To Whom to WILL my $1 Million Autographed Head- IDEAS ?

[jean krupa]

Some of you may have seen my post of several years ago of a 16" calf hide head I started to collect autographs
on when I was 16 y.o. I'm 65 y.o. now and have quite a few. I will list them below - hoping it works.

I am in the process, as most 50+ men should be, of processing my Irrevocable Trust.
In addition to the 14 sets of high end Sonor & Vintage Sonor Drum sets, I have many,
many boots of Vinnie. I have collected them and made them since 1980. I'm the one
who put up for trade the Joan Rivers compilation about 7 years ago, digitizing my
VHS and Beta tapes to DVD.

Anyway, do you have any serious suggestions as to what Smithsonian -like institution
would be an appropriate home for this head? Zildjian Drum Factory in MA is a possiblity,
although I have never asked them. I tend to favor musical institutions more than
warehouses. I want it to be viewed by namy. Maybe even Berklee ( I attended in 1968).

I am open to your suggestions. Then I hope to get around to my Colaiuta audio and video
boots....but FIRST things FIRST.
Thanks
P.S. When one attends a Basie concert and you go backstage to meet Sonny,
you wind up getting Count. When you go backstage to say hi to Peter Erskine at a Weather
Report Concert, and there's Jaco, Wayne and Joe, you also ask for theirs.


ABERCROMBIE, JOHN 11-03 Ken Cen
ACUNA, ALEX
ALLEN, CARL
AMMEEN, ROBBIE’92
BAKER, GINGER’89
BARBORO, CLIFFORD
BARRON, KENNY ‘82
BASIE, COUNT
BELLSON, LOUIE
BISSONETTE, GREGG 1989
BLADE, BRIAN 10-1-05
BLAINE, HAL 3-29-2007 TP
BLAKEY, ART
BOWIE, LESTER ‘77
BOZZIO, TERRY ‘86
BRECHTLEIN, TOM ‘85
BROWN, RAY ‘78
BURNS, ROY
BURRAGE, RONNIE
CAMPBELL, TOMMY
CARLOCK, KEITH 2001
CARTER, RON ‘76
CARVIN, MICHAEL ‘72
CHAMBERS, DENNIS ‘88
CHAPIN, JIM
CHERRY, DON ‘78
COBHAM, BILLY (1975)
COLAIUTA, VINNIE (1984)
COLEMAN, GEORGE ‘76
CONNORS, NORMAN
COREA, CHICK ‘93
CYRILLE, ANDREW ;78
DANZIGER, ZACH ‘98
DAWSON, ALAN
DEJOHNETTE, JACK (1976)
DENNARD, KENWOOD ‘77
DONATI, VIRGIL 7-30-2011
DUKES, JOE ‘75
DURHAM, BOBBY
ELLIS, DON
ERSKINE, PETER 1974 & 1978
FIDYK, STEVE 8’03
FIGUEROA, SAMMY ‘92
FLETCHER, WILBY
FOSTER, AL ‘77
FRANCO, GUILHERME ‘77
FRANCO, JOE
GADD, STEVE (1977)
GILLESPIE, DIZZY (1976)
GLADDEN, EDDIE ‘77
GRAVATT, ERIC
GRUSIN, DAVE
HANCOCK, HERBIE ‘79
HAMILTON, JEFF 1-26-2007
HARLAND, ERIC 11’03 Ken Cen
HARPER, BILLY ‘76
HARRIS, BEAV ER ‘78
HART, BILLY ‘76
HASS, STEVE 10-11-05
HAYES, LOUIS
HAYNES, ROY ‘77
HEATH, ALBERT ‘77
HOENIG, ARI 21 Nov 2006
HOLDSWORTH, ALLAN
HUBBARD, FREDDIE
HUMPHREY, RALPH
HUSBAND, GARY
IGOE, TOMMY ‘93
JONES, ELVIN (1974)
JONES, ‘PHILLY’ JOE
KELTNER, JIM
KENNEDY, WILL
KILLIAN, LAWRENCE
KILSON, BILLY
KINDLER, STEVE
KRUPA, GENE (1966)
KRUPA, GENE (1967)
LABORIEL, ABRAHAM ‘76
LANDRUM, ‘MOOKIE’ BYRON
LAURENCE, AZAR
LEWIS, MEL
LEWIS, VICTOR ‘77
LONDIN, LARRY
LOPEZ, RAMON
MARSALIS, WYNTON
MASON, HARVEY
MCCALL, STEVE ‘78
MILES, BUTCH ‘76
MINGUS, CHARLIE ‘77
MOORE, EDDIE
MOORE, STANTON 1-31-07
MORALES, RICHIE
MORELLO, JOE
MOSES, BOB ‘82
MOTIAN, PAUL ‘75
MOUZON, ALPHONSE
MOYE, ‘FAMADOU’ DON
MTUME
NDUGU (LEON CHANCLER) ‘77
NEGRO(HORACIO HERNANDEZ)98
NOVAK, GARY ‘93

NUSSBAUM, ADAM ‘82
PALMER, CARL 6-18-05
PALMER, EARL 6’05
PARKER, CHRIS
PASTORIUS, JACO ‘78
PATITUCCI, JOHN
PAYNE, SONNY
PETERSON, RALPH JR.
PHYFE, EDDIE
PURDIE, BERNARD ‘82
QUEEN, ALVIN ‘76
RICH, BUDDY (1967)
RICHMOND, DANNIE
RILEY, BEN
RILEY, JOHN 8’03
SEAN RICKMAN
ROACH, MAX
ROKER, MICKEY ‘77
ROSENBLATT, JOEL
SANBORN, DAVID ‘99
SANCHEZ, ANTONIO 3/29/05
SAUNDERS, FERNANDO
SCOFIELD, JOHN 10-11-05
SHAW, WOODY
SHORTER, WAYNE ‘78
SMITH, MIKE ‘81
SMITH, TONY
SMITH, MARVIN ‘SMITTY’86
SMITH, STEVE
SOPH, ED 8’03
STARR, RINGO ‘89
SWEETNEY, BERNARD ‘75
TESTA, PAUL 7-05
THIGPEN, ED’86
THOMPSON, CHESTER
THROCKMORTON, DAVID
VEGA, CARLOS
WACKERMAN, CHAD
WAITS, FREDDIE
WALDEN, NARADA MICHAEL 77
WALTON, CEDAR
WARD, BILLY
WATTS, JEFF ‘TAIN’
WECKL, DAVE (1986)
WHITE, HAROLD ‘82
WHITE, LENNY
WILLIAMS, TONY
WILSON, PHILLIP
ZACK, MIKE
ZAWINOL, JOE ‘78

[Kurtis]

That's one cool drum head. No Simon Phillips?

[drumnhands]

Might I suggest the Rhythm Discovery Center? It's the Percussive Arts Society Museum in Indianapolis, IN. They have hundreds of historical items on display. I think that it would be a great destination for such a cool drum head. I could help you contact Jeff Hartsough regarding this if you are interested.

[DeeP_FRieD]

Honestly, that thing belongs in the Smithsonian IMO.

[Mark P]

Can we see a pic of this please?!
It sounds great!

MP