Ancora Swing playlist

Swing again

Having landed in Italy at the end of the 1930s, swing in the 1940s conquered the hearts and voices of singers, musicians and orchestra conductors, and brought a breath of fresh air to the panorama of Italian pop music. Following the dictates of its American origins, in Italy too, swing (a rocking motion, in the English meaning of the term) relies heavily on the orchestra’s rhythm section, supporting the solo instruments and singers' vocals, with a spotlight on piano, drums, double bass and guitar, which replaces the banjo, typical of Dixieland orchestras. This playlist presents motifs in instrumental versions and others sung by some of the best in the genre, from Trio Lescano to Ernesto Bonino, Alberto Rabagliati, Natalino Otto, whose Doctor Swing can cure all ills with musical medicine. Some curiosities on the playlist are a very young Flo Sandon, who at the start of her career was already displaying a more modern style of singing, and an unusual swing piece in a Latin American key, in which Teddy Reno sings about the exploits of the mysterious gaucho Don Ramon who tries to win over the beautiful Concepcion.