Melvin Gibbs

American bassist

Born: 25 May 1958
Brooklyn
Country: United States
Active: 1980–
Discography: 3 albums

Biography

Melvin Gibbs is a jazz musician who plays guitar, bass guitar and electric bass guitar. Melvin Gibbs was born on 25 May 1958 in Brooklyn. The music is usually filed under jazz fusion. The discography here lists 3 albums, from “Pass Me By” (1988) to “Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2” (2025).

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. He is a member of the band Harriet Tubman, with whom he was included in the New York Times list of best performances of 2017, and Body Meπa, recognized in Bandcamp Daily's best experimental music of 2024.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Pass Me By 1988

Ancients Speak 2009

Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2 2025

Also plays on

Albums where Melvin Gibbs is credited as a sideman

1986	The Big Gundown: John Zorn Plays the Music of Ennio Morricone — John Zorn	electric bass guitar
1987	Spillane — John Zorn	bass
1989	Sueño — Eddie Palmieri	bass
1990	Filmworks I: 1986-1990 — John Zorn	bass
1990	Rootless Cosmopolitans — Marc Ribot	bass, guitar
2020	Marching Music — Dave Douglas	electric bass guitar