Bright Moments Posted June 17, 2005 Report Posted June 17, 2005 (edited) sparrow's last jump was a prize winning short story written by elliott grennard and published in harper's magazine in may 1947. it is supposed to be about charlie parker. can anybody help me find a copy? i would love to read this! as always, a huge thanks in advance! Edited June 17, 2005 by Bright Moments Quote
Harold_Z Posted June 17, 2005 Report Posted June 17, 2005 (edited) I think it could have been included in "Eddie Condon's Treasury Of Jazz" book, which is an anthology and shouldn't be too hard to find at ebay or Powell's books. Edited June 17, 2005 by Harold_Z Quote
.:.impossible Posted June 17, 2005 Report Posted June 17, 2005 Also posted by Harold Z! http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...60entry372455 Quote
Harold_Z Posted June 17, 2005 Report Posted June 17, 2005 Yeah...I think the main character is named Sparrow in both cases, although they are two unrelated works. There was another Bird novelization that I can't remember the title of where the character was named "Eagle". Quote
Harold_Z Posted June 17, 2005 Report Posted June 17, 2005 OK....I checked. The Sparrow story is not in Eddie Condon's book. I'll have to look further on that - I know it was anthologized in somthing I read and probably have. The main character of "The Sound" is named RED. Quote
bichos Posted June 20, 2005 Report Posted June 20, 2005 Yeah...I think the main character is named Sparrow in both cases, although they are two unrelated works. There was another Bird novelization that I can't remember the title of where the character was named "Eagle". ← yes, the book is by john a. williams "night song" (1961). the main character was called richie stokes "the eagle". williams the "black balzac" (new york times) writes about "live and dead of a black jazz musician full of pain, indignation and deep liking" (james baldwin). bird lives or the eagle flies! keep boppin´ marcel Quote
Bright Moments Posted June 29, 2005 Author Report Posted June 29, 2005 well the internet is an amazing place!!! i knew the story won the o' henry award so i looked for a book of o'henry prize winning stories. found one for the 1948 winners for 5 bucks and took a chance (no table of contents to help me) sure 'nuff it's there !!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks to those who were helping me out! Quote
bichos Posted June 30, 2005 Report Posted June 30, 2005 congratulations! when you have finished the reading, maybe let us know about the novel here at organissimo. thanks. keep boppin´ marcel Quote
Bright Moments Posted July 6, 2005 Author Report Posted July 6, 2005 congratulations! when you have finished the reading, maybe let us know about the novel here at organissimo. thanks. keep boppin´ marcel ← i finished this short story and enjoyed it. Quote
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