On our last program we listened to jazz players and composers who have used folk music as the foundation for their own music. This week we turn the tables and listen to some folk music performers who play music from the jazz idiom. Included will be Claudia Schmidt, Billy Novick & Guy Van Duser, Tony Rice and many more.

LISTEN:

Artist / “Title” / CD / Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” / Songs Of Hope And Struggle /
        Smithsonian-Folkways

Joel Mabus / “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” / Parlor Guitar / Fossil
Joni Mitchell / “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” / Mingus / Asylum
Pentangle (Terry Cox) / “Moondog” / Sweet Child / Reprise
Claudia Schmidt / “Bend in the River” / Bend in the River / Red House

Tony Rice Unit / “My Favorite Things” / Backwaters / Rounder
Rich O’Brien / “I’ll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time” / Seasons,
        Roads and Faces / Shanachie
Billy Novick & Guy Van Duser / “Stompin’ at the Savoy” / Guy &
        Billy / Daring
Joel Mabus / “I’m Just Wild About Harry-Avalon” / Parlor
        Guitar / Fossil

Stephane Grappelli & David Grisman / “Satin Doll” / Live /
        Warner Brothers
Sylvia Herold & the Rhythm Bugs / “The Spider and the Fly” /
        The Spider and the Fly / Tuxedo
No Strings Attached / “Take Five” / Take Five / Turquoise

Country All-Stars / “Royal Garden Blues (Take 1)” / Jazz from
        the Hills / Bear Family
Peter Ostroushko / “Benny’s-Pennies from Heaven” / Buddies of
        Swing / Red House
Pete Seeger / “If I Had a Hammer (excerpt)” / Songs of Hope and Struggle /
        Smithsonian Folkways