Who's playing guitar.

[Hardbopjazz]

Anyone know who this is?

[Niko]

just a guess with nothing much behind: tal farlow?

[Jim R]

This is a tough one. It's not Tal... definitely a lesser-known player. I'm pretty sure I've seen photos (or youtube clips) that included this player, but it's tough to pin him down.

My best guess right now is Perry Lopez.

Here's a page with a photo of Lopez from roughly the same era: http://books.google.com/books?id=X9fxFuF7Q...t&resnum=21

[JSngry]

Found this:

GERRY MULLIGAN AND SONNY ROLLINS WITH THE DIZZY GILLESPIE BAND

Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Buddy De Franco (cl), Benny Carter, Gerry Mulligan (as), Sonny Rollins

(ts), Ray Draper (tu), Junior Mance (p), Lex Humphries (dm)

Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA., October 5, 1958

I Want To Be Happy Unissued

Blues Walk As above

Jam Session As above

Note: Available at Library of Congress as Tape RGA 2675

Here:

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/natlib/ihas/warehous...003721/0001.pdf

That sure looks like the gig, but no guitar listed...hmmm

[Chuck Nessa]

Les Spann.

[Hardbopjazz]

This is from a recent discovery that the Mulligan estate have given to the Library of Congress. I can figure out everyone other than the guitar player. The date if it helps is October 5, 1958, the first Monterey Jazz Festival.

Edited June 29, 2009 by Hardbopjazz

[Hardbopjazz]

Les Spann.

It might just be him. Thanks Chuck.

[Chuck Nessa]

Spann was in Diz's group at the time.