William P. Gottlieb
William Paul Gottlieb (January 28, 1917 – April 23, 2006) was an American photographer and newspaper columnist who is best known for his classic photographs of the leading performers of the "Golden Age" of American jazz in the 1930s and 1940s. Gottlieb's photographs are among the best known and widely reproduced images of this era of jazz.During the course of his career, Gottlieb took portraits of hundreds of prominent jazz musicians and personalities, typically while they were playing or singing at well-known New York City jazz clubs. Well-known musicians Gottlieb photographed included Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Earl Hines, Jo Stafford, Thelonious Monk, Stan Kenton, Ray McKinley, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Louis Jordan, Ella Fitzgerald and Benny Carter.
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Birth date | January 28, 1917 |
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Birth name | William Paul Gottlieb |
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Date of death | April 23, 2006 |
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- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wghtml/wgbio.html
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wghtml/wghome.html
- http://rs6.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/search?sort=titlesort&view=thumbnail&query=William+P.+Gottlieb+&search_button=GO
- http://www.eteamz.com/bbhshof
- http://www.jazzphotos.com
- http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/linernotes/i-view1.html
- https://archive.org/details/brothers_and_sisters_1953