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Tag Archives: Jazz
1959: Satchmo Talking
Collages by jazz great Louis Armstrong, mostly done on reel-to-reel tape boxes. Dates on the newspapers used range from 1959 to 1971, the year of his death. … Continue reading
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1947: Monk
William Gottlieb: Thelonious Monk, Minton’s Playhouse, New York, NY (ca. Sept. 1947)
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1946: Django
William Gottlieb: Portrait of Django Reinhardt, Aquarium, New York, NY (ca. Nov. 1946)
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1947: Mister
William Gottlieb: Portrait of Billie Holiday and Mister, Downbeat, New York, NY (ca. Feb. 1947) (source)
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