1940s jazz photos by William P Gottlieb

[Marchbanks]

I saw a great photo of Sidney Bechet by William Gottlieb on the internet and was trying to find somewhere to buy a print of it. I failed, but at least found this webpage showing a number of his wonderful pictures. Thought some of you might like to see them too.

https://flashbak.com/william-p-gottliebs-mirror-images-from-the-golden-age-of-jazz-1938-1948-364305/

 

[PaulMB]

Lovely photos, thanks for that link.

 

[topoxforddoc]

Try here if you want a poster.
https://fineartamerica.com/art/photographs/william+gottlieb

If you want a vintage silver gelatin print (for a lot more money), then try here
https://www.holdenluntz.com/?s=william+gottlieb

 

[paulfromcamden]

@Marchbanks - fantastic pictures!! Thanks for posting.

 

[Marchbanks]

Try here if you want a poster.
https://fineartamerica.com/art/photographs/william+gottlieb

If you want a vintage silver gelatin print (for a lot more money), then try here
https://www.holdenluntz.com/?s=william+gottlieb

Thanks - a couple in the first link that I really like. 25% off for the rest of today… more stress for my credit card.

 

[Marchbanks]

Here’s another Gottlieb pic I’ve found, this one of Tommy Dorsey. Do you think it’s possible that Donald Fagen is familiar with it?

 

[Marchbanks]

Further update. I’ve now discovered that most of these pictures (and over 1,000 others) are in the William P Gottlieb collection, curated by the Library of Congress and downloadable in high resolution from there. As they are in the public domain (explained on the website) the estimable Lefty has told me he can print pictures of your choice for about £22 each.

Here’s another for you. The Sam Donahue Orchestra playing to an audience of one. Cat. It’s explained on the listing. The cat’s name is Hep, naturally.

 

[Marchbanks]

Still trawling through the 1,000+ photos in the archive. Look at this fantastic one of Ben Webster!

…and having seen this one of Coleman Hawkins I now do all my sax practice wearing an overcoat. Cool or what? (Extra pfm kudos - Miles in the background.)

 

[Jakob]

The Ben has Buck Clayton in the background. The clarinet player probably Edmund Hall who spent some time with Louis.

 

[Marchbanks]

My six Gottlieb prints made by @Lefty arrived yesterday. I told him to post a couple here in case anyone else was interested, but he’s too modest. Or maybe he forgot. So here are two of them. I think they look great. They are printed on A2, and the images are approx. 16” square.

 

[Lefty]

My six Gottlieb prints made by @Lefty arrived yesterday. I told him to post a couple here in case anyone else was interested, but he’s too modest. Or maybe he forgot. So here are two of them. I think they look great. They are printed on A2, and the images are approx. 16” square.

I've only just seen this - thank you! I'm really pleased you like them, they were a pleasure to print.

I'm generally terrible at promoting myself, so thank for posting some images of the prints

Amar