Retronaut: Jazz in Times Square, July 1947

I’ve seen some of these floating around in the past, but a couple of these shots by William Gottlieb featured by How to be a Retronaut from the Library of Congress collection were new to me this time.

Check out the Art Hodes River Boat Jazz Band (Kaiser Marshall, Art Hodes, Sandy Williams, Cecil (Xavier) Scott, and Henry (Clay) Goodwin) as they swing Times Square in a horse-drawn carriage promoting their gig uptown at Columbus Circle (where Jazz @ Lincoln Center would lay down roots 60+ years later).

Click on over and see the full set at How to be a Retronaut.

Art Hodes
How to be a Retronaut
River Boat Jazz Band
Times Square
William P Gottlieb
23 Jan 2012, 10:08 am
Flickr Blog: Today the the Library of Congress debuts the Gottlieb Jazz Photos on the Flickr Commons. From the Library’s set notes, William P. Gottlieb was a noted music journalist and self-taught photographer, who chronicled the jazz scene in New York and Washington DC during the 1930′s and 1940′s. Gottlieb sold his collection to the Library, and in accordance with his wishes the photographs in this collection entered into the public domain on February 16, 2010. Please note, additional rights of privacy and publicity may apply. If you’re in the beta of the new Flickr photo page, a wonderfully addictive way to view these, or any photos, is in the new light box view. Use the arrow keys to page through them, and be dazzled by the Golden Age of Jazz. See more jazz photos on the Commons. I’ll be posting my favorites all week.  Above: [Portrait of Count Basie, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948] (LOC) Gottlieb, William P., 1917-, photographer. [Portrait of Count Basie, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948] 1 negative : b&w ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.

Flickr Blog:

Today the the Library of Congress debuts the Gottlieb Jazz Photos on the Flickr Commons.

From the Library’s set notes, William P. Gottlieb was a noted music journalist and self-taught photographer, who chronicled the jazz scene in New York and Washington DC during the 1930′s and 1940′s.

Gottlieb sold his collection to the Library, and in accordance with his wishes the photographs in this collection entered into the public domain on February 16, 2010. Please note, additional rights of privacy and publicity may apply.

If you’re in the beta of the new Flickr photo page, a wonderfully addictive way to view these, or any photos, is in the new light box view. Use the arrow keys to page through them, and be dazzled by the Golden Age of Jazz.

See more jazz photos on the Commons.

I’ll be posting my favorites all week.  Above:

[Portrait of Count Basie, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948] (LOC)

Gottlieb, William P., 1917-, photographer.

[Portrait of Count Basie, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]

1 negative : b&w ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.

Count Basie
William P Gottlieb
Flickr Commons
Library of Congress
2 Aug 2010, 10:00 am