We've got some attractive jazz goodies up for grabs this season. A big thank you to our friends at Wienerworld once again for providing the prize this time..

Our competitions are free to enter- all you have to do is send us an email (each competition has its own dedicated email address) with your name and full postal address and you're entered.

And if you haven't got email just drop us a line telling us which competitions you want to enter. You can enter all of them if you want (one entry per competition per person please). Send postal entries to: Competitions, The Bebop Shop, 14 Heddington Way, West Knighton, Leicester, LE2 6HF, United Kingdom. Overseas entries welcome.

Good luck to everyone. And if you're not fortunate to win the album you'd really like then don't forget to visit us again soon to buy it from our store and to try your luck in our next batch of compos (arriving here soon!)

WIN A SONNY ROLLINS DVD - SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS (WIENERWORLD)
Tenor saxophone master Sonny Rollins has long been hailed as one of the most important artists in jazz history and still today he is viewed as the greatest living jazz improviser.

In 1986, filmmaker Robert Mugge produced SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS, a feature-length portrait of Rollins, named after one of his most celebrated albums. The project began in May of that year when Mugge and a small crew accompanied Sonny and Lucille Rollins to Tokyo, Japan where the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra premiered his Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra with Heikki Sarmanto of Finland conducting and Rollins himself soloing throughout.

The next big shoot was in August, when Mugge and a larger crew filmed Rollins and his ensemble performing at sculpted rock quarry Opus 40 in Saugerties, New York. The most surprising part of the latter concert was that, midway through his performance, Rollins leaped from a 6-foot cliff, fell to his back on the ground and, in spite of suffering a broken heel, continued to play his saxophone.

Rounding out the production were interviews with Rollins in Japan, with Heikki Sarmanto in Japan, with Rollins and his wife Lucille in New York City, and with jazz critics Ira Gitler, Gary Giddins, and Francis Davis, also in New York City. The film has been given 4K remastering, and an updated commentary by Mugge is included as a bonus feature.

To enter send an email to sonnyrollinscompo@thebebopshop.com. Closing date for entries is 30th November 2017

The latest Winners are:
Herbie Mann CD won by Hassni Malik, Brighton
Woodstock Jazz CD won by Paul Smith, Bath

Congratulations to our lucky winners.

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