with Kirk Silsbee

Harry “The Hipster” Gibson (1915-91) was a unique character in jazz history. In some ways he was the jazz equivalent to rock and roll’s Jerry Lee Lewis although he appeared a decade earlier. The singer-pianist became famous for a short time in the mid-1940s due to his somewhat crazy recordings for Musicraft and the three Soundies that he made in 1944. He largely disappeared from the national jazz scene after the early 1950s although he made a few albums during 1974-89.