I see that nobody mentioned the passing of Frank Wess, the pioneering reedman and flutist with the Count Basie orchestra during the 1950s and a musician of great stature in the jazz world. Wess died Wednesday at 91. http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2013/11/01/242187371/frank-wess-basie-woodwind-specialist-dies Cary Ginell