Swing! The Essential Album Guide - Music Hound

From the traditional to the neo-retro, from jump blues to western swing to rockabilly, more than 300 acts falling under the Swing banner are covered in the usual MusicHound style.Swing is hot as a dance club phenomenon and a radio staple, and is fast becoming a life-style statement. The October 2, 1998 Entertainment Weekly says that in the last five months, swing has graduated from trumpeted trendlet to full-tilt movement. The article states that dance schools across the U.S. are being mobbed by amateur hoofers eager to learn such trademark moves as Fall Off the Log or Shorty George. Adding ammo to the trend momentum is the Gap khaki ad set to Louis Prima's Jump Jive and Wail. Brian Setzer's new wave swing has helped restart a career and lodge an album in the top 20, while acts like the Squirrel Nut Zippers, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Royal Crown Revue and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy have successfully lodged in the top 100. Much of the swing steam is being supplied by ex-punkers working on their second careers, hoping to Lindy Hop their way through the millennium's last gleamings. Swing is hot on the jazz scene as well....