Fotografias da Época de Ouro do Jazz

Consagrados artistas do jazz foram fotografados por William P. Gottlieb entre 1938 e 1948, em Nova York e Washington. Ao todo são 1.600 retratos de personalidades como Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk e Ella Fitzgerald.

As imagens documentam a Época de Ouro do Jazz e foram disponibilizadas no flickr pela Biblioteca do Congresso Americano.

Ella Fitzgerald, Nova York, 1946

 

Morey Feld, Nova York, 1947

 

Brick Fleagle, Nova York, 1946-1948

 

Walter Fuller, Nova York, 1946-1948

 

Teddy Kaye, Vivien Garry e Arv Charles Garrison, Nova York, 1947

 

Erroll Garner, Nova York, 1946-1948

 

Dizzy Gillespie, Nova York, 1947

 

Adele Girard, Washington, 1942

 

Babs Gonzales, Nova York, 1946-1948

 

Benny Goodman, Nova York, 1946

 

Billie Holiday, Nova York, 1947

 

Harry Gibson, Nova York, 1947

 

Henry Allen, Nova York, 1946

 

Louis Armstrong, Nova York, 1946

 

Ralph Burns, Edwin A. Finckel, George Handy, Neal Hefti, Johnny Richards e Eddie Sauter, Nova York, 1947

 

Mildred Bailey, Nova York, 1947

 

Sidney Bechet, Freddie Moore e Lloyd Phillips, Nova York, 1947

 

Harry Carney e Russell Procope, Nova York, 1946

 

George Brunis e Tony Parenti, Nova York, 1946

 

Dardanelle, Washington, 1938-1948

 

Tommy Dorsey, Beryl Davis, Georgie Auld, Ray McKinley, Johnny Desmond, Vic Damone, Mel Tormé, Mary Lou Williams e Josh White, Nova York, 1947

 

Baby Dodds, Nova York, 1946

 

Wilbur De Paris, Sammy Price, Sidney De Paris, Eddie Barefield e Charlie Traeger, Nova York, 1947

 

Bill De Arango, Terry Gibbs e Harry Biss, Nova York, 1947

 

Duke Ellington e Sonny Greer, Nova York, 1946

 

Billie Holiday, Nova York, 1946

 

Illinois Jacquet, Nova York, 1947

 

Carl Kress, Nova York, 1947

 

Pops Foster, Nova York, 1947

 

Louis Jordan, Nova York, 1946

 

Woody Herman, Nova York, 1946

 

Lena Horne, Nova York, 1946-1948

 

Stan Kenton e Buddy Childers, 1947-1948

 

John Kirby e Buster Bailey, Washington, 1946

 

Bunk Johnson, Leadbelly, George Lewis e Alcide Pavageau, Nova York, 1946

 

Earl Hines, Nova York, 1947

 

Johnny Hodges e Al Sears, Nova York, 1946

 

Harry James, Nova York, 1946

 

Bobby Hackett, Nova York, 1946

 

Zutty Singleton e Adele Girard, Washington, 1939

 

Muggsy Spanier, Nova York, 1946

 

Shelly Manne, Bob Cooper, Art Pepper e Bob Gioga, 1947-1948

 

Thelonious Monk, Nova York, 1947

 

Frank Sinatra e Axel Stordahl, Nova York, 1947

 

Howard McGhee e Miles Davis, Nova York, 1947

 

Maxine Sullivan, Nova York, 1947

 

June Christy e Bob Cooper, 1947-1948

 

Nat King Cole e Oscar Moore, Nova York, 1946

 

Mary Lou Williams, Nova York, 1946

 

Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Milt Jackson e Timmie Rosenkrantz, Nova York, 1947

Mais aqui.

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