Verve's The Soft Swing turned out to be the only studio recording by this then-new Getz quartet combination with Allison, Farmer and Segal, the pianist having then only recently arrived in New York, this just ahead of his sudden climb to fame with Back Country Suite. Mose says in the notes to this reissue that, “I didn't have to adapt to Stan's style. He liked me just as I was.” That ease in their relatively brief relationship is evident throughout this collection, made just before Mose took off to enjoy his success. Phono's re-release also hoovers up a bumper crop of Mutual broadcasts, hence the profusion of dates and the variations in bass and drums. All of it is valuable, with Allison playing crisp, slightly buttoned-up boppish piano throughout, albeit more assertively on the broadcasts, Getz his ethereal, serpentine best, typified by a lengthy version of ‘All The Things You Are’ from the original album. Seemingly never short of the next idea, the influence of Pres still occasionally apparent, Addison and Segal suitably respectful in support, he sails on superbly. Thereafter, much goes to the same plan, Getz investing each of the 16 tunes (only the first five were on the Verve album) with his own sound signature, never overstating the case, the fluency on something like his original ‘Down Beat’ or the marvellous ‘Bye, Bye Blues’ a joy to behold.