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An instrument case, personally owned and used by Charlie “Bird” Parker, dating from his trip to Sweden in November 1950
Charlie Parker
已結束2023年9月28日
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An instrument case, personally owned and used by Charlie “Bird” Parker, dating from his trip to Sweden in November 1950
Charlie Parker
An instrument case, personally owned and used by Charlie “Bird” Parker, dating from his trip to Sweden in November 1950.
According to Peter Harrington, the case was discovered in a second-hand store in Sweden and has been authenticated by the Parker estate. The interior layout and dimensions indicate that it is almost certainly a trombone case, but Parker was notoriously careless about the transport of his horns. The case may have been presented to Parker by one of his many fans during his nine-day Scandinavian trip. On arrival in Stockholm on 19 November 1950, Parker was 'astonished to find a welcoming crowd of Swedish musicians, music critics and jazz fans,' recalls Ross Russell. 'Sensing that we was surrounded by jazz lovers and well-wishers at every step, Charlie abandoned all pretence of play acting and became the artist that he was.' Russell, Bird Lives!, 292.
Cardboard instrument case with black imitation leather finish and red baize lining, painted in white on the lid 'CHARLIE PARKER ‘BIRD’', 860 x 230 x 200 mm. Provenance: Guernsey's, New York, 2 December 2017, lot 76 – Peter Harrington, London.
Charlie Parker
An instrument case, personally owned and used by Charlie “Bird” Parker, dating from his trip to Sweden in November 1950.
According to Peter Harrington, the case was discovered in a second-hand store in Sweden and has been authenticated by the Parker estate. The interior layout and dimensions indicate that it is almost certainly a trombone case, but Parker was notoriously careless about the transport of his horns. The case may have been presented to Parker by one of his many fans during his nine-day Scandinavian trip. On arrival in Stockholm on 19 November 1950, Parker was 'astonished to find a welcoming crowd of Swedish musicians, music critics and jazz fans,' recalls Ross Russell. 'Sensing that we was surrounded by jazz lovers and well-wishers at every step, Charlie abandoned all pretence of play acting and became the artist that he was.' Russell, Bird Lives!, 292.
Cardboard instrument case with black imitation leather finish and red baize lining, painted in white on the lid 'CHARLIE PARKER ‘BIRD’', 860 x 230 x 200 mm. Provenance: Guernsey's, New York, 2 December 2017, lot 76 – Peter Harrington, London.
An instrument case, personally owned and used by Charlie “Bird” Parker, dating from his trip to Sweden in November 1950
Charlie Parker
An instrument case, personally owned and used by Charlie “Bird” Parker, dating from his trip to Sweden in November 1950.
According to Peter Harrington, the case was discovered in a second-hand store in Sweden and has been authenticated by the Parker estate. The interior layout and dimensions indicate that it is almost certainly a trombone case, but Parker was notoriously careless about the transport of his horns. The case may have been presented to Parker by one of his many fans during his nine-day Scandinavian trip. On arrival in Stockholm on 19 November 1950, Parker was 'astonished to find a welcoming crowd of Swedish musicians, music critics and jazz fans,' recalls Ross Russell. 'Sensing that we was surrounded by jazz lovers and well-wishers at every step, Charlie abandoned all pretence of play acting and became the artist that he was.' Russell, Bird Lives!, 292.
Cardboard instrument case with black imitation leather finish and red baize lining, painted in white on the lid 'CHARLIE PARKER ‘BIRD’', 860 x 230 x 200 mm. Provenance: Guernsey's, New York, 2 December 2017, lot 76 – Peter Harrington, London.
Charlie Parker
An instrument case, personally owned and used by Charlie “Bird” Parker, dating from his trip to Sweden in November 1950.
According to Peter Harrington, the case was discovered in a second-hand store in Sweden and has been authenticated by the Parker estate. The interior layout and dimensions indicate that it is almost certainly a trombone case, but Parker was notoriously careless about the transport of his horns. The case may have been presented to Parker by one of his many fans during his nine-day Scandinavian trip. On arrival in Stockholm on 19 November 1950, Parker was 'astonished to find a welcoming crowd of Swedish musicians, music critics and jazz fans,' recalls Ross Russell. 'Sensing that we was surrounded by jazz lovers and well-wishers at every step, Charlie abandoned all pretence of play acting and became the artist that he was.' Russell, Bird Lives!, 292.
Cardboard instrument case with black imitation leather finish and red baize lining, painted in white on the lid 'CHARLIE PARKER ‘BIRD’', 860 x 230 x 200 mm. Provenance: Guernsey's, New York, 2 December 2017, lot 76 – Peter Harrington, London.
Please note that the title of this lot has been amended to 'An instrument case, dating from Charlie Parker's trip to Sweden in November 1950.' New research has come to light which indicates that Parker used a plain black alto case during his Swedish tour, suggesting that the present lot was most likely intended as a gift from a Swedish jazz fan.