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Melvin Gibbs
Gibbs performing in 2014
Background information
Origin
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres
Jazz fusion, alternative metal, funk rock, ambient, hip hop
Occupation(s)
Musician, composer, producer
Instrument(s)
Bass guitar
Years active
1980–present
Labels
Livewired Music, Rage
Member of
Black Rock Coalition
Formerly of
Rollins Band, Defunkt, Eye and I
Website
music.melvin-gibbs.com
Musical artist
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.
MelvinGibbs 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...
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Crimson as an influence on their experimental period in the mid-1980s. MelvinGibbs said that the Rollins Band was influenced most by King Crimson, using...
John Legend, and Beyonce. He also worked with rockers Vernon Reid and MelvinGibbs. In 2011, he was the keyboard/saxophonist for Patrick Stump's live solo...
Material and Sonic Youth. Joseph's saxophonist brother Bryon, bassist MelvinGibbs and future Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid were early contributors...
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album 1995 Arto Lindsay Trio Aggregates 1–26 Knitting Factory trio with MelvinGibbs and Dougie Bowne 1995 Arto Lindsay O Corpo Sutil (The Subtle Body) Güt/For...
dissolved the band's "classic" lineup of guitarist Chris Haskett, bassist MelvinGibbs, drummer Sim Cain and sound technician Theo Van Rock. Rollins later formed...
with the Bedouin Musicians of Muhammad Abu-Ajaj Raw Meet (2002) with MelvinGibbs, Lance Carter Radio Hyper-Yahoo (2004) with Tracie Morris, Eric Bogosian...
Weiss was fired toward its end, and replaced by funk and jazz bassist MelvinGibbs. According to critic Steve Huey, 1994 was Rollins' "breakout year". The...
1987, he replaced Bill Frisell in the trio Power Tools with bassist MelvinGibbs and drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson (a live recording is available through...
Parliament-Funkadelic guitarist DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight, bassist MelvinGibbs and drummer J.T. Lewis to form the band SociaLybrium. Their album For...
News. His album with Rioux was Here Comes Now. Alexander and bassist MelvinGibbs formed a group that they named God Particle. Alexander is also the author...
Melvin and Howard (stylized as Melvin (and Howard)) is a 1980 American comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Demme. The screenplay by Bo Goldman was...
for Kibler's original Band Eye and I, which featured D.K. Dyson and MelvinGibbs, whom has played on all of Kibler's solo releases.[citation needed] Sierra...
rock Length 48:02 Label For Life, Bar None, Rykodisc Producer Arto Lindsay, 7 Cycle, Andrés Levin, MelvinGibbs, Patrick Dillett Arto Lindsay chronology...
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