License to Blow
01-21-2005, 03:26 AM
Received an email from a representative for Guernsey's Auction House.
Jazz memorabilia ranging from Charlie Parker's saxophone to Ella Fitzgerald's evening gown are headed for the auction block.
Auction will include unreleased tape recordings of music by Parker and handwritten compositions and arrangements by composers John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.
Other instruments on offer include a trumpet that belonged to Dizzy Gillespie, J.J. Johnson's trombone; Benny Goodman's clarinet; and Lionel Hampton's vibraphone.
Also on sale at the session will be Monk's smoking jacket and Goodman's tails.
Portions of the proceeds will go toward several foundations, including the John Coltrane Foundation, a scholarship fund for young jazz musicians, churches and hospitals in Los Angeles and Detroit, the Red Cross and a foundation set up in memory of Benny Goodman.
The auction will be held at Rose Hall, the new headquarters of Jazz at Lincoln Center, in the Time Warner Center at the southwest corner of Central Park. Public previews of the items will be held on Feb. 18 and 19.
Jazz memorabilia ranging from Charlie Parker's saxophone to Ella Fitzgerald's evening gown are headed for the auction block.
Auction will include unreleased tape recordings of music by Parker and handwritten compositions and arrangements by composers John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.
Other instruments on offer include a trumpet that belonged to Dizzy Gillespie, J.J. Johnson's trombone; Benny Goodman's clarinet; and Lionel Hampton's vibraphone.
Also on sale at the session will be Monk's smoking jacket and Goodman's tails.
Portions of the proceeds will go toward several foundations, including the John Coltrane Foundation, a scholarship fund for young jazz musicians, churches and hospitals in Los Angeles and Detroit, the Red Cross and a foundation set up in memory of Benny Goodman.
The auction will be held at Rose Hall, the new headquarters of Jazz at Lincoln Center, in the Time Warner Center at the southwest corner of Central Park. Public previews of the items will be held on Feb. 18 and 19.