Jazz Artist Portraits by William P. Gottlieb, circa 1938 to 1948.

Portrait of Thelonious Monk, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947
Portrait of Thelonious Monk, Minton’s Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947

All photography by William P. Gottlieb. The 1600 image library is accessible at the LOC website and their Flickr account. Amazing stuff.

 

Portrait of Ralph Burns, Edwin A. Finckel, George Handy, Neal Hefti, Johnny Richards, and Eddie Sauter, Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y., ca. Mar. 1947
Portrait of Ralph Burns, Edwin A. Finckel, George Handy, Neal Hefti, Johnny Richards, and Eddie Sauter, Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y., ca. Mar. 1947
Portrait of Count Basie, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]
Portrait of Count Basie, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]
Thelonious Monk, 1947
Thelonious Monk, Minton’s Playhouse, New York, N.Y., circa Sept. 1947
Portrait of Nat King Cole, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947.
Portrait of Nat King Cole, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947.
Portrait of Bunk Johnson, Leadbelly, George Lewis, and Alcide Pavageau, Stuyvesant Casino, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946
Portrait of Bunk Johnson, Leadbelly, George Lewis, and Alcide Pavageau, Stuyvesant Casino, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946
Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946
Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946
Portrait of Cab Calloway, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Jan. 1947
Portrait of Cab Calloway, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Jan. 1947
Portrait of Thelonious Monk, Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, and Teddy Hill, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947
Portrait of Thelonious Monk, Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, and Teddy Hill, Minton’s Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947
Portrait of Denzil Best, Al Casey, and John (O.) Levy, Pied Piper, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948
Portrait of Denzil Best, Al Casey, and John (O.) Levy, Pied Piper, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948
Portrait of Charlie Parker, Three Deuces, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947
Portrait of Charlie Parker, Three Deuces, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947
Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. Apr. 1947
Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. Apr. 1947
View of the Apollo Theatre marquee, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948
View of the Apollo Theatre marquee, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948
Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Milt (Milton) Jackson, and Timmie Rosenkrantz, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947
Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Milt (Milton) Jackson, and Timmie Rosenkrantz, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947
Portrait of Sarah Vaughan, Café Society (Downtown)(?), New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1946
Portrait of Sarah Vaughan, Café Society (Downtown)(?), New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1946
Portrait of Frank Sinatra and Axel Stordahl, Liederkrantz Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. 1947
Portrait of Frank Sinatra and Axel Stordahl, Liederkrantz Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. 1947
Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946
Portrait of Louis Armstrong, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946
Portrait of Oscar Moore, Nat King Cole, and Wesley Prince, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946
Portrait of Oscar Moore, Nat King Cole, and Wesley Prince, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946
Portrait of Sarah Vaughan, Café Society (Downtown), New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1946
Portrait of Sarah Vaughan, Café Society (Downtown), New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1946
Portrait of Glen Gray, Paramount Theater, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946
Portrait of Glen Gray, Paramount Theater, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1946
Portrait of Duke Ellington, Paramount Theater, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1946
Portrait of Duke Ellington, Paramount Theater, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1946
Portrait of Billie Holiday, Downbeat(?), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946
Portrait of Billie Holiday, Downbeat(?), New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946
Portrait of Kaiser Marshall, Art Hodes, Sandy Williams, Cecil (Xavier) Scott, and Henry (Clay) Goodwin, Times Square, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947
Portrait of Kaiser Marshall, Art Hodes, Sandy Williams, Cecil (Xavier) Scott, and Henry (Clay) Goodwin, Times Square, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947
Portrait of Django Reinhardt, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946
Portrait of Django Reinhardt, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946
Portrait of Slam Stewart, Three Deuces(?), New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1946
Portrait of Slam Stewart, Three Deuces(?), New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1946