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Ancients Speak
By Melvin Gibbs
Label: LiveWired Music
Released: 2009
Track listing: Ancients Speak; Sometimes; Canto Por Odudua; Represent Do Rio; Mojuba; Sun Of Shango; Eu Cant En Yoruba; Macumba; Summer Breeze; Os Aguas/The Waters.
Melvin Gibbs' Elevated Entity: Ancients Speak
by Chris M. Slawecki
Bassist/composer/producer Melvin Gibbs is best-known among jazz fans for his run with the Ronald Shannon Jackson Decoding Society and among rock fans as bassist for what most devotees consider the best version of The Henry Rollins Band. Now leading his own band, Gibbs explores the Black Atlantic continuum" that runs from Harlem and NYC in North ...
Melvin Gibbs Elevated Entity: Ancients Speak
by Glenn Astarita
Bassist Melvin Gibbs is a multi-talented and pivotal figure on New York City's downtown scene. On Ancients Speak, co-produced by renegade guitarist and experimental composer Arto Lindsay, Gibbs mixes a potpourri of African vocals, hip hop, Latin grooves, rap, and tribal chants, along with divergent stylizations that transform into a distinct entity. Ancients Speak ...