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They will all fail eventually. You have to expect that. No, this was within the first month.

Bob Cranshaw is a very nice guy. One of my fondest memories is of when I went to SUNY-Binghamton in the mid-70's and was head of the student jazz concert commission. One of our concerts featured Sonny Rollins ("Nucleus" was the current album, with "The Cutting Edge" coming out soon after). The band arrived in the mid-afternoon. Most of the attention was commanded by Sonny, who gave a group interview (all the BlueNoteofiles went wild). While that was going on, Bob struck up a conversation with me, of all people. We went for a long walk around the campus, and talked about all sorts of things. At the end, he invited me to visit him at his house on Long Island. I never did, but I'll never forget the graciousness he showed me.

I've had a Seagate fail on me. I've found Western Digital to be very reliable and easy to use. I also have a Maxtor that works fine.

November 23: Tyree Glenn, trombone, vibes, 1912 Jack Marshall, guitar, 1921

Wonderful! Really makes you feel you were there at the session. Thanks for posting.

I assume you have a PC and not a Mac. I also assume you have your Windows installation discs and your other discs in case your hard drive dies. You therefore want to back up your data files. If they're in a "My Documents" folder, look at the size of that folder. If it's small enough, you could back it up to a USB drive. Otherwise, get an EHD (external hard drive) that comes with backup software. Then it's super easy: once you do the initial backup, you can then schedule incremental backups, which take far less time. An alternative is to create an exact mirror of your hard drive. You'd need an EHD that's the same size, and mirroring software such as Norton Ghost. None of this is difficult. On my Mac, I have a program named Super Duper, which performs nightly incremental backups to an EHD. Because I have a sizeable investment in digital music, I separately perform a monthly incremental backup to a portable EHD, which I then unplug and keep in a closet. This is to protect in the event of a power surge.

I'm very sorry to hear of your loss. She sounds like a wonderful person and a profound inspiration. I hope you and your family can derive strength from this.

November 22: Hoagy Carmichael, composer, 1899 Jimmy Knepper, trombone, 1927

I'm finding a lot of bargains there, especially on box sets. For example, The Complete Bill Evans On Verve is $117.10 on eMusic, $162.54 on Amazon; The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Songbooks is $104.10 on eMusic, $144.48 on Amazon.

Allen, you should play with Amadeus Pro. There is an option there to burn to CDs. I've never used it because iTunes has always worked well for me. I think there's a 30-day trial period for Amadeus. I've used Toast, but only for video. I dislike both the program and the company (customer service is non-existent). I'm forced to use Toast because it's the only way to transfer shows from TiVo to a Mac.

Also on November 19: Keg Johnson, trombone, 1908 November 20: June Christy, singer, 1925

No numbers on the invoice for any of the 3 sets.

My Turrentine wasn't numbered. I'll have to call them.

Got my order today. Great service, as always.

The Verve / ECM / Universals are now available. Quite extensive, with many obscure titles.

November 18: Sheila Jordan, singer, 1928 Don Cherry, trumpet, 1936

November 17: George Masso, trombone, 1926 Roswell Rudd, trombone, 1935

Thanks for the heads-up. I sprang for it. Also got 2 I've been eyeing for some time: the Lester Young and the Stanley Turrentine.

Also on November 16: W.C. Handy, composer, 1873

It's pretty easy to do it in the digital era. I have a $40 program on my Mac called Amadeus Pro. There's a menu option Change Pitch and Speed... Change Pitch and Speed.tiff To do it well is another issue...

Also on November 15: Gus Johnson, drums, 1913

Neroli: album download for 99 cents: Amazon

Sonny Rollins Complete Prestige Box: $49.99 from an Amazon Reseller. This is the lowest price I've ever seen for this. A must, if you don't already have the music. It comes with a great booklet, too. Amazon

November 14: Art Hodes, piano, 1904 Ellis Marsalis, piano, 1934

Bad blind date, huh?