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Melvin Gibbs' latest free download highlights Afro-Cuban song and rhythm
Melvin Gibbs' free music series Phree-dem Downloads enters its ninth and penultimate week with a composition based around the singing and rhythm of the Lukumi of Cuba. “Talkin' to the Queen" features John Medeski, Graham Haynes and Alex Harding performing live with Melvin Gibbs' Liberation Theology band. This track is built around a traditional song for ...
Melvin Gibbs' Phree-dem Downloads series reaches week 8
Bassist/Producer Melvin Gibbs' free music series Phree-dem Downloads enters week with the composition “SevenPlusNine." This song features Jeff Parker (Tortoise, Chicago Underground Duo) on guitar and Francisco Mora Catlett (Innerzone Orchestra, Sun Ra) on drums and percussion. This track was produced for the “JFM Trio" project, which bases its' music around the Voodoo-derived rhythms of Santiago, ...
Melvin Gibbs presents Phree-dem Download 7: Osétura
For week number seven of Melvin Gibbs' 10 week Monday free download series Mr.Gibbs releases a live track from his Liberation Theology band. Osétura features Alex Harding on baritone sax, John Medeski on keyboards and Graham Haynes on trumpet.This track is driven by a three person percussion group playing the bata drums of the Yoruba people ...
Legendary Keyboardist Bernie Worrell to Release New Collection of Jazz Standards
Legendary keyboardist and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Bernie Worrell will release a remarkable new album of jazz standards on March 15, 2011 on Scufflin' Records. The album, titled Bernie Worrell: Standards, features Worrell alongside an all star line up of renowned musicians including Smokey Hormel on guitar, Melvin Gibbs on bass, JT Lewis on ...
Melvin Gibbs' free download series stirs a "Bitches Brew" in week six
The Phree-dem Downloads free music series presented by bassist/producer Melvin Gibbs continues into its' sixth week with the composition “HeruGlyphic." Gibbs features keyboard player Onaje Allan Gumbs on this track from his “Melvin Runs The Hoodoo Down" project This project, which takes the music of the Miles Davis' album Bitches Brew as it's starting point, is ...
Phree-dem Download 5: Melvin Gibbs' Liberation Theology - "No He Didn't" featuring John Medeski
For the fifth week of bassist/producer Melvin Gibbs' free download series he presents a track from his Liberation Theology project recorded live in concert. This composition begins with traditional Lukumi (Afro-Cuban Yoruba) bata drumming and a chant for the Orisha (African Saint) Shango which then leads into a fiery groove featuring the soloing of John Medeski ...
Melvin Gibbs' Phree-dem Downloads week 4 features guitarist Jeff Parker
The Phree-dem Downloads free music series enters week with the composition “Hari Bibi." This song features Jeff Parker (Tortoise, Chicago Underground Duo) on guitar and Francisco Mora Catlett (Innerzone Orchestra, Sun Ra) on drums and percussion. Bassist Melvin Gibbs produced this track for the “JFM Trio" project, which bases its' music around the Voodoo-derived rhythms of ...
Melvin Gibbs' free music download series enters third week
Phree-dem Downloads, Melvin Gibbs' free music series continues into its third week with the composition “Ra's Mirror." This track features multi-instrumentalist Casey Benjamin (Kanye West, Mos Def, Stefon Harris) on three different instruments: flute, keyboards and EWI (electronic wind instrument). Bassist/producer Gibbs showcases Mr Benjamin on a track created for his “Melvin Runs The Hoodoo Down" ...
Melvin Gibbs' Phree-dem Downloads Week 2 features Pete Cosey and John Medeski
The Phree-dem Downloads free music series continues into its' second week with the composition “Pete's Mojo." Bassist/producer Melvin Gibbs features Miles Davis (Get Up With It, Dark Magus, Agartha) alumni Pete Cosey on guitar and John Medeski on organ and electric piano on this track from his “Melvin Runs The Hoodoo Down" project This project, which ...
Melvin Gibbs announces weekly Free Music Download series
Bassist/Producer Melvin Gibbs announces Phree-dem Downloads, his weekly free music series. Every Monday for the next 10 weeks Melvin will release a recording from his pool of projects which include collaborators such as keyboardist John Medeski, guitarist Jeff Parker, trumpeter Graham Haynes, singer Emilio Barreto, keyboardist Craig Taborn, guitarist Pete Cosey and others. Rhythmic and electric, ...
