William P Gottlieb (1917–2006) grew up on Long Island, New York. He is best known for his classical images of prominent artists from the golden age of American jazz in the 1930s and 1940s. The collection includes stars such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Earl Hines, Jo Stafford, Thelonious Monk, Stan Kenton, Ray McKinley, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Louis Jordan, Ella Fitzgerald, Toots Thielemans, Benny Carter and others.
In modern times, some of them have even ended up on stamps in their home country of the United States. Gottlieb’s archive of about 2,000 black and white images is now in the Library of Congress.
His career began with a job as a journalist at The Washington Post. Gottlieb wrote mainly about big jazz bands and had a chronicle every week. He was a frequent visitor to Harlem’s legendary jazz clubs.

William P Gottlieb (1917–2006) grew up on Long Island, New York. He is best known for his classical images of prominent artists from the golden age of American jazz in the 1930s and 1940s. The collection includes stars such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Earl Hines, Jo Stafford, Thelonious Monk, Stan Kenton, Ray McKinley, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Louis Jordan, Ella Fitzgerald, Toots Thielemans, Benny Carter and others.
In modern times, some of them have even ended up on stamps in their home country of the United States. Gottlieb’s archive of about 2,000 black and white images is now in the Library of Congress.
His career began with a job as a journalist at The Washington Post. Gottlieb wrote mainly about big jazz bands and had a chronicle every week. He was a frequent visitor to Harlem’s legendary jazz clubs.

William P Gottlieb (1917–2006) grew up on Long Island, New York. He is best known for his classical images of prominent artists from the golden age of American jazz in the 1930s and 1940s. The collection includes stars such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Earl Hines, Jo Stafford, Thelonious Monk, Stan Kenton, Ray McKinley, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Louis Jordan, Ella Fitzgerald, Toots Thielemans, Benny Carter and others.
In modern times, some of them have even ended up on stamps in their home country of the United States. Gottlieb’s archive of about 2,000 black and white images is now in the Library of Congress.
His career began with a job as a journalist at The Washington Post. Gottlieb wrote mainly about big jazz bands and had a chronicle every week. He was a frequent visitor to Harlem’s legendary jazz clubs.