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Article Down Beat Magazine Articles Written and Illustrated by William P. Gottlieb, 1946-47

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Cover of Down Beat magazine, November 18, 1946. Music Division, Library of Congress.

From 1946 until his retirement from the jazz field in 1948, Gottlieb worked as an assistant editor and a writer-photographer for Down Beat magazine at the New York City branch office. He was responsible for writing concert reviews and columns, including a compilation of jazz news from around the world and a segment entitled "Posin'" in which he posed questions to prominent jazz personalities. Occasionally Gottlieb illustrated articles he did not write. The online Gottlieb Collection presents digital images of Down Beat articles in which Gottlieb's photographs were first published. During the late 1940s, Down Beat magazine was published in a newspaper-style format with a number of short articles and features; the "articles" range in length from a few pages to merely one photograph with a short caption. Articles without illustrations have been excluded from the collection.

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  • Down Beat Magazine Articles Written and Illustrated by William P. Gottlieb, 1946-47

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  • -  Jazz -- History and criticism -- Pictorial works
  • -  Articles
  • -  Songs and Music

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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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