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52nd Street |
| Otherwise known as ''Swing Street''--jazz mecca. |
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Allen Eager |
| This is Bill's son, Ed's, favorite photograph! ''I love the group energy that you can feel in this shot.'' |
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Benny Goodman |
| Benny Goodman, ''the first to adopt an uncompromising jazz style, one that took both standard and popular material and turned it into...swing, thus starting an entirely new era.'' 'The Encyclopedia of Jazz' |
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Billie Holiday |
| Bill's photos of Billie captured her like no photographer ever had. Intense and intimate. |
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Billy Eckstine |
''One of the most distinctive of all ballad singers, Eckstine was both a pivotal figure in the history of jazz because of his commitment to bebop and the first black singer to achieve lasting success in the pop mainstream.'' Verve Music Group
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Buddy Rich |
| ''Buddy Rich was known for his spectacular drumming and his cocky personality.'' William P. Gottlieb |
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Cab Calloway |
| Cab Calloway, a ''sensational personality..'' said Gottlieb. |
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Coleman ''Bean'' Hawkins |
| ''Coleman 'Bean' Hawkins, the greatest virtuoso of the tenor sax during the Golden Age, is one of a handful of jazz supermen.'' Gottlieb in 'The Golden Age of Jazz' |
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Count Basie |
Count Basie liked his ''...swing direct and to the point'' wrote Bill Gottlieb.
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Doris Day |
| The famous American actress and singer Doris Day, one of the most admired and well known entertainers of the twentieth century who got her start as a jazz singer. |
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Duke Ellington |
''(Duke) created jazz that had more colors, more textures, more surprises than were found anywhere else in jazz.''
Bill Gottlieb |
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Francis ''Muggsy'' Spanier |
| ''Francis 'Muggsy' Spanier was one of the most sought-after cornetists of the period. With both open horn and plunger mute, he was marvelously full-bodied and precise.'' Gottlieb in ''The Golden Age of Jazz'' |
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Frank Sinatra |
| Always sophisticated, Frank Sinatra in the recording studio. |
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Glen Gray |
| Note the gun on the dresser. Glad it was Bill and not Glen shooting that day! |
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Howard McGhee |
''Howard McGhee was known for lightning-fast fingers and very high notes.What he is not known of is the influnce that had on younger hard bop trumpeters, together with Fats Navarro.'' Wikipedia
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Illinois Jacquet |
| ''Illinois Jacquet started a trend among tenor sax players with his boisterous honking on Lionel Hampton's 'Flying Home.' He later became a star with Jazz at the Philharmonic.'' Gottlieb in 'The Golden Age of Jazz' |
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June Christy |
| ''One of the most popular of the good band vocalists was June Christy, featured for years with the Stan Kenton orchestra.'' William Gottlieb |
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