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The faces on the records

William Gottlieb photographed the New York clubs between 1938 and 1948 for Down Beat and the Washington Post. The Library of Congress holds the negatives; the pictures are in the public domain.

A hand on the tuning knob of a bakelite set
Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet
Dizzy Gillespie, 1947
Billy Strayhorn, piano
Billy Strayhorn, 1946–48
Al Grey, trombone
Al Grey, undated
Duke Ellington, orchestra
Duke Ellington, undated
Billie Holiday, voice
Billie Holiday, 1947
Thelonious Monk, piano
Thelonious Monk, 1947
Sarah Vaughan, voice
Sarah Vaughan, 1946