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[Portrait of Kaiser Marshall, Art Hodes, Sandy Williams, Cecil (Xavier) Scott, and Henry (Clay) Goodwin, Times Square, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1947]

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Purchase William P. Gottlieb

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Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress).

Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 265 (gottlieb assignment)

265 (assignment)

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LC-GLB23-1470 DLC (stock number)

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New Orleans is credited with being the birthplace of jazz, the “Windy City” Chicago - with further spreading it throughout America, but it was New York that was responsible for making it a worldwide recognized genre. By 1930, New York had replaced Chicago as the jazz capital of the world. Those who aspired to jazz stardom had to prove their mettle in Manhattan. Count Basie’s orchestra set up a new home base at the Woodside Hotel in Queens in 1937 and played at the Roseland Ballroom, Savoy Ballroom, and Apollo Theater. Saxophonist Charlie Parker also relocated to Gotham and was playing at Three Deuces in Manhattan. In the 1940s, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie began experimenting with melodic and harmonic dissonance as well as rhythmic alterations. Harlem became the scene for these musicians. By 1941, Parker, Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Christian and Kenny Clarke were jamming there regularly with their experimental music that is known as bebop. In 1945, a young Miles Davis moved to New York and became intrigued with Parker. Soon he would work his way into Parker's quintet. By the end of the 1940s, bebop was the most popular style among young jazz musicians. By the early 1950s, it had mutated into new styles such as hard bop, cool jazz, and cuban jazz.

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marshall kaiser hodes art williams sandy scott cecil xavier goodwin henry clay art hodes river boat jazz band jazz musicians cityscape photographs times square graphic portrait photographs film negatives portrait kaiser marshall kaiser marshall art hodes art hodes sandy williams sandy williams cecil xavier scott henry clay goodwin times square broadway manhattan times square new york ny new york jazz scene 1940 s 40 s high resolution ultra high resolution william p gottlieb collection music division performing arts encyclopedia william p gottlieb photo henry clay library of congress new york
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01/01/1947
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Gottlieb, William P. -- 1917- (photographer)
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New York Jazz

The Refinery of Bebop
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Times Square ,  40.75705, -73.98597
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marshall kaiser hodes art williams sandy scott cecil xavier goodwin henry clay art hodes river boat jazz band jazz musicians cityscape photographs times square graphic portrait photographs film negatives portrait kaiser marshall kaiser marshall art hodes art hodes sandy williams sandy williams cecil xavier scott henry clay goodwin times square broadway manhattan times square new york ny new york jazz scene 1940 s 40 s high resolution ultra high resolution william p gottlieb collection music division performing arts encyclopedia william p gottlieb photo henry clay library of congress new york