26 NOVEMBER 1988, page 60

Jazz

No second act Geoffrey Smith recalls the complex musical genius of Bix Beiderbecke T hanks to Clint Eastwood's much touted Bird, Charlie Parker may make the transition from jazz......

Sale-rooms

The last connoisseur Peter Watson There is, however, no shortage of ironies or paradoxes in this situation. The most poignant is the sight of bankers and finan- ciers, normally......