Kassa Overall at Berlin

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.