Billie Holiday At Carnegie Hall: The Winner Is . . . .

Time to give away the Billie Holiday record: The Essential Billie Holiday Carnegie Hall Concert, Verve 8410. This is an original pressing with the MGM label and the gatefold cover. It’s an interesting piece in that it intersects Billie’s singing with a narrative from her autobiography Lady Sings The Blues. The goal with this give-away, as with all of our give-aways, has been to encourage people to comment on the Jazz Collector site. The good news is that the tactic seems to be working: Since we began this particular contest we’ve had 22 separate people posting comments on the site, which is our high mark for a two-week period. So thank you to everyone for contributing. OK, rather than list everyone’s name — you know who you are — we will just delve into

the contest. Unfortunately the lovely Mrs. JC has already gone to work this morning so we’re on our own. So we will put all of the names on separate pieces of paper and crumple them up — and plop them down on our desk – -and roll them around — and roll them around some more — and dive in and — pick a winner — and that winner is — Don-Lucky. Congratulations to Don-Lucky, who, if I recall, was quite happy to volunteer to win this contest. Please send an email to al@jazzcollector with your mailing address and we will send you the record, free of charge and we will even pay for the shipping. For everyone else, please stay tuned for the next contest, for which we will probably choose one of the 300 records we purchased the other day. Why not put them to good use, right?