goodman	When Buddha Smiles	Stompin' at the Savoy
6	Count Basie	Doggin' Around	Ken Burns Jazz: Count Basie
7	Artie Shaw & His Orchestra / Artie Shaw's Symphony Swing	Begin The Beguine (LP Version)	The 30s: Hollywood's Best
8	Glenn Miller Orchestra	In The Mood	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
9	Woody Herman	Woodchopper's Ball	Swingingest Sounds Ever Heard – The Best of the Big Bands
10	Benny Goodman & His Orchestra	Why Don't You Do Right	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
11	Charlie Barnet	Skyliner	Swingingest Sounds Ever Heard – The Best of the Big Bands
12	Les Brown	Bizet Has His Day	Best of the Big Bands
13	Woody Herman & His Orchestra	Four Brothers	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
14	Ella Fitzgerald	When My Sugar Walks Down the Street	Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41
15	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	Tuxedo Junction	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
16	Benny Goodman & His Orchestra	Let's Dance	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
17	Duke Ellington	Take The A Train	Watch The Closing Doors – A History Of New Yorks Musical Melting Pot Vol 1 1945-59 (CD 1)
18	Tony Pastor	Bell Bottom Trousers	Nipper's Greatest Hits – The 40's Vol 2
19	Benny Goodman	Sing, Sing, Sing (Part I)	Sing, Sing, Sing
20	Woody Herman	Apple Honey	The Essence of Woody Herman
21	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	Moonlight Serenade	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
22	Artie Shaw	Stardust	Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him
23	Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra	I'll Be Seeing You	Kiss the Boys Goodbye: Classic Songs from World War II, Vol.1
24	Tommy Dorsey	Opus One	Stompin' At The Savoy
25	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	A String of Pearls	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
26	Benny Goodman	Stompin' At The Savoy	Stompin' At The Savoy
27	The Andrew Sisters	Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy	Double Goldies [CD2]
28	Artie Shaw	I Got the Sun in the Morning	The Artie Shaw Story – Disc 4 – Little Jazz
29	Harry James	You Made Me Love You	Time-Life Swing Era – 1940-1941 [Disc 1]
30	Doris Day/Les Brown	Sentimental Journey	Those Wonderful Years: Sentimental Journey 1930's & 1940's