Melvin Gibbs
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Born in Brooklyn N.Y. his first musical studies were on the congas and Latin percussion, focused on the Afro-Diasporatic rhythms of Puerto Rico, Cuba and Brazil. He studied with Papo Dadiego, later to become known as the maker of Jopa Percussion instruments, who was his next-door neighbor.
After deciding to switch to bass he studied acoustic bass at The Muse is Brooklyn under former John Coltrane bassist Reggie Workman and electric bass privately with Vic Collucci. The first band he joined featured the late Alphonia Tims (Future Funk Now!, ROIR) on guitar, who would later become a formative influence in his musical life. A few months later at a practice room in Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn he would meet another guitarist and kindred spirit, Vernon Reid.
He soon joined “Point of View” a jazz-rock fusion band led by Reid as well as continuing to work as bassist-songwriter for a Brooklyn based production company specializing in funk and r&b.
He also freelanced extensively on the local N.Y. music scene with an emphasis on gaining as much hands on experience playing as many different types of music as possible. He placed a particular effort into gaining a strong working knowledge of all the musics of the peoples of the African Diaspora living in N.Y.
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dzmura Fire+Fire concert featuring Melving Gibbs and other black American artists playing with Hungarian Gypsies. Symphony Space November 19 and 21 Website: http://extremelyhungary.org/fire/
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videopix Ankh-A-namean sounds very much like Bitches Brew & I like that very much. Nice work MG.
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Deep Acid Music. Also listen to http://www.hadrien-feraud.com/
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LestertheDog right up my alley
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audiogumbo yo MG !!! CB
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suitecruderevue Hey Melvin, I can't figure out how to friend you, but If I could, I would heheh
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Ancients Speak Critical Talkback: Remix 1
31 Mar 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/melvingibbs
- Melvin Gibbs' Elevated Entity: Live feat. John Medeski w/Amayo & Kid Luc... 24 Mar 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/melvingibbs
- Reading Record Reviews: one musician's view 15 Feb 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/melvingibbs
- Reading Record Reviews: one musician's view 15 Feb 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/melvingibbs
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