Behellodge, Michel, Rudolf, Jason, Dan Hodina, Dave S, Erich Schultz, Fred M. Donald Gajadhar, Hyder, Troy Grooms and Eric. And the winner is (drum roll, please): Troy Grooms. Troy, we hope you don’t have a copy of this book already (if so, we could work out a substitute). Please send us a separate email with your mailing address and we’ll send you a copy of the book, and we’ll even pay the postage. Just sent the note to al@jazzcollector.com. We’re hoping to get another contest started later today or tomorrow, so please, everyone, stay tuned. And remember, even if we don’t do any more contests, we really appreciate it when you comment on the site. We are trying to build a community of jazz collectors here, and the more you all contribute, the more it feels like a community. Thanks.

So, here it is, a new free giveaway contest from Jazz Collector, and it’s a Blue Note (no not an original copy of Candy by Lee Morgan, or even a second pressing of Newk’s Time by Sonny Rollins). It is (drum roll, please):

BLUE NOTE: THE ALBUM COVER ART

This is a 128-book of album cover art from the Blue Note catalogue, first published in 1991 by Chronicle Books. It features page after page of classic Blue Note covers from the 1950s and 1960s, featuring so many of the great designs by Reid Miles and photos by Francis Wolff. The book also includes a foreward by Horace Silver, which I will present in a separate post later in the week. 

Best of all, the book will be given away FREE to one lucky reader of Jazz Collector. To be eligible to win all you have to do is

post a comment on the Jazz Collector site between now and the end of the day on July 2, when the contest will close. That’s all you have to do: Post a comment on the site, about anything you want, anytime, in response to any of our posts, including this one. I just did a post before about 78s. That might be one worth a comment. Or the post about the Savoy label. Or any of the other items I will post over the next two weeks.

At the end of the day on July 2, we will put all the entries into a hat and the lovely Mrs. Jazz Collector will pluck out the winning name. Then, we will send off the free copy of this book to the winner, anywhere in the world, at our own expense.

As we’ve mentioned several times when we’ve given away items in the past, we are just looking to create an incentive to generate comments and build community on the Jazz Collector site, and what better way than to give away a free jazz collectible. So please, keep those comments coming, or at least get those comments started. Just for fun, here are a couple more pictures from the book: