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Bill Gottlieb: Riffs is a fascinating profile of Bill Gottlieb, the famed photographer who captured the Golden Age of Jazz through exquisitely detailed photographs. Featuring interviews with Gottlieb and a host of jazz authorities, the documentary tells the stories behind classic photos of such legendary musicians as Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis and Charlie Parker. Gottlieb's brilliant work both documented and defined the jazz world of the 1930s and '40s.
“The jazz world was fortunate to have Bill Gottlieb, a man whose sublime images were equal to the artistry of the music itself. Highly recommended. ”
- Video Librarian
"As one commentator rightly espouses on the DVD, thank heaven there was someone like Gottlieb around at this pivotal moment in American music history. Gottlieb's personal connections with his subjects made for unusually intimate portraits, and this documentary feature adapts that intimate focus itself, making for both an enjoyable history lesson and technical exploration of the art of photography. Recommended."
- Jeffrey Kauffman, DVD Talk
