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Melvin Gibbs is an American bass guitarist who has appeared on close to 200 albums in diverse genres of music. Among others, Gibbs is known for working in jazz with drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson and guitarist Sonny Sharrock, and in rock music with Rollins Band and Arto Lindsay.

Melvin Gibbs
Gibbs performing in 2014
Background information
OriginBrooklyn, New York, U.S.
GenresJazz fusion, alternative metal, funk rock, ambient, hip hop
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, producer
Instrument(s)Bass guitar
Years active1980–present
LabelsLivewired Music, Rage
Member ofBlack Rock Coalition
Formerly ofRollins Band, Defunkt, Eye and I
Websitemusic.melvin-gibbs.com

Career


Gibbs in a July 1980 performance in Paris, France
Gibbs in a July 1980 performance in Paris, France

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Gibbs attended Medgar Evers College and the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. After graduating from Berklee College of Music,[1] Gibbs first came to public notice as a member of the group Defunkt, which was a mainstay of the early 1980s downtown New York scene. Throughout most of the 1980s, he played in drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society with guitarist Vernon Reid and with guitarist Sonny Sharrock and saxophonist John Zorn. With Jackson and guitarist Bill Frisell he was a member of the group Power Tools. Gibbs co-led the band Eye and I with D.K. Dyson who also co-founded the Black Rock Coalition of which he is an original member.

Gibbs took on the role of record producer while with the Rollins Band in the 1990s. He worked in that capacity, producing records for other artists on Rage Records.[1]

He was a member of the avant-metal Rollins Band from 1993 to about 1998 and again in 2006 when the group briefly reformed. As a member of the Rollins Band, he performed at Woodstock '94 in 1994 and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1995. Gibbs has also recorded with hip-hop musician Dead Prez, Brazilian musicians Caetano Veloso and Marisa Monte, Latin jazz musician Eddie Palmieri, Nigerian musician Femi Kuti, and guitarist Marc Ribot. He has produced albums by guitarist Arto Lindsay and turntablist DJ Logic.

Gibbs formed the Punk-Funk All-Stars with James Blood Ulmer, Defunkt leader Joseph Bowie, Vernon Reid and Ronald Shannon Jackson. In 1998, Gibbs, guitarist Brandon Ross, and drummer J.T. Lewis formed the trio Harriet Tubman, which continues to perform concerts and record, as of 2022.[2][3][4][5][6]

Ancients Speak, the first album by Melvin Gibbs' Elevated Entity, was released on March 17, 2009, by Livewired Music. In 2009, he joined the group SociaLybrium with Bernie Worrell of Parliament-Funkadelic, DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight, and J.T. Lewis. The group's album, For You/For Us/For All was released by Livewired in December 2009.

Gibbs' other projects include Melvin Runs the Hoodoo Down with guitarist Pete Cosey and keyboard player John Medeski; the JFM Trio with guitarist Jeff Parker and percussionist Francisco Mora,[citation needed] the Geechee Seminoles with percussionist David Pleasant;[7] Zig Zag Power Trio with guitarist Vernon Reid and drummer Will Calhoun; God Particle with cosmologist/saxophonist Stephon Alexander, David Pleasant, and other musicians;[8] and Melvin Gibbs Magnum.[9]


Discography



As leader or co-leader


With Defunkt

With Rollins Band

With Harriet Tubman

Other bands


As sideman


With Jean-Paul Bourelly

With DJ Logic

With Ronald Shannon Jackson

With Arto Lindsay

With Marisa Monte

With Sonny Sharrock

With Moreno Veloso

With Vitamin C

With John Zorn

With others


References


  1. Layne, Joslyn (2012). "Melvin Gibbs". Allmusic. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  2. "harriet tubman: the band". ReverbNation. 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  3. Freitas, Filipe (November 19, 2018). "Harriet Tubman: The Terror End of Beauty". jazztrail. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  4. "Harriet Tubman". bandsintown. November 2018. Archived from the original on November 22, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  5. "Harriet Tubman". bandsintown. January 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  6. "Harriet Tubman: Thursday, Mar 17, 2022". Constellation. January 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  7. "The Geechee Seminoles". Tulane University. 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  8. "Melvin Gibbs & Stephon Alexander Premiere at The Vision Festival 2019". Bass Magazine. May 14, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  9. Cohan, Brad (April 2, 2019). "Melvin Gibbs Isn't Looking Back". Jazz Times. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  10. "Melvin Gibbs | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  11. "Harriet Tubman: The Band". Maurice Montoya Music Agency. 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  12. "Harriet Tubman: The Terror End of Beauty". The Wire. November 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018.




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