I was listening to "Bakiff" by Duke Ellington (Blanton-Webster band version) and was thinking how sad it was that Jimmy died so young.
It got me thinking about a subject I know almost nothing about:
What happened to famous musicians' instruments after they died? I realize, sadly, that some jazz musicians had their instruments in and out of pawn shops and Lord knows what happened to some of them.
Does anyone have any good stories about this, either proven, rumored, or anything else?