Rarely-heard master recordings of Gene with all the Metronome Magazine award winners (from Benny Goodman and Charlie Christian to Count Basie and Vido Musso) in three sessions from 1940, 1941 and 1942, with all alternate takes. Part two of this great CD is a radio broadcast of Gene's boppin' 1947 band, with Buddy Wise, Urbie Green, Charlie Kennedy and more.