At the moment, working my way through
https://www.flickr.com/photos/librar...th/5475994809/
William P. Gottlieb was a New York City photographer and film maker, and a noted jazz fan. In the 40's and 50's, he did a lot of portrait photography of jazz musicians and bands, starting with the swing bands of the 40's like Glen Miller and progressing to things like bebop in the 50's.
52nd Street in NYC was jazz heaven back then. You could walk down the street to places like Eddie Condon's and the Double Deuces, and hear Charlie "Bird" Parker, Lester Young, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and others. They recorded, but records weren't the point of the exercise. You got up in front of an audience and played. If I had access to a time machine, I know one place I might go and spend time.
Gottleib donated his archive to the Library of Congress, who put it up on Flicker. Just wonderful.
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Dennis