The Golden Age of Jazz

The Golden Age of Jazz
by William P. Gottlieb
Adopted by
Dr. Henry D. Kahn
In Honor of
Chris Grasso
Jazz Pianist
Washington, DC
on February 22, 2021
Cover of the golden age of jazz

The golden age of jazz : on-location portraits, in words and pictures, of more than 200 outstanding musicians from the late '30s through the '40s

By William P. Gottlieb. New York: Simon and Schuster, c1979.

This is a large, thin book with vivid black and white photos throughout. As a young Washington Post reporter covering jazz during the 1930s through 1940s, the author William Gottlieb (1917-2006) took many pictures of Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Dizzy Gillespie.  Before he died, he willed for all his photographs to be put in the public domain. This was carried out four years after his death. The Golden Age of Jazz consists of more than two hundred photos and captions, which are visual thrills for jazz fans.

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Adoption Type: Build and Access the Collection

Location: 
Anacostia Community Museum Library