February 16, 1995: Vol26n17: All that Jazz

A dynamic photo series focusing on jazz greats from the '30s and '40s
lights up the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society  at 25
Nottingham Court until March 5, in celebration of Black History Month.
WBFO-FM, the university's National Public Radio affiliate,  is a
co-sponsor.
	"Portraits from the Golden Age of Jazz"  by William Gottlieb,
called  "The great jazz photographer" by Modern Photography magazine,
points up the contributions of African Americans and African culture
in shaping the course of American music.
	Jazz greats from Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong to Ella
Fitzgerald are included in the 75 portraits that penetrate the heart
and soul of jazz singers and musicians.
	"Gottlieb gives us more than just static photos. He
communicates the lives of these world-famous musicians: ordinary
people who have achieved greatness. He captures their emotions,
vulnerabilities and strengths-all of the things within that  drive
their music," the Historical Society notes.
	Gottlieb, who left the jazz scene in 1948, retired in 1979 and
wrote two books, Science Facts You Won't Believe (Franklin Watts) and
The Golden Age of Jazz (Simon & Schuster, reissued by DaCapo Press).
	One of Gottlieb's photos of Duke Ellington was purchased by
the National Portrait Gallery and  his images of Billie Holliday,
Mildred Bailey and Jimmy Rushing are the basis of three of the four
29-cent U.S. postage stamps devoted to jazz