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...
