when: 10 October 2023 - 12 November 2023 | venue: Northbridge Piazza | cost: Free event
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Midnight Jazz, the photographs of William Gottlieb.
In celebration of the Perth International Jazz Festival, 7 October to 12 November, the Northbridge Piazza Superscreen presents Midnight Jazz, the photographs
of William Gottlieb.
In the years between 1939 and 1948, William Gottlieb's cumbersome Speed Graphic press camera captured the elusive moments of what he called 'a golden age' of jazz--the era of Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Mary Lou Williams, Eddie Condon, Charlie Parker, and Nat King Cole. In shot after shot, he sought to expose the creative spirit behind the music: 'I photographed Billie Holiday's face so that it suggested the anguish in her voice; I made sure to show the mutilation in guitarist Django Reinhardt's fingering hand, making it obvious how much he had to conquer to become the first great non-American jazz musician; I had Mel Tormé, the 'Velvet Fog,' sing through a cloud formed by dry ice.'
Gottlieb's portraits of singers and musicians have illustrated more than 250 record albums and countless magazine and newspaper articles, and have been used in television documentaries and films. Last year, his images of Holiday, Mildred Bailey, and Jimmy Rushing reached an even wider audience when they were chosen for a series of U.S. postage stamps celebrating jazz singers. In 1995, the Library of Congress acquired Gottlieb's collection of 1,500 negatives and original prints.
Set to the vocal swoons of Jazz from the era, Midnight Jazz, the photographs of William Gottlieb
will be exhibited from October 7 - November 12 at the City of Perth Northbridge Piazza
Superscreen.
Photos Credit. Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie by William Gottlieb from the Gottlieb Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Captioned from Down Beat: 'An impressive photo of a truly impressive singer Ella Fitzgerald at the Downbeat, with Dizzy Gillespie making like a faun in the background. Dizzy has gone on his own way, while Ella is still keeping the club on the beat.'
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Midnight Jazz, the photographs of William Gottlieb.
In celebration of the Perth International Jazz Festival, 7 October to 12 November, the Northbridge Piazza Superscreen presents Midnight Jazz, the photographs
of William Gottlieb.
In the years between 1939 and 1948, William Gottlieb's cumbersome Speed Graphic press camera captured the elusive moments of what he called 'a golden age' of jazz--the era of Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Mary Lou Williams, Eddie Condon, Charlie Parker, and Nat King Cole. In shot after shot, he sought to expose the creative spirit behind the music: 'I photographed Billie Holiday's face so that it suggested the anguish in her voice; I made sure to show the mutilation in guitarist Django Reinhardt's fingering hand, making it obvious how much he had to conquer to become the first great non-American jazz musician; I had Mel Tormé, the 'Velvet Fog,' sing through a cloud formed by dry ice.'
Gottlieb's portraits of singers and musicians have illustrated more than 250 record albums and countless magazine and newspaper articles, and have been used in television documentaries and films. Last year, his images of Holiday, Mildred Bailey, and Jimmy Rushing reached an even wider audience when they were chosen for a series of U.S. postage stamps celebrating jazz singers. In 1995, the Library of Congress acquired Gottlieb's collection of 1,500 negatives and original prints.
Set to the vocal swoons of Jazz from the era, Midnight Jazz, the photographs of William Gottlieb
will be exhibited from October 7 - November 12 at the City of Perth Northbridge Piazza
Superscreen.
Photos Credit. Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie by William Gottlieb from the Gottlieb Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Captioned from Down Beat: 'An impressive photo of a truly impressive singer Ella Fitzgerald at the Downbeat, with Dizzy Gillespie making like a faun in the background. Dizzy has gone on his own way, while Ella is still keeping the club on the beat.'
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