Jazz Articles about Gerard Gibbs

Gerard Gibbs & ORGANized Crime: To Be Or Not To B-3

by Jim Santella
February 1, 2002

Gerard Gibbs' organ trio offers a lot more than the classic ensemble sound that builds from funk and blues. Ten years studying with Groove Holmes and another five with Jimmy Smith has given him the sensitivity to make this debut recording swing hard. The organ trio will never fade from our memories. Gibbs, however, adds more. Alongside the classic funk of ORGANized Crime, the leader adds sampled scat voices in ensemble form to “Killer Joe, “Lately and his original, “Let's ...