Unkown black guitarist

[dcrowe]

Anyone know who is this player circa late 40's in NYC?
Dan

[44lombard]

Is the woman Marie Bryant (who shows up in "Jammin' the Blues", the short film featuring Lester Young)?

That might be a clue to the identity of the others.

EDIT: Supposedly the central figure is Harry "The Hipster" Gibson, shown with his band around 1947-48

[Portrait of Harry Gibson, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1948] | Library of Congress

[medblues]

Three guitarists are credited to have played on his albums: Slim Gaillard, Al Casey, Jon Davis. The man in the picture is wearing glasses, the mentioned guitarists don't.

[AlsoRan]

I at least thought the lady was Carmen McCrae.

[neatomic]

yeah thats harry the hipster gibson with his arm up in the air..a real character!!

i've seen that pic before...i think the bass player was the leader...

cheers

ps- it does look like carmen mcrae in the forefront!