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My father, who was not a jazz fan, brought Ambassador Satch home when it was first released. Hence it was one of the first jazz Lps I owned.

Chase DeLauter!!

Did you find the latest drivers for the product (company website probably) and install them? After you've done that, does the drive show up when you plug it in? For ex on a pc you should see it in File Explorer. I recently bought a Dell PC tower which did not have a built in cd player so I bought an external usb player from Dell for about $50. Works fine so far.

Of course I'm lovin' ASB for the sake of Aaron Judge alone--Yankee fans have long been anticipating its implementation, given his usually MLB-leading status for most balls-called-strikes pretty much since his full-time debut in 2017. Crazy that that first challenge of his was only 1/10 of an inch below the zone, but it changed the nature of the at-bat to his advantage, and he went on to homer in a 3-2 count. But I'm also enjoying checking out the clips of ASB in action around all of MLB, and it seems the fans at the games are generally enthusiastic about it? It does add a few more moments of replay drama and uncertainty to the game, and it's much quicker than a play challenge. And I'm not going to miss Aaron Boone and other managers screaming as much at the umps over blown calls or multiple blown calls, though it's pretty hilarious that we've already had a manager thrown out over an ASB challenge... but he was objecting on the grounds that the batter had not tapped his helmet quickly enough. *There* lay the potential for future manager/umpire dust-ups over ball-and-strike calls, if that is one's thing. I'll also be interested to see, as the season develops, whether the outcomes of ASB challenges end up statistically favoring pitchers or hitters, or if the outcomes are roughly equal.

9% of Amazon reviews are 1 star, with most of them saying that the drive arrived dead. I worked in the electronics industry for over 40 years and I've been told that a lot of companies (our customers) that were making cheap electronics like this external CD drive, use the consumer for "final test". It's cheaper to have you return it for a new one than it is to test it themselves. I would send it back and get a replacement or a credit. https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B07DLRG9VH/ref=acr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=one_star&reviewerType=all_reviews#reviews-filter-bar A little while back, I got a new tower PC with a shit laptop-sized optical drive, so I bought an external case, this one: https://www.amazon.com/External-Enclosure-Generation-Aluminum-NST-540S3-BK/dp/B09SS74KCN/a4b666 And then I bought a highly-rated internal drive. I researched it quite a bit and eventually bought this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09G9FRFT7? And yes, I know that Plextor is no longer a company, just a licensed name, but this drive had decent reviews at the time.

Has anyone used this for ripping, burning, and even listening to CDs? I just received this today, and I can't get it to function at all. My previous CD drive (LG) worked fine on my old HP computer and my current Apple Mac. This one...just a problem. I tried a host of troubleshooting trips and no luck. There were a lot of good reviews on this, so I am surprised. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks.

Thanks for that info.

What makes this record even greater than just the excellent performances by all involved is the way the tunes are arranged: every piece has a different solo order. There is an additional track issued on a later French CD reissue, btw. - "But Not For Me" played by only guitar with brush accompaniment. https://www.discogs.com/release/6406399-Kenny-Clarke-Meets-The-Detroit-Jazzmen-Kenny-Clarke-Meets-The-Detroit-Jazzmen

“Kenny Clarke Meets The Detroit Jazzmen” Savoy/Denon cd AKA “Jazzmen from Detoit” Recorded on April 30 & May 9, 1956, in Hackensack, New Jersey. Pepper Adams, Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers, Kenny Clarke

I saw a hint from Ricky Riccardi that there would be a 50th Anniversary release of the epic “Ambassador Satch” and I broke out this set to investigate what had been released . . . and decided it was time to play this set again, so I’ll sprinkle it into my rotation. Starting off with disc VII Mosaic Records - Home for Jazz fans! – 31 Mar 21 Louis Armstrong - Live Recordings With The All-Stars - Mosaic Records Louis Armstrong, Insightful Analysis of Artist and Recordings Including Discography. NY Philharmonic. Nine CDs. https://www.mosaicrecords.com/louis-armstrong-live-recordings-with-the-all-stars-mosaic-records/

“Miles from India” Times Square Records, 2 cd set disc 1 On to complete a re-listen, disc 2. This is a cool release. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_from_India

Shit this just reminded me that I saw her at The Cookery. I can't remember much about it. I better get that record.

Gerry Mulligan - The Original Quartet with Chet Baker (Pacific Jazz, 2 CDs) Disc 1

Ramon Lopez - 40 Springs In Paris

Allen, I saw The Mary Lou Williams Trio at a club in Detroit in (as best I can recall) the 80's. I got the same impression you have regarding her rhythmic approach to bebop & post-bop tunes. Can you suggest a recorded example for Al Haig where he has trouble with a more contemporary tune? I have noticed a similar rhythmic situation when pre-Bop pianists play bop and post bop tunes. Ralph Sutton, Dick Hyman, Dick Wellstood are examples.

On Bandcamp: ▶︎ Four Into Four | Billy Lester "Pianist Billy Lester is a late-bloomer on that reticent branch of the jazz tree, the school of Lennie Tristano." 😅 Fun, invigorating album (w/ Simon Wettenhall on trumpet).

R.I.P.