The Library of Congress's collection of work by jazz photographer
William P. Gottlieb includes this 1947 shot of a blissed-out Dizzy
Gillespie listening to the First Lady of Song. All 1,600 of Gottlieb's images (many of which appeared in
Down Beat) are in the public domain and are available for download. I have selected and tweaked some of the best featuring women for you
Daily Glean jazz fans. (Tomorrow, the men!)
Don't miss these bargain jazz CDs:
Love Letters from Ella and Woody Herman/Nat Cole featuring Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet. Righteous!
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| Lady Day sings the blues |
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| Pianist/composer Mary Lou Williams, CBS studio, New York, N.Y., ca. Apr. 1947 |
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| Doris Day at the Aquarium, New York City., ca. July 1946. So young!! |
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| Day with Les Brown |
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| Lena Horne, getting it just right as always, in the recording studio |
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| Comedian Imogene Coca, Mary Lou Williams, and jazz singer Ann Hathaway, between 1938 and 1948 |
Dizzy's expression says it all!! What a great moment to capture. He's enthralled, as he should be:)
ReplyDeleteWow Doris Day was only 22 when those photo's were taken!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm harboring a new found love of jazz music...
ReplyDeleteLove the Doris Day photos. We forget sometimes about her big band time.
ReplyDeleteThat Dizzy listening to Ella shot is an interesting variation of the better known Herman Leonard photo of Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman also listening to her raptly.
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