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Photo, Print, Drawing [Portrait of Junior Raglin, Lawrence Brown, Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington, Ray Nance, Sonny Greer, Fred Guy, and Harry Carney, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946] On the cover of this issue, Duke Ellington poses with a group of his sidemen for staff photographer Bill Gottlieb. From left to right you can find Junior Raglin, bass; Lawrence Brown, trombone; Johnny Hodges, alto sax; the Duke himself, Ray Nance, trumpet, and Sonny Greer, drums. The Ellington orchestra will be presented in concert by Down Beat on November 10 at the Civic Opera in Chicago

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Title

  • [Portrait of Junior Raglin, Lawrence Brown, Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington, Ray Nance, Sonny Greer, Fred Guy, and Harry Carney, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946]

Other Title

  • On the cover of this issue, Duke Ellington poses with a group of his sidemen for staff photographer Bill Gottlieb. From left to right you can find Junior Raglin, bass; Lawrence Brown, trombone; Johnny Hodges, alto sax; the Duke himself, Ray Nance, trumpet, and Sonny Greer, drums. The Ellington orchestra will be presented in concert by Down Beat on November 10 at the Civic Opera in Chicago

Alternate Title

  • On the cover of this issue, Duke Ellington poses with a group of his sidemen for staff photographer Bill Gottlieb. From left to right you can find Junior Raglin, bass; Lawrence Brown, trombone; Johnny Hodges, alto sax; the Duke himself, Ray Nance, trumpet, and Sonny Greer, drums. The Ellington orchestra will be presented in concert by Down Beat on November 10 at the Civic Opera in Chicago

Names

  • Gottlieb, William P. -- 1917- (photographer)

Created / Published

  • 1946, monographic.

Headings

  • -  Raglin, Junior, 1917-1955
  • -  Brown, Lawrence, 1907-1988
  • -  Hodges, Johnny
  • -  Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
  • -  Nance, Ray, 1913-
  • -  Greer, Sonny
  • -  Guy, Fred
  • -  Carney, Harry
  • -  Duke Ellington Orchestra
  • -  Jazz musicians -- 1940-1950
  • -  Composers -- 1940-1950
  • -  Pianists -- 1940-1950
  • -  Big bands -- 1940-1950
  • -  Aquarium

Genre

  • graphic

Notes

  • -  Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress.
  • -  Purchase William P. Gottlieb
  • -  Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress).
  • -  General information about the Gottlieb Collection is available at
  • -  In: "Duke & group on the cover," Down Beat, v. 13, no. 23 (Nov. 4, 1946).
  • -  Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 038 (gottlieb assignment)
  • -  038 (assignment)
  • -  Aquarium (venue)
  • -  LC-GLB23-0237 DLC (stock number)
  • -  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/gottlieb.02371 (url)

Form

  • electronic resource
  • remote
  • nonprojected graphic
  • photonegative
  • graphic

Extent

  • 1 negative : b&w ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.

Repository

  • Music Division

Access Condition

  • Mr. Gottlieb has dedicated these works to the public domain, but rights of privacy and publicity may apply.

LC Classification

  • LC-GLB23- 0237

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

In accordance with the wishes of William Gottlieb, the photographs in this collection entered into the public domain on February 16, 2010, but rights of privacy and publicity may apply. Privacy and publicity rights protect the interests of the person(s) who may be the subject(s) of the work or intellectual creation. Users of photographs in the Gottlieb collection are responsible for clearing any privacy or publicity rights associated with the use of the images.

The following items are included in the William P. Gottlieb Collection with permission as noted:

Articles from Down Beat magazine by William Gottlieb and others, Ed Enright, Editor, Down Beat magazine, 102 North Haven Road, Elmhurst, IL 60126-3370.

"The Faces of Jazz," by W. Royal Stokes, Civilization, vol. 2, no. 5, September-October 1995, Civilizaton, Attn. Managing Editor, 666 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Suite 303, Washington, D.C. 20003. Reproduced by permission. All rights reserved.

Credit Line: William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.

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Chicago citation style:

Gottlieb, William P. Portrait of Junior Raglin, Lawrence Brown, Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington, Ray Nance, Sonny Greer, Fred Guy, and Harry Carney, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. United States, 1946. , Monographic. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/gottlieb.02371/.

APA citation style:

Gottlieb, W. P. (1946) Portrait of Junior Raglin, Lawrence Brown, Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington, Ray Nance, Sonny Greer, Fred Guy, and Harry Carney, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. United States, 1946. , Monographic. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gottlieb.02371/.

MLA citation style:

Gottlieb, William P. Portrait of Junior Raglin, Lawrence Brown, Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington, Ray Nance, Sonny Greer, Fred Guy, and Harry Carney, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. , Monographic. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gottlieb.02371/>.