William Gottlieb

 Imogene Coca, Mary Lou Williams, Ann Hathaway

[not the Ann Hathaway from "The Princess Diaries"!]

 Jack Teagarden

[Dark Eyes]

 James P. Johnson, Fess Williams, Freddie Moore, and Joe Thomas, 

at William P. Gottlieb's office party, Jamaica, Queens, New York, ca. 1948

 Leadbelly

[Where Did You Sleep Last Night?]

 Maxine Sullivan

[Some of These Days]

 Nat King Cole

[Mona Lisa]

 Sarah Vaughn

[Black Coffee]

 Sidney Bechet, Freddie Moore and Lloyd Phillips

[Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me]

 Thelonious Monk

[Live in '66 - Full Concert]

Thelonious Monk

William Gottlieb

 Doris Day and Kitty Kallen, 1947

[Doris Day is familiar as a singer and actress. Kitty Kallen was a big band singer.]

[Kitty Kallen singing It's Been a Long, Long Time]

 Duke Ellington

[C Jam Blues]

 Duke Ellington

[It Don't Mean a Thing]

 Duke Ellington

[Solitude]

 Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman

[that's a lot of jazz royalty in one photo]

 Ella Fitzgerald

[Black Coffee]

 Ella Fitzgerald

[Night and Day]

 Ethel Waters

[Am I Blue/Underneath a Harvest Moon]

 Frank Sinatra

[The Way You Look Tonight]

Frank Sinatra

[Fly Me to the Moon]

William Gottlieb

 Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, New York, 1949

 Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, 1947

[these two playing A Night in Tunisia]

 Coleman Hawkins and Miles Davis, 1947

[Coleman Hawkins playing Body and Soul]

 Count Basie

[Swingin' the Blues]

 Dancers at Nola's, New York City

 Dancers in a Jazz Club

 Dizzy Gillespie, 1948

[Groovy Man]

 Dizzy Gillespie

[here he's playing Umbrella Man with Louis Armstrong!]

 Django Reinhart and David Rose

 Django Reinhart and Duke Ellington

[here's these two playing Honeysuckle Rose]

Django Reinhart

[Minor Swing]

William Gottlieb

Here are some more of William Gottlieb's photos of jazz artists.

 Ann Hathaway

 Art Tatum

[here's a documentary about Art Tatum]

 The Apollo Theater

[the hotspot in Harlem]

 Artie Shaw

[Where or When?]

 Benny Carter

[Again and Again]

 Benny Goodman

[Sing, Sing, Sing]

 Benny Goodman

[Stompin' at the Savoy]

 Benny Goodman

[Roll 'em]

 Buddy Rich

[Drum battle vs. Gene Krupa!]

Cab Calloway

[Jumpin' Jive]

William Gottlieb

William Gottlieb photographed jazz artists. There's a big collection of his photos at the Library of Congress. This set focuses on two of the greatest: Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday.

 Billie Holiday and "Mister"

 Billie Holiday and "Mister," 1946

 Billie Holiday at Carnegie Hall

 Billie Holiday, 1946

 Billie Holiday, 1947

(probably the greatest photograph ever of a singer)

 Billie Holiday

 Billie Holiday

 Billie Holiday, 1939

 Louis Armstrong

 Louis Armstrong

 Louis Armstrong

 Louis Armstrong

 Louis Armstrong

 Louis Armstrong

 Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong