• Track Listing

After leading dance bands in the ’30s, this saxophonist and innovative bandleader dove headlong into jazz, hiring arrangers such as Dizzy Gillespie (who also played in Boyd’s band). Here are 46 tracks from Boyd’s most prized period featuring Diz, Roy Eldridge, Oscar Pettiford, Shelly Manne, Buddy De Franco and other jazz greats: "Boyd Meets Girl," "Summertime," "Caravan," "Rip Van Winkle," "Boyd’s Nest," "Blue Echoes," "Boyd Meets Stravinsky," "Blue Skies," "The Early Boyd," "Sequence," "Forgetful," "It’s a Crying Shame" and more! Fabulous.