After cutting his teeth with Kenton, Dorsey and Goodman and while still playing with Woody Herman, Getz emerged as one of the top sax stylists in jazz with these 1946-52 recordings. This exhaustive look at his early years includes And the Angels Swing; Pinhead; Frosty; Stan's Mood; on the Alamo; Yesterdays; Imagination; Night and Day; Flamingo; Rubberneck; Where or When, and more featuring the likes of Zoot Sims, Horace Silver and Max Roach!
