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.

60 minutes