Articles describing Gottlieb's life and his photography in the jazz world.
Articles and Essays
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ArticleJazz Giants: Library Acquires Photos by William P. Gottlieb Article. Article. The Library recently acquired an important collection of photographs by William P. Gottlieb, a jazz columnist who shot some 1,500 portraits of more than 250 jazz musicians from 1938 to the late 1940s.
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ArticleDown Beat Magazine Articles Written and Illustrated by William P. Gottlieb, 1946-47 Article. Article. Articles reproduced with permission from Down Beat magazine. All rights reserved.
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BiographyGottlieb's Life and Work Biography. Biography. The biographical information cited in this essay has been gathered from an oral history by Dean Hennie (1995; transcribed by Jeni Dahmus, 1997) and a series of interviews with Gottlieb by Jon Newsom, Morgan Cundiff, Carl Fleischhauer, and Jeni Dahmus (1997-98).
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ArticleWilliam Gottlieb on Assignment Article. Article. William P. Gottlieb took most of his photographs while on assignments for the Washington Post, Down Beat magazine, and Record Changer. He had a weekly jazz column in the Post, a series of articles and reviews in Down Beat, and a monthly column in Record Changer. This special presentation features four examples of his Down Beat assignments. (The displayed portraits below represent...
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ArticleIn His Own Words: Photos and Commentary by William Gottlieb In July 1997, William Gottlieb visited the Library of Congress and participated in interviews about his photography of jazz musicians. Below are links to excerpts from those interviews along with thumbnail images of, and links to, the photographs he discusses in each excerpt.
