Melvin Gibbs

Melvin Gibbs

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Melvin Gibbs is a Grammy-nominated songwriter, composer, and musician. He is the 2019 winner of the JazzTimes Critics’ Poll for electric bass. His cross-disciplinary work encompasses an ongoing collaboration with the theoretical cosmologist Stephon Alexander and a long-term working relationship with filmmaker and conceptual artist Arthur Jafa. He splits his time between Brooklyn and Minneapolis.


Books by Melvin Gibbs

Biography & Memoirs

How Black Music Took Over the World

In How Black Music Took Over the World, legendary bassist Melvin Gibbs explores the rhythmic DNA of the African diaspora. He reveals how a musical inheritance from Africa evolved into…

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