Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz
The William P. Gottlieb Collection at the Library of Congress

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Selected Bibliography

Brace, Eric. "Making the Scene with Bill Gottlieb." Washington Post Weekend, 14 August 1998, 14.

Dalrymple, Will. "Jazz Giants: Library Acquires Photos by William P. Gottlieb." Library of Congress Information Bulletin 54, no. 18 (2 October 1995): 414-20.

Feather, Leonard G. The Encylopedia of Jazz. New York: Quartet Books, 1978.

Glenn, Hugh W. "William P. Gottlieb on Display." Jazz News 13, no. 91 (April-June 1997).

"The Golden Age of Jazz" Web site. http://jazzphotos.com, accessed July 28, 2010.

The Golden Age of Jazz CD-ROM for Macintosh & Windows. Tokyo: FAB Communications Co., Ltd., 1998.

Goldsmith, Arthur. "What's New with Bill Gottlieb and the Golden Age of Jazz." The Imagist (September 1998): 4.

Gottlieb, William P. "Anatomy of Bebop." New York Herald-Tribune (26 September 1947). Reprint. Negro Digest (December 1947): 79-80.

------. "Bill Gottlieb's Golden Ages of Jazz." Jazz Notes 4, no. 3 (Fall 1992): 10-13.

------. "Bill Gottlieb's Golden Ages of Jazz, Part 2." Jazz Notes 4, no. 4 (1993): 10-12.

------. "Bill Gottlieb's Golden Ages of Jazz, Part 3." Jazz Notes 5, no. 1 (1993): 10-11.

------. "Bill Gottlieb's Golden Ages of Jazz, Part 4." Jazz Notes 5, no. 2 (1993): 9-11.

------. "Dixieland Nowhere, Says Dave Tough." Down Beat 13, no. 20 (23 September 1946): 4. Reprinted as "Classic Interviews." Down Beat 64, no. 5 (May 1997): 52.

------. "Eddie Condon Raps Tough for 'Re-Bop Slop.'" Down Beat 13, no. 21 (7 October 1946): 4. Reprinted as "Classic Interviews." Down Beat 64, no. 5 (May 1997): 53.

------. The Golden Age of Jazz. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. Reprint. San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks, 1995.

------. "Jazz Press: Portfolio by William P. Gottlieb." Playboy Jazz Festival (13-14 June 1998): 88-97.

------. "Sinatra in the Studio: Photos from a Mid-Career Recording Session." Down Beat 65, no. 8 (August 1998): 20-24.

Halper, Oscar. "Member Profile: William Gottlieb." The Imagist (May 1997): 4.

Herzig, Helene. "All That Jazz . . . and More!: With William Gottlieb." North Shore 23, no. 2 (Spring-Summer 1997): 26-27, 50.

"Indelible Images: Classic Jazz Photography." Jazz Times 24, no. 10(December 1994): 75-106.

Kernfeld, Barry, ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. New York: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1988.

"Lifetime Award to William P. (Bill) Gottlieb." Great Neck Record (2 April 1998): 4, 14.

Marinkovich, A. "Smokin' Jazz." Smoke 2, no. 3 (Summer 1997): 288-99.

Nahigian, Alan. "Lifetime Achievement Award: Bill Gottlieb." Down Beat 64, no. 9 (September 1997): 30-34.

Naideau, Harold. "Member Profile: William Gottlieb." American Society of Media Photographers--Long Island Chapter (Summer 1998): 8-9, 14.

"Photographer Bill Gottlieb and Pianist Dick Hyman to be Honored at Stomp." Jersey Jazz 25, no. 2 (February 1997): 1.

Schuller, Gunther. The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.

Singer, Barry. "Eloquent Images of a Smoky, Sultry World." New York Times, 27 April 1997.

------. "Jazz Photo as Art Form: Capturing Soul on Film." International Herald Tribune (3-4 May 1997).

Stokes, W. Royal. "The Faces of Jazz." Civilization 2, no. 5 (September-October 1995): 58-69.

Teachout, Terry. "Too Cool to Cash in, Favorite of the Few." New York Times, 21 December 1997.

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