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Lot #553
Jazz Greats

Cats and jammers: Parker, Roach, Strayhorn, and others sign together

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Cats and jammers: Parker, Roach, Strayhorn, and others sign together

Nine vintage ink signatures on the same leather-backed off-white 4 x 5.75 sheet, evidently a cover from an address book or similar item. The signers are: Charlie Parker, Tadd Dameron, Kenny Dorhamn, Al Haig, Tommy Potter, Max Roach, Don Byas, Billy Strayhorn, and Stan Levey. According to the consigner, the signatures were obtained at a jazz festival in Paris in 1949. In very good condition, with scattered soiling, tape remnant to Parker’s first name, and creases touching Dameron, Parker, and Potter. R&R COA.

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  • Dates: #320 - Ended April 18, 2007