RARE OLDIES SOUNDIES WITH MR HARRY GIBSON ! Harry "The Hipster" Gibson (June 27, 1915-May 3, 1991) was a jazz pianist, singer, proto-rapper and songwriter.
Gibson played New York style Stride piano and boogie woogie while singing in a wild, unrestrained style. His music career began in the late 1920s, when as the young Harry Raab, his birth name, he played stride piano in Dixieland jazz bands in Harlem. He continued to perform there throughout the 1930s, adding the barrelhouse boogie of the time to his repertoire, and was discovered by Fats Waller in 1939 and brought down to mid-town Manhattan, where he made a splash and changed his surname to Gibson. Between 1939 and 1945, he played at various Manhattan jazz clubs on 52nd Street ("Swing Street"), most notably the Three Deuces, run by Irving Alexander, and Leon and Eddies, run by Leon Enkin and Eddie Davis.
You can watch all my rare oldies soundies on : http://www.myspace.com/swingcocktail ! Many thanks , NICKY .
ALMOST look`s like Ed Grimley`s Dad
dukeuke1 5 months ago
Boy, this cat can go!
watchinshadows 11 months ago
Hi Nicky! The "Hipster" is awsome! I love his expressions! Thanks for the history lesson! Cool stuff!! Joey Vaughan "World Blues Attack"
cjoey39 11 months ago
Great video!!! Many thanks Nicky!
TheSunRecords 11 months ago
Awesome!!!.
EVELYNEMIL 11 months ago
Great!!!!!
RockabellaBeauty 11 months ago
crazy outfit,chuwing gum and nice pianoplaying the dancers make it complete.
SuperSwingcat 11 months ago
Great.......!
brian4858 11 months ago
beautiful ..
FORSATKEY 11 months ago