In May 1936, McDonough and Carl Kress performed a guitar duo during the famous radio broadcast of the "Swing Concert", at New York"s Imperial Theater. A month later, McDonough recorded his second session as bandleader. In the next 16 months, he led 12 sessions, resulting in a total output of 46 recordings, all for ARC. For these sessions, which provide the material for this CD, McDonough brought together some of the best musicians available, including Bunny Berigan, Artie Shaw, Adrian Rollini, Toots Mondello, Cozy Cole and Claude Thornhill.