William Paul Gottlieb was an American photographer and newspaper columnist who is best known for his classic photographs of the leading performers of the Golden Age of American jazz in the 1930s and 1
Gottlieb at WINX radio station, Washington, c. 1940
From left: Ahmet Ertegun, Duke Ellington, Gottlieb, Nesuhi Ertegun, Dave Stuart, and singer Ivie Anderson (seated) at Gottlieb's home in Maryland; photograph by Delia Potofsky Gottlieb
Sy Oliver, September 1946, by William P. Gottlieb
Nesuhi Ertegun was a Turkish-American record producer and executive of Atlantic Records and WEA International.
William P. Gottlieb
…in 2010; many are used in Wikipedia and other public domain or freely licensed venues. Biography From left: Ahmet Ertegun, Duke Ellington, Gottlieb, Nesuhi Ertegun, Dave Stuart, and singer Ivie Anderson (seated) at Gottlieb's home in Maryland; photograph by Delia Potofsky Gottlieb Gottlieb was born on January 28…
Ertegun, c. 1930, by William P. Gottlieb
Nesuhi Ertegun (right) and his brother Ahmet in the record room at the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C., c. 1930s
Ertegun's first credit on a record appeared in December 1942 on Jazz Man Records, a label he later purchased.
Ertegun founded his first label, Crescent Records, with the express purpose of recording Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band (August 1944)