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In a busy career that saw him play with Gene Krupa, Harry James, Benny Goodman and Stan Kenton (and take over the bands of Artie Shaw and Tommy Dorsey), this great saxophonist also found time to lead his own orchestras (swingin’ jazz as well as dance bands). Here are his prime sides on Okeh, Bluebird, Hit, Encore and Capitol plus wartime V-discs: his hits "Do You Care?," "Dinah," "Just the Other Day," "Put That Kiss Back Where You Found It," "A Rainy Night in Rio," "My Melancholy Baby," "I Never Knew," "Red Wing," "The Whistler," "Tacos, Enchiladas & Beans," "Robbins Nest," "Saxa-Boogie," "I’ll Get Along Somehow," "September in the Rain," Sam’s arrangements of "C Jam Blues," "Moten Swing," "Just You, Just Me" and more! Acrobat.