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Photo, Print, Drawing [Portrait of Billy Strayhorn, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947] Los Angeles--Richard M. Jones (at right above), valet and chief factotum for Duke Ellington for two decades, died here on August 6 from a complication of illnesses. Knows as "Jonesy" or "Bowdin" to members of the band, he joined Ellington in 1927 at the Cotton Club and had been a trusted employe[e] ever since. He is seen above with Billy Strayhorn, arranger (left), and Jerome Rhea, secretary, discussing one of the maestro's neckties

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Title

  • [Portrait of Billy Strayhorn, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947]

Other Title

  • Los Angeles--Richard M. Jones (at right above), valet and chief factotum for Duke Ellington for two decades, died here on August 6 from a complication of illnesses. Knows as "Jonesy" or "Bowdin" to members of the band, he joined Ellington in 1927 at the Cotton Club and had been a trusted employe[e] ever since. He is seen above with Billy Strayhorn, arranger (left), and Jerome Rhea, secretary, discussing one of the maestro's neckties

Alternate Title

  • Los Angeles--Richard M. Jones (at right above), valet and chief factotum for Duke Ellington for two decades, died here on August 6 from a complication of illnesses. Knows as "Jonesy" or "Bowdin" to members of the band, he joined Ellington in 1927 at the Cotton Club and had been a trusted employe[e] ever since. He is seen above with Billy Strayhorn, arranger (left), and Jerome Rhea, secretary, discussing one of the maestro's neckties

Names

  • Gottlieb, William P. -- 1917- (photographer)

Created / Published

  • 1947, monographic.

Headings

  • -  Strayhorn, Billy
  • -  Rhea, Jerome
  • -  Jones, Richard M.
  • -  Jazz musicians -- 1940-1950
  • -  Composers -- 1940-1950
  • -  Pianists -- 1940-1950

Genre

  • graphic

Notes

  • -  Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress.
  • -  Purchase William P. Gottlieb
  • -  Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress).
  • -  General information about the Gottlieb Collection is available at
  • -  In: "Jonesy answers final call," Down Beat, v. 13, no. 18 (Aug. 26, 1946), p. 2.
  • -  Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 477 (gottlieb assignment)
  • -  477 (assignment)
  • -  LC-GLB13-0822 DLC (stock number)
  • http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/gottlieb.08221 (url)

Form

  • electronic resource
  • remote
  • nonprojected graphic
  • photonegative
  • graphic

Extent

  • 1 negative : b&w ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.

Repository

  • Music Division

Access Condition

  • Mr. Gottlieb has dedicated these works to the public domain, but rights of privacy and publicity may apply.

LC Classification

  • LC-GLB13- 0822

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

In accordance with the wishes of William Gottlieb, the photographs in this collection entered into the public domain on February 16, 2010, but rights of privacy and publicity may apply. Privacy and publicity rights protect the interests of the person(s) who may be the subject(s) of the work or intellectual creation. Users of photographs in the Gottlieb collection are responsible for clearing any privacy or publicity rights associated with the use of the images.

The following items are included in the William P. Gottlieb Collection with permission as noted:

Articles from Down Beat magazine by William Gottlieb and others, Ed Enright, Editor, Down Beat magazine, 102 North Haven Road, Elmhurst, IL 60126-3370.

"The Faces of Jazz," by W. Royal Stokes, Civilization, vol. 2, no. 5, September-October 1995, Civilizaton, Attn. Managing Editor, 666 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Suite 303, Washington, D.C. 20003. Reproduced by permission. All rights reserved.

Credit Line: William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress.

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Chicago citation style:

Gottlieb, William P. Portrait of Billy Strayhorn, New York, N.Y., ca. June. United States, 1947. , Monographic. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/gottlieb.08221/.

APA citation style:

Gottlieb, W. P. (1947) Portrait of Billy Strayhorn, New York, N.Y., ca. June. United States, 1947. , Monographic. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gottlieb.08221/.

MLA citation style:

Gottlieb, William P. Portrait of Billy Strayhorn, New York, N.Y., ca. June. , Monographic. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gottlieb.08221/>.