Charlie Parker Sculpture Rediscovered

[BillF]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/mar/21/charlie-parker-julie-macdonald-sculpture

Unfortunately, the online version of this Guardian article omitted the photo of the sculpture which appeared in the newspaper. I haven't been able to find it on the internet, but recall seeing it in a book on Parker.

[jazztrain]

A photo of the sculpture appears on page 140 of Robert Reisner's "Bird: the Legend of Charlie Parker." You can view it from Google Books. I haven't been able to figure out a way to post links or images from Google Books.

Here's a long url which might work. No guarantees:

http://books.google.com/books?id=qwX3f_CC2SUC&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=%22Charlie+Parker%22,+sculpture,+%22Julie+Macdonald%22,+-uncanny&source=bl&ots=HkHOacT4Sc&sig=1XojGWhDtEt3ttzELPQaw8qMF3w&hl=en&ei=B-OnS7y2F8GclgeAxojDDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBYQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=&f=false

[Guest Bill Barton]

A photo of the sculpture appears on page 140 of Robert Reisner's "Bird: the Legend of Charlie Parker." You can view it from Google Books. I haven't been able to figure out a way to post links or images from Google Books.

Here's a long url which might work. No guarantees:

http://books.google.com/books?id=qwX3f_CC2SUC&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=%22Charlie+Parker%22,+sculpture,+%22Julie+Macdonald%22,+-uncanny&source=bl&ots=HkHOacT4Sc&sig=1XojGWhDtEt3ttzELPQaw8qMF3w&hl=en&ei=B-OnS7y2F8GclgeAxojDDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBYQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Link worked fine for me. Hmmmm... Can't say that I'm knocked out by the sculpture but it's interesting. Thanks.

[Rooster_Ties]

Can somebody somehow take a snapshot of it, and attach it here??

The link does work for me, but the image with the sculpture doesn't come up (drat).

[Quasimado]

Interesting. If I recall correctly Julie Macdonald was married to Tristano drummer Jeff Morton (who is credited with the photograph in Reisner's book), which presumably accounts for the Tristano connection.

Q

[bichos]

i´m not at home in the moment, so here is only a little pic of the downbeat cover:

keep boppin´

marcel

[bakeostrin]

From the article "Macdonald's stone head was sold to one of the world's leading experts on Parker memorabilia" This expert was Norman Saks; he once told me that he had acquired it, which I found interesting, given the bust's photograph from the Reisner book. I guess he didn't keep it. Neat story, but the bust is not as well traveled as the Maltese Falcon, not the stuff that dreams are made of.