Podcast appearances and mentions of melvin gibbs

Grammy-nominated drummer, vocalist and producer Kassa Overall is bringing his approach full circle with a performance at The Dakota on Wednesday night. Some of Overall's earliest professional experiences were traveling with Geri Allen, Wallace Roney and others in very formal jazz bandstand settings. On Wednesday, Overall will bring all the enthusiasm and adventurousness that he's known for into a seated nightclub performance. Kassa Overall will also be premiering some new sounds that will be part of his next release and will be joined by the celebrated musician, and recent Twin Cities transplant, Melvin Gibbs.

Grammy-nominated drummer, vocalist and producer Kassa Overall is bringing his approach full circle with a performance at The Dakota on Wednesday night. Some of Overall's earliest professional experiences were traveling with Geri Allen, Wallace Roney and others in very formal jazz bandstand settings. On Wednesday, Overall will bring all the enthusiasm and adventurousness that he's known for into a seated nightclub performance. Kassa Overall will also be premiering some new sounds that will be part of his next release and will be joined by the celebrated musician, and recent Twin Cities transplant, Melvin Gibbs.

Tonight (8/19) bassist/composer Melvin Gibbs joins host Mitch Goldman for a Deep Focus on Sun Ra with unheard rarities from the WKCR archives.  Here's a serious question, Melvin: what's the Sun Ra/Brooklyn connection?  This I have to hear.   It's on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD or wkcr.org Monday from 6pm to 9pm NYC time.  Or join us next week when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  Either way, it's ad-free, all free, totally non-commercial.   Find out more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on Instagram at deep_focus_podcast.   Photo credit: Sun Ra - Impulse!, ABC/Dunhill Records - Photographer uncredited most likely Francis Ing who is credited on Astro Black ., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.   #WKCR #JazzAlternatives #DeepFocus #MelvinGibbs #SunRa  #MitchGoldman #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast #JazzRadio #SpaceIsThePlace #SunRaArkestra

Tonight (8/19) bassist/composer Melvin Gibbs joins host Mitch Goldman for a Deep Focus on Sun Ra with unheard rarities from the WKCR archives.  Here's a serious question, Melvin: what's the Sun Ra/Brooklyn connection?  This I have to hear.   It's on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD or wkcr.org Monday from 6pm to 9pm NYC time.  Or join us next week when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  Either way, it's ad-free, all free, totally non-commercial.   Find out more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on Instagram at deep_focus_podcast.   Photo credit: Sun Ra - Impulse!, ABC/Dunhill Records - Photographer uncredited most likely Francis Ing who is credited on Astro Black ., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.   #WKCR #JazzAlternatives #DeepFocus #MelvinGibbs #SunRa  #MitchGoldman #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast #JazzRadio #SpaceIsThePlace #SunRaArkestra

Tonight (8/19) bassist/composer Melvin Gibbs joins host Mitch Goldman for a Deep Focus on Sun Ra with unheard rarities from the WKCR archives.  Here's a serious question, Melvin: what's the Sun Ra/Brooklyn connection?  This I have to hear.   It's on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD or wkcr.org Monday from 6pm to 9pm NYC time.  Or join us next week when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  Either way, it's ad-free, all free, totally non-commercial.   Find out more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on Instagram at deep_focus_podcast.   Photo credit: Sun Ra - Impulse!, ABC/Dunhill Records - Photographer uncredited most likely Francis Ing who is credited on Astro Black ., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.   #WKCR #JazzAlternatives #DeepFocus #MelvinGibbs #SunRa  #MitchGoldman #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast #JazzRadio #SpaceIsThePlace #SunRaArkestra

El sonido del compositor, saxofonista e improvisador neoyorquino se expande en mil direcciones, y comprende desde el jazz heterodoxo y de influjo improvisatorio hasta el punk y el funk. Él es el motor del jazz moderno, experimentador incansable en la reinvención constante de su propia obra._____Has escuchadoCobra (1987). Guy Klucevsek, acordeón; Arto Lindsay, guitarra eléctrica; Elliott Sharp, guitarra; Zeena Parkins, arpa [et al.]. hat ARTFilmworks XIII: 2002 Volume Three. Invitation to a Suicide Moon Moods (2002). Marc Ribot, guitarra; Rob Burger, acordeón; Erik Friedlander, violonchelo; Trevor Dunn, bajo; Kenny Wollesen, vibráfono, marimba y batería. Tzadik (2002)IAO: Music in Sacred Light. Invocation. Beth Anne Hatton, Bill Laswell, Cyro Baptista, Greg Cohen, Jamie Saft, Jennifer Charles, Jim Pugliese, Mike Patton, Rebecca Moore. Tzadik (2002)New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands. Hu Die (1986). Zhang Jinglin, narración en chino; Bill Frisell y Fred Frith, guitarras eléctricas. Tzadik (1997)Once Upon a Time in the West (The Big Gundown: John Zorn Plays the Music of Ennio Morricone) (1985). Melvin Gibbs, bajo eléctrico; Jody Harris y Robert Quine, guitarras eléctricas; Orvin Aquart, armónica. Tzadik (2000)_____Selección bibliográficaALARCIA, Óscar, Universo John Zorn. Libritos Jenkins, 2020BRACKETT, John Lowell, John Zorn: Tradition and Transgression. Indiana University Press, 2008—, “Some Notes on John Zorn's Cobra”. American Music, vol. 28, n.º 1 (2010), pp. 44-75*DRURY, Stephen, “A View from the Piano Bench or Playing John Zorn's Carny for Fun and Profit”. Perspectives of New Music, vol. 32, n.º 1 (1994), pp. 194-201*FÉRON, François-Xavier, Tzadik: L'esthétique discographique selon John Zorn. Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 2015GOLDBERG, Michael, “John Zorn”. BOMB, n.º 80 (2002), pp. 32-37*MARTÍN GONZÁLEZ, Pablo, “No disparen sobre el pianista: influencias de la novela y el cine negro en el jazz de John Zorn”. En: La expansión del género negro. Editado por Àlex Martín Escribè y Javier Sánchez Zapatero. Andavira, 2020TROYANO, Ela, “John Zorn's Theatre of Musical Optics”. The Drama Review: TDR, vol. 23, n.º 4 (1979), pp. 37-44*WINDLEBURN, Maurice, John Zorn's File Card Works: Hypertextual Intermediality in Composition and Analysis. Routledge, 2024 *Documento disponible para su consulta en la Sala de Nuevas Músicas de la Biblioteca y Centro de Apoyo a la Investigación de la Fundación Juan March

Almost every episode of Deep Focus is now available here as a podcast.  I say "almost" because there are a handful that, for technical reasons, were not recorded completely or not recorded at all (if anyone has a home recording of the show that I did with Greg Tate on the band VSOP, please send it my way!).   This is the second of those episodes to be posted to the podcast, and it's a great one: Melvin Gibbs again, now on the topic of the stupendous Arthur Rhames and the stunning Mixashawn Lee Rozie, again at Soundscape.  It was recorded September 20, 2010 and here is the second and last extant recordings, presented in its entirety.     Photo credit: Arthur Rhames -2017-by-shigeki-masumoto

Almost every episode of Deep Focus is now available here as a podcast.  I say "almost" because there are a handful that, for technical reasons, were not recorded completely or not recorded at all (if anyone has a home recording of the show that I did with Greg Tate on the band VSOP, please send it my way!).   This is the second of those episodes to be posted to the podcast, and it's a great one: Melvin Gibbs again, now on the topic of the stupendous Arthur Rhames and the stunning Lee Rozie, again at Soundscape.  It was recorded September 20, 2010 and here is the first of 2 extant recordings, presented in their entirety.  

Almost every episode of Deep Focus is now available here as a podcast.  I say "almost" because there are a handful that, for technical reasons, were not recorded completely or not recorded at all (if anyone has a home recording of the show that I did with Greg Tate on the band VSOP, please send it my way!).   This is the first of those episodes to be posted to the podcast, and it's a great one: Melvin Gibbs on the topic of Sonny Sharrock at Soundscape.  It was recorded September 13, 2010 and here is the recording in its entirety.  

Mentre un po' per volta continua il nostro work in progress di ricostruzione cronologica della carriera di Wadada Leo Smith, dedichiamo una puntata extra al suo album più recente, Fire Illuminations: Wadada lo ha ha appena pubblicato - solo in digitale - con la Kabell, l'etichetta personale con cui mezzo secolo fa il trombettista fece uscire i primi album a suo nome. Il 5 e 6 maggio Waddada Leo Smith sarà al festival Angelica, a Bologna, per le sue prime due (e per il momento uniche) date europee dopo il covid: a ottantun anni, Wadada è in piena attività e ad alto livello, come testimonia già il tenore della formazione impegnata in questo album, denominata Orange Wave Electric: Nels Cline, Brandon Ross e Lamar Smith alle chitarre elettriche, Bill Laswell e Melvin Gibbs ai bassi elettrici, Pheeroan AkLaff alla batteria, Mauro Refosco alle percussioni, Hardedge all'elettronica. Album autorevole e lucido, Fire Illuminations sta dalle parti del Wadada Leo Smith le cui radici artistiche affondano nel blues del Delta e poi affascinato dal Miles Davis elettrico: è il prodotto di una serie di sedute di incisione condotte con diverse configurazioni della formazione, e di un intenso lavoro di post-produzione, il tutto nell'arco di quattro anni. Fire Illuminations è la prima di diverse uscite di Leo Smith previste per il 2023. Uno dei brani dell'album è dedicato al grande Tony Williams, due portano nel titolo Muhammad Ali: "Muhammad Ali's Spiritual Horizon" e "Muhammad Ali and George Foreman's Rumble in Zaire Africa".

Playlist: Sigla: Av.Brasil (M. Lima/A. Cicero), Marina Lima, Todas, 1985) Sottosigla: Embaixada africana, Mestre Môa do Katendê feat. Criolo, singolo 2022 1. Astronauta lírico (Vitor Ramil), Ney Matogrosso, Atento aos sinais (Ao vivo), 2014 2. Déjà-vu Frenesi, Letrux, Letrux aos prantos, 2020 3. Eu só queria aprender a amar, Rohma, feat. Jonas Sá e Thiago Nassif, @rroboboy, 2022 4. Soar estranho, Thiago Nassif feat. Arto Lindsay, Vinícius Cantuária e Gabriela Riley, Mente, 2020 5. Simply are, Arto Lindsay feat. Ryuichi Sakamoto e Melvin Gibbs, Encyclopedia of Arto, 2014 6. Por causa de você (Jobim/Dolores Duran), Leny Andrade e Gilson Peranzetta, singolo, 2023 7. A bossa é Cuca Nova, (Carlos Lyra/Bossacucanova), Carlos Lyra e Bossacucanova feat. Cris Delanno e João Donato, singolo 2023 8. Melanina, Amaro Freitas, singolo 2023 9. Eu sou terrível (Roberto e Erasmo Carlos), Gal Costa, Legal, 1970 10. Da Gávea pro mundo, Pedro Miranda, Da Gávea pro mundo, 2021 11. Sábia negritude, Cláudio Jorge e Guinga, Farinha do mesmo saco, 2023 12. Diz que fui por aí (Zé Kéti), Lígia França con Roberto Taufic (chitarra) e Roberto Rossi (batteria e percussioni), EspontaneaMente, 2023

This week: Kampec Dolores; Shahida Parveen; WeFreeStrings; Odette Mendes; Leila Pinheiro; Tumi Mogorosi w. Gabi Motuba; Lakis Halkias; Ali Bin Mohammed; Dresch Dudás Mihály Quartet; Kaja Draksler Octet; Kidd Jordan; Ronald Shannon Jackson; Melvin Gibbs; Juanita Euka; The Latin Souls; Blaga Petreska;  ;much more... Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program on WRFI, or stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast: via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/ via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580 Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere. PLAYLISTS at SPINITRON: https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/16068975/Conference-of-the-Birdshttps://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/16068975/Conference-of-the-Birds and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/  We will continue to update playlists at confbirds.blogspot.com 24-48 hours of the program's posting  online. Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR Contact: confbirds@gmail.com

I have said two things all season long. The first is that we're going to be exploring a single topic for ten episodes, and that topic is fusion. But the second thing I've been saying is that what I'm talking about when I say the word fusion isn't a style or a genre, but a state of mind. It's not what you play, it's how you approach music-making.In previous episodes, we've talked about what people typically think of as fusion, which drummer Lenny White, who appeared in episode two of this series, prefers to call jazz-rock. That's the version that more or less starts with Miles Davis's Bitches Brew and Tony Williams' Lifetime and branches out to include Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return To Forever and Weather Report. But my version of that continuum also includes early Seventies Santana, it includes the Fania All Stars collaborating with Jan Hammer and Billy Cobham, it includes adventurous funk and R&B fusion, like P-Funk and Earth, Wind & Fire and the Ohio Players and Slave, and it includes jazz-funk acts like Donald Byrd and Freddie Hubbard and George Duke.Vernon Reid is a guitarist who was born in England but grew up in New York. He's best known as the leader of Living Colour, and one of the co-founders of the Black Rock Coalition along with the late writer Greg Tate, but he's got a long and varied discography that encompasses solo material, duo and trio work with other guitarists like Bill Frisell, David Torn and Elliot Sharp, and guest appearances with a ton of groups from Public Enemy to the Rollins Band, Mick Jagger, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Santana, and many, many more. His solo album Mistaken Identity from 1996 is the only album to carry co-producer credits from Prince Paul and Teo Macero. Back in 2012, he made an album with a group called Spectrum Road which featured John Medeski on keyboards, Jack Bruce on bass, and Cindy Blackman Santana on drums — it was conceptually a tribute to Tony Williams Lifetime, but it's very much its own thing as well, so definitely check that out.Reid got his start, though, with drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson's band the Decoding Society. He played guitar, banjo, and guitar synth with that group, which had two bassists: Melvin Gibbs, who was on this podcast a couple of years ago, and Reverend Bruce Johnson, and then some horn players, mostly Zane Massey on saxophones and Henry Scott on trumpet. It's high-energy music that's also really melodic in a kind of post-Prime Time way — jazz, funk, rock, Texas blues and West African music all swirled together and thrown straight at your face at a hundred miles an hour. Their albums Nasty, Street Priest, Mandance, Barbeque Dog, Montreux Jazz Festival and Earned Dreams are all incredible. They're all out of print right now, too, but some of them are on streaming services, so dig up whatever you can. Reid has a new record out with the group Free Form Funky Freqs, a trio with bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma, who's also been on this podcast before, and drummer Calvin Weston, and as he explains in this conversation, it's full-on improv, starting from zero every time they play together, and because it's so limited – no rehearsals, no soundchecks with all three members – they know exactly how many times they've played together. The album represents their 73rd encounter. It's called Hymn Of The 3rd Galaxy, sort of a tribute to Return To Forever there, who had an album called Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy, and you'll hear a little bit of the music late in the podcast. I think you'll really enjoy this episode. I've been a fan of Vernon Reid's music for about 35 years. The first Living Colour album came out when I was in high school, and I saw them play on the first Lollapalooza festival in the summer of 1991. And I interviewed him once before, about 10 years ago, when he was doing a multimedia presentation called Artificial Africa. So in this conversation, we talk about his work with the Decoding Society, about the Free Form Funky Freqs, about the whole wave of guitarists who came up at the same time he did, including Michael Gregory Jackson and Kelvyn Bell and Jean-Paul Bourelly and Brandon Ross, as well as older players like James "Blood" Ulmer and Pete Cosey and Sonny Sharrock… we talk about a lot of things, and I'm just gonna end this introduction here, so you can dive in.MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:Living Colour, “WTFF” (from Stain)Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society, “Iola” (from Mandance)Vernon Reid & Bill Frisell, “Size 10 1/2 Sneaks” (from Smash & Scatteration)Free Form Funky Freqs, “Outer Arm” (from Hymn of the 3rd Galaxy)

In the wake of Ornette Coleman's death in June of 2015, Mitch Goldman presented a series of Deep Focus episodes around his music.  This one, with bassist/bandleader Melvin Gibbs, one of the many alumni of Harmolodic High School, focuses on rare recordings from Prime Time in the critical year of 1978.      Monday (7/25) from 6pm to 9pm on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR HD-1 and WKCR.Org.     Tuesday morning it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/   #WKCR #JazzAlternatives #OrnetteColeman #MelvinGibbs #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast   Photo credit: Brianmcmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

In the wake of Ornette Coleman's death in June of 2015, Mitch Goldman presented a series of Deep Focus episodes around his music.  This one, with bassist/bandleader Melvin Gibbs, one of the many alumni of Harmolodic High School, focuses on rare recordings of Prime Time from the critical year of 1978.      Monday (7/25) from 6pm to 9pm on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR HD-1 and WKCR.Org.     Tuesday morning it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/   #WKCR #JazzAlternatives #OrnetteColeman #MelvinGibbs #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast

In the wake of Ornette Coleman's death in June of 2015, Mitch Goldman presented a series of Deep Focus episodes around his music.  This one, with bassist/bandleader Melvin Gibbs, one of the many alumni of Harmolodic High School, focuses on rare recordings from Prime Time in the critical year of 1978.      Monday (7/25) from 6pm to 9pm on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR HD-1 and WKCR.Org.     Tuesday morning it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/   #WKCR #JazzAlternatives #OrnetteColeman #MelvinGibbs #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #JazzRadio #JazzPodcast

As you know if you've been listening this season, we have a single subject we're going to be exploring across ten episodes, and that subject is fusion. Fusion means much more, I think, than just the music that most people think of when they hear the word. I'm not talking exclusively about the big-name bands from the 1970s: the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever, and Weather Report. Those groups, and the Miles Davis bands from 1969 to 1975, and many other less immediately recognizable groups, all did the classic fusion thing, playing extremely complex music that blurred the lines between progressive rock and jazz. We talked about those acts in the second and third episodes this season, when I interviewed drummer Lenny White and trumpeter Randy Brecker, both of whom were around then and were actively participating in making that music.If you think of fusion as a mindset, though, rather than a style of music, the discussion gets a lot more interesting. And that's really how I prefer to think about it. It's not just a specific narrow slice of music, it's a way you approach any kind of music you make. KRS-One said rapping is something you do, hip-hop is something you live. And that's kind of close to what I'm talking about here, conceptually speaking. Fusion can be a style of music, or it can be a way you approach the making of music. And the people who fall into the latter category are the ones who I find to be the most interesting, and the ones who are more likely to have careers where almost every record they play on is at least worth hearing, worth giving a chance. You may not like all of it. But they're creative enough that they've earned the benefit of the doubt.Brandon Ross is one of those guys. He's been on a hell of an artistic journey over the course of the last forty-some years. His first recording was on an Archie Shepp album from 1975, There's a Trumpet in My Soul. He worked with violinist Leroy Jenkins. He worked with saxophonists Marion Brown and Oliver Lake. He worked with Henry Threadgill for something like ten years, in multiple bands or one evolving band. He worked with Cassandra Wilson on her breakout album, Blue Light Til Dawn, and the follow-up, New Moon Daughter. He's made albums under his own name. The reason a lot of people probably know his name right now is he's the guitar player in Harriet Tubman, with bassist Melvin Gibbs, who's been on this podcast before, and drummer JT Lewis.And now here's the really interesting part – Brandon Ross has an album coming out a little later this year on my label, Burning Ambulance Music. He's got a new group, see, called Breath Of Air, which is a trio featuring violinist Charles Burnham and drummer Warren Benbow. Something I learned in this interview, by the way, is that Brandon has done the guitar-violin thing several times, with Leroy Jenkins and also with Terry Jenoure, a very interesting violin player who isn't nearly as well known as she ought to be. When I was researching Brandon to come up with questions for this interview, I learned about her and now I'm gonna be diving into her catalog, and I suggest you do the same. Some of her music is on streaming services; she released a 3CD set called Portal last year that's fantastic. Anyway, Breath Of Air has a self-titled debut, most of which was recorded live in February 2020, right before the pandemic started and live music went away, and like I said it'll be out a little bit later this year.In the meantime, enjoy this conversation between me and Brandon Ross. We talk about his work with Henry Threadgill, about his work with Cassandra Wilson, about Archie Shepp and Oliver Lake and Marion Brown, about Harriet Tubman, about the sort of No Wave punk-funk jazz scene of the late '70s and early '80s that included Ornette Coleman's Prime Time and Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society and all the other guitarists that came out of that scene, including Michael Gregory Jackson and Kelvyn Bell and Jean-Paul Bourelly and James "Blood" Ulmer and Vernon Reid… we also talk about his particular approach to the guitar and to sound. There's a lot to learn and a lot to think about in the hour or so of conversation you're about to hear. I hope you enjoy listening to it.Music in this episode:Breath Of Air, “No One On Earth Can See You Anymore” (from Breath Of Air)Henry Threadgill, “Little Pocket Size Demons” (from Too Much Sugar For A Dime)Harriet Tubman, “Farther Unknown” (from The Terror End Of Beauty)

Writer, musician, and prolific TikToker Sasha Frere-Jones joins us on Transmissions, Aquarium Drunkard's weekly talk show podcast to discuss music criticism, listening habits, and self forgiveness. As a player, he's known for his work with the fantastic post-rock band Ui, whose funky rhythms dipped into dub and electronica, the avant-rock band Body Meπa, where he plays alongside Greg Fox, Grey McMurray, and previous Transmissions guest Melvin Gibbs, and the ambient project Calvanist. As a writer, he's penned essays and criticism for The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, Village Voice, and dozens of other outlets. Most recently, he's focused on the S/FJ Substack newsletter, where he shares music he's interested in and other cultural ephemera. Today on the show he joins host Jason P. Woodbury to discuss recovery, navigating online life, and music. A note for audiophiles: just like online life, there's a lot of extra clicks and noise in this one, but we believe the talk is more than worth sharing. Enjoy.

Paul Holdengräber is joined by the brilliant Melvin Gibbs on this two part episode of The Quarantine Tapes. They discuss the release of Melvin's latest EP, 4 + 1 equals 5 for May 25, five tracks created in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. Paul and Melvin dig into Melvin's experience visiting the site of George Floyd's death and the incredible statement he wrote to accompany the album.Melvin and Paul go on to dig deep into Melvin's career and the many amazing musicians he's worked with and been inspired by over the years. They talk about Body Meπa, his latest collaboration with Greg Fox, Grey McMurray, and previous Quarantine Tapes guest Sasha Frere-Jones.In a fascinating episode, their conversation touches on the history of jazz, the connection between protest and music, and Melvin's tentative hopes for the future.Melvin Gibbs is a Grammy nominated composer, musician, artist, and writer, born, raised, and currently based in Brooklyn, N.Y. He has been called "the greatest bassist in the world" by Time Out New York magazine and was the 2019 winner of JazzTimes Magazine's Critics Poll in the category: Electric Bass.

Paul Holdengräber is joined by the brilliant Melvin Gibbs on this two part episode of The Quarantine Tapes. They discuss the release of Melvin's latest EP, 4 + 1 equals 5 for May 25, five tracks created in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd in May 2020. Paul and Melvin dig into Melvin's experience visiting the site of George Floyd's death and the incredible statement he wrote to accompany the album.Melvin and Paul go on to dig deep into Melvin's career and the many amazing musicians he's worked with and been inspired by over the years. They talk about Body Meπa, his latest collaboration with Greg Fox, Grey McMurray, and previous Quarantine Tapes guest Sasha Frere-Jones. In a fascinating episode, their conversation touches on the history of jazz, the connection between protest and music, and Melvin's tentative hopes for the future. Melvin Gibbs is a Grammy nominated composer, musician, artist, and writer, born, raised, and currently based in Brooklyn, N.Y. He has been called "the greatest bassist in the world" by Time Out New York magazine and was the 2019 winner of JazzTimes Magazine's Critics Poll in the category: Electric Bass.

Melvin has played bass on over 200 albums since 1980 in the worlds of jazz, rock, and hip-hop, and has numerous songwriting credits, playing with Defunkt, Arto Lindsay, Henry Rollins, Bernie Worrell, Vernon Reid, etc. We discuss his solo tune featuring Kokayi "Get Some" from 4+1 Equals 5 for May 25 (2021), the title track from The Terror End Of Beauty (2018) by his trio Harriet Tubman, and "Howard Beach Memoirs" by Power Tools (with Bill Frisell and Ronald Shannon Jackson) from Strange Meeting (1987). We end by listening to "Canto por Odudua" by Melvin Gibbs' Elevated Entity from Ancients Speak (2009) Intro: "Melvin's Tune" from Defunkt (1980). More at music.melvin-gibbs.com. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page. Support us on Patreon. Sponsors: Visit HelloFresh.com/examined14 and use code examined14 for up to 14 free meals with free shipping. Save 10% on Nebia shower stuff by using code nem at nebia.com/nem (excludes pre-order products).

Melvin has played bass on over 200 albums since 1980 in the worlds of jazz, rock, and hip-hop, and has numerous songwriting credits, playing with Defunkt, Arto Lindsay, Henry Rollins, Bernie Worrell, Vernon Reid, etc. We discuss his solo tune featuring Kokayi "Get Some" from 4+1 Equals 5 for May 25 (2021), the title track from The Terror End Of Beauty (2018) by his trio Harriet Tubman, and "Howard Beach Memoirs" by Power Tools (with Bill Frisell and Ronald Shannon Jackson) from Strange Meeting (1987). We end by listening to "Canto por Odudua" by Melvin Gibbs' Elevated Entity from Ancients Speak (2009) Intro: "Melvin's Tune" from Defunkt (1980). More at music.melvin-gibbs.com. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page. Support us on Patreon. Sponsors: Visit HelloFresh.com/examined14 and use code examined14 for up to 14 free meals with free shipping. Save 10% on Nebia shower stuff by using code nem at nebia.com/nem (excludes pre-order products).

Part 2 of the rebroadcasts of the Ronald Shannon Jackson memorial broadcasts from 2013.  Melvin Gibbs opens up about the genesis of the Decoding Society, including cameos of Ornette Coleman, Gil Evans, the Bad Brains and many more.  Also featuring an ultra-rare live recording of the Encryption Trio (Jackson, Reid, Gibbs).  Mind expansion.   Monday night from 6pm to 9pm on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR HD-1 and wkcr.org.   #WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #RonaldShannonJackson #DecodingSociety #MelvinGibbs #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast  #OrnetteColeman  #BernNix #GilEvans #EncryptionTrio   Photo credit: Ronald Shannon Jackson 06N5970 - license creativecommons.org-licenses-by-sa-3.0.

Part 2 of the rebroadcasts of the Ronald Shannon Jackson memorial broadcasts from 2013.  Melvin Gibbs opens up about the genesis of the Decoding Society, including cameos of Ornette Coleman, Gil Evans, the Bad Brains and many more.  Also featuring a very rare live recording of the Encryption Trio.  Mind expansion.   Monday night from 6pm to 9pm on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR HD-1 and wkcr.org.  T #WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #RonaldShannonJackson #DecodingSociety #MelvinGibbs #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast  #OrnetteColeman  #BernNix #GilEvans #EncryptionTrio   Photo credit: no publishing information available.

Part 2 of the rebroadcasts of the Ronald Shannon Jackson memorial broadcasts from 2013 (check out "2013.10.21 Eric Person and Roger Cramer on Ronald Shannon Jackson" for part 1).  Melvin Gibbs opens up about the genesis of the Decoding Society, including cameos of Ornette Coleman, Gil Evans, the Bad Brains and many more.  Also featuring a live recording of the Decoding Society at the height of its powers from London's Roundhouse.  Mind expansion.   Monday night from 6pm to 9pm on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR HD-1 and wkcr.org.  #WKCR #DeepFocus #MitchGoldman #RonaldShannonJackson #DecodingSociety #MelvinGibbs #JazzRadio #JazzInterview #JazzPodcast  #OrnetteColeman  #BernNix #GilEvans #LondonRoundhouse #Roundhouse   Photo credit: no publishing information available.

A sit down with bassist and composer Melvin Gibbs. Emerging from the fertile New York art scene of the early '80s where he played with Defunkt, Gibbs has brought grace and heaviness to work with Arto Lindsey, John Zorn, Caetano Veloso, Bill Frisell, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Sonny Sharrock, and dozens more jazz luminaries, in rock bands like Rollins Band and Harriet Tubman, and on records by dead prez and David Byrne. His latest project is an EP, 4 + 1 equals 5 for May 25. which reflects on the murder of George Floyd and the spirit of the protests that arose in its wake. He also teams with visionary drummer Greg Fox and guitarists Sahsa-Frere Jones and Grey McMurray in Body Meπa, which recently released The Work Is Slow, a mind-melter of rock abstraction. Gibbs joined host Jason P. Woodbury for a wide-ranging discussion this week on Aquarium Drunkard Transmissions.

On today's episode, I talk to bass guitarist and record producer Melvin Gibbs. A native of Brooklyn, He has been called "the greatest bassist in the world" by Time Out New York magazine and was last year's winner of JazzTimes Magazine's Critics Poll in the Electric Bass category. Melvin's wide-ranging musical resume includes membership in bands ranging from the no-wave of Defunkt to the avant-jazz of the Decoding Society, to Power Tools with Bill Frisell & Ronald Shannon Jackson, Rollins Band (where he was nominated for a Grammy), Socialybrium with Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Bernie Worrell, and the Zig Zag Power Trio with Vernon Reid and Will Calhoun of the band Living Colour. As a bassist and producer, he has worked with Femi Kuti, Caetano Veloso, dead prez,  David Byrne, Arto Lindsay, and Sonny Sharrock. He is currently a member of the band Harriet Tubman, who The New York Times twice called "The Best Jazz Performance" of the year, and his latest album is 4 + 1 equals 5 for May 25, an EP he recorded reflecting on the murder of George Floyd, was just released a little while ago, and it's great! This is the website for Beginnings, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow me on Twitter.

What are the lessons that musicians look to their forebears for?   How to play the instrument? Certainly.  Composition? Sure.  Bandleading? Yes. What else?   What about finding humor in desperation?  What about embracing life?   What about theatricality?  What about swagger?  What about making something out of nothing? What about the things that make people talk about you decades after you have left the planet?     Melvin Gibbs checked out Lester Bowie mighty close and he has something to say about it on this edition of Mitch Goldman's Deep Focus from 2016.     #WKCR #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #MelvinGibbs #LesterBowie #JazzRadio #JazzInterview JazzPodcast Photo credit: Lester_Bowie,_Jazz_Festival_Zeltweg_1983 - Jodeli, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org-licenses-by-sa-4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What are the lessons that musicians look to their forebears for?   How to play the instrument? Certainly.  Composition? Sure.  Bandleading? Yes. What else?   What about finding humor in desperation?  What about embracing life?   What about theatricality?  What about swagger?  What about making something out of nothing? What about the things that make people talk about you decades after you have left the planet?     Melvin Gibbs checked out Lester Bowie mighty close and he has something to say about it on this edition of Mitch Goldman's Deep Focus from 2016.     #WKCR #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #MelvinGibbs #LesterBowie #JazzRadio #JazzInterview JazzPodcast Photo credit: Lester_Bowie,_Jazz_Festival_Zeltweg_1983 - Jodeli, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org-licenses-by-sa-4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What are the lessons that musicians look to their forebears for?   How to play the instrument? Certainly.  Composition? Sure.  Bandleading? Yes. What else?   What about finding humor in desperation?  What about embracing life?   What about theatricality?  What about swagger?  What about making something out of nothing? What about the things that make people talk about you decades after you have left the planet?     Melvin Gibbs checked out Lester Bowie mighty close and he has something to say about it on this edition of Mitch Goldman's Deep Focus from 2016.     #WKCR #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #MelvinGibbs #LesterBowie #JazzRadio #JazzInterview JazzPodcast Photo credit: Lester_Bowie,_Jazz_Festival_Zeltweg_1983 - Jodeli, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org-licenses-by-sa-4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

What are the lessons that musicians look to their forebears for?   How to play the instrument? Certainly.  Composition? Sure.  Bandleading? Yes. What else?   What about finding humor in desperation?  What about embracing life?   What about theatricality?  What about swagger?  What about making something out of nothing? What about the things that make people talk about you decades after you have left the planet?     Melvin Gibbs checked out Lester Bowie mighty close and he has something to say about it on this edition of Mitch Goldman's Deep Focus from 2016.     #WKCR #MitchGoldman #DeepFocus #MelvinGibbs #LesterBowie #JazzRadio #JazzInterview JazzPodcast Photo credit: Lester_Bowie,_Jazz_Festival_Zeltweg_1983 - Jodeli, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org-licenses-by-sa-4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

So the weekend after Thanksgiving a good time to reflect. i had been thinking about doing something to remember Mom since her passing on 7/2/20 of this year-declared a Covid 19 death. Mom had not been the healthiest-the picture above was at her 80th birthday party early this year. She looked pretty good, actually the best she had in a long time. Anyhow, the rest of what I want to say is in the podcast. Love you Mom-it wasn't always easy but it was always real. Wouldn't be here without you and I'll never forget that. Socialybrium music permitted by Melvin Gibbs who like me lived in Vandeveer Projects in Flatbush for a spell. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mark-forman0/message

Today's podcast guest: Charles Blass is quite an interesting character. I originally met him thorough Melvin Gibbs on Twitter. This was back in the early days of twitter when you could see your "friends" friends in their stream and respond to conversations and meet new people. Charles was producing several musical projects at the time-new recordings in fact with Melvin Gibbs, The Burnt Sugar Orchestra, Socialybrium and others. He has been doing the Audio Gumbo Radio Show for a long time and does Sun Radio. Charles and I talked for quite a while on many of his musical and cultural experiences (including Sun Ra, PFunk, Jef Lee Johnson, Jimi Hendrix) and contributions. Melvin Gibbs kindly provided permission to include the inclusion of music from Socialybrium: a special project between him, J T Lewis, Blackbyrd McKnight and the late legend: Bernie Worrell from PFunk, & Talking Heads fame. Charles is currently involved in the Cicolab Project. www.bbluesman.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mark-forman0/message

Melvin Gibbs is hearing things that I am not hearing yet. I know this from the choices he makes as a bassist, his work as a composer and especially what he does leading bands like Harriet Tubman, his collaboration with Brandon Ross and JT Lewis. So what is he hearing in the music of one of my favorite bands, the Art Ensemble of Chicago? Is it the knowing improvisation? the distinctive sonorities of the compositions? maybe the theatricality? the posts, slants and buttonhooks of their fast and far-ranging live shows? I can’t wait to find out!

Melvin Gibbs is hearing things that I am not hearing yet. I know this from the choices he makes as a bassist, his work as a composer and especially what he does leading bands like Harriet Tubman, his collaboration with Brandon Ross and JT Lewis. So what is he hearing in the music of one of my favorite bands, the Art Ensemble of Chicago? Is it the knowing improvisation? the distinctive sonorities of the compositions? maybe the theatricality? the posts, slants and buttonhooks of their fast and far-ranging live shows? I can’t wait to find out!

Melvin Gibbs is hearing things that I am not hearing yet. I know this from the choices he makes as a bassist, his work as a composer and especially what he does leading bands like Harriet Tubman, his collaboration with Brandon Ross and JT Lewis. So what is he hearing in the music of one of my favorite bands, the Art Ensemble of Chicago? Is it the knowing improvisation? the distinctive sonorities of the compositions? maybe the theatricality? the posts, slants and buttonhooks of their fast and far-ranging live shows? I can’t wait to find out!

Melvin Gibbs is hearing things that I am not hearing yet. I know this from the choices he makes as a bassist, his work as a composer and especially what he does leading bands like Harriet Tubman, his collaboration with Brandon Ross and JT Lewis. So what is he hearing in the music of one of my favorite bands, the Art Ensemble of Chicago? Is it the knowing improvisation? the distinctive sonorities of the compositions? maybe the theatricality? the posts, slants and buttonhooks of their fast and far-ranging live shows? I can’t wait to find out!

Melvin Gibbs is hearing things that I am not hearing yet. I know this from the choices he makes as a bassist, his work as a composer and especially what he does leading bands like Harriet Tubman, his collaboration with Brandon Ross and JT Lewis. So what is he hearing in the music of one of my favorite bands, the Art Ensemble of Chicago? Is it the knowing improvisation? the distinctive sonorities of the compositions? maybe the theatricality? the posts, slants and buttonhooks of their fast and far-ranging live shows? I can’t wait to find out!

Melvin Gibbs is hearing things that I am not hearing yet. I know this from the choices he makes as a bassist, his work as a composer and especially what he does leading bands like Harriet Tubman, his collaboration with Brandon Ross and JT Lewis. So what is he hearing in the music of one of my favorite bands, the Art Ensemble of Chicago? Is it the knowing improvisation? the distinctive sonorities of the compositions? maybe the theatricality? the posts, slants and buttonhooks of their fast and far-ranging live shows? I can’t wait to find out!

Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter The 52nd episode of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, and is sponsored by Harry's men's grooming products. If you’re listening to this, you can get a Harry’s trial set at harrys.com/burning. You’ll get a weighted ergonomic handle for a firm grip; a five blade razor with a lubricating strip and trimmer blade; rich lathering shave gel with aloe to keep your skin hydrated; and a travel blade cover to keep your razor dry and easy to grab on the go. Go to harrys.com/burning to start shaving better today! James Brandon Lewis is from Buffalo, New York, a city which has produced a surprising number of musicians whose work I listen to a lot, including Grover Washington, Jr., Charles Gayle, Rick James, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Morton Feldman, and Cannibal Corpse. I’ve seen Lewis perform live twice, both times with the avant-garde rock trio Harriet Tubman. One time was a straight double bill – James’s trio with bassist Luke Stewart and drummer Warren Trae Crudup, plus guitarist Anthony Pirog, opened for Tubman. Then, at Winter Jazzfest in 2018, Tubman put together an expanded group to perform a re-interpretation of Ornette Coleman’s Free Jazz. That night, the lineup was Tubman – Brandon Ross on guitar, Melvin Gibbs on bass, JT Lewis on drums – plus James’s trio, plus Jaimie Branch on trumpet and Darius Jones on alto sax. It was really fantastic, one of those things that you only get to see once in your life. You’re either in the room when the magic happens, or you get to hear people tell stories about it for years afterward. James made two records for the OKeh label – Divine Travels, which had William Parker on bass and Gerald Cleaver on drums, plus poet Thomas Sayers Ellis, who runs Heroes Are Gang Leaders with him, and then Days of FreeMan, which had Jamaaladeen Tacuma on bass and Rudy Royston on drums. By the way, if you’re new to this podcast, a lot of the people I’ve mentioned so far – Melvin Gibbs, William Parker, and Jamaaladeen Tacuma – have all been on in the past. Anyway, James followed Days of FreeMan with No Filter, which featured his live trio plus Pirog, and then he made Radiant Imprints, a duo album with drummer Chad Taylor, and An UnRuly Manifesto, with the trio plus Pirog and Jaimie Branch. And every one of those records is absolutely worth your time, so check ’em out. This conversation with James Brandon Lewis is the longest thing I’ve ever recorded for this podcast, and it went in a whole bunch of directions I wasn’t expecting. I wrote down about two pages of questions, and I think I asked three of them. You’ll hear what I mean – he has a lot to say on a variety of issues. This might be the most in-depth interview he’s ever done, and I hope you'll find it as fascinating as I did. If you do enjoy this podcast, please consider visiting patreon.com/burningambulance and becoming a subscriber. For just $5 a month, you can help keep this show and Burning Ambulance as a whole active and thriving. Thanks! Music heard in this episode: Heroes Are Gang Leaders, "Hurt Cult" (Artificial Happiness Button) James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor, "Under/Over the Rainbow" (Live in Willisau)

Throw guitarist Ben Tyree some meat.*  He wants to hear a band that will shred the genres and categories, explode expectations, have the spiritual force to avow its zeal and its fury.  Who is going to do that?  Are you going to do that?  Am I going to do that? Harriet Tubman is going to do that.  Brandon Ross, Melvin Gibbs and JT Lewis have all been guests on Deep Focus but now its their band under the lens. TURN IT UP!  STAND BACK!   *(I said “meat,” not “flesh.”   You know Ben Tyree ain’t messing with none of that).

Throw guitarist Ben Tyree some meat.*  He wants to hear a band that will shred the genres and categories, explode expectations, have the spiritual force to avow its zeal and its fury.  Who is going to do that?  Are you going to do that?  Am I going to do that? Harriet Tubman is going to do that.  Brandon Ross, Melvin Gibbs and JT Lewis have all been guests on Deep Focus but now its their band under the lens. TURN IT UP!  STAND BACK!   *(I said “meat,” not “flesh.”   You know Ben Tyree ain’t messing with none of that).

Melvin Gibbs is an extraordinary bass player who for the better part of the last four decades has been a key figure in the worlds of rock, jazz, funk and the New York avant-garde. An original member of the Black Rock Coalition and a veteran of bands led by Ronald Shannon Jackson, Sonny Sharrock, Henry Rollins and others, Melvin has led an incredibly varied and colorful career. Ahead of his appearance this Thursday at the 2019 Vision Festival, Melvin stopped by to talk about his new project the God Particle, a collaboration with physicist and musician Stephon Alexander.

Where do rhythm and harmony intersect? Where do you feel the beat, not just with your ears but your whole body? Bass is the place where it all comes together. This week we celebrate some beloved jazz bass players, from riveting soloists to groundbreaking composers and consummate sidemen. The playlist features Ben Allison, Larry Grenadier, Charles Mingus, Jaco Pastorius, Ron Carter, Melvin Gibbs, Trevor Dunn, Dave Holland. Detailed playlist available at https://spinitron.com/radio/index.php?station=rfb&playlist=9438#here

a cura di Gigi Longo. Brani di Embaci, Wylie Cable, Echo Chamber, Forgas Band Phenomena, Planet Battagon, Melvin Gibbs, Miles Davis

a cura di Gigi Longo. Brani di Embaci, Wylie Cable, Echo Chamber, Forgas Band Phenomena, Planet Battagon, Melvin Gibbs, Miles Davis (seconda parte)

a cura di Gigi Longo. Brani di Embaci, Wylie Cable, Echo Chamber, Forgas Band Phenomena, Planet Battagon, Melvin Gibbs, Miles Davis (seconda parte)

Melvin Gibbs is the bassist for the avant-rock/jazz/metal/dub trio Harriet Tubman, whose new album The Terror End of Beauty is out now and sweeping up rave reviews everywhere. Before forming Tubman with guitarist Brandon Ross and drummer JT Lewis in 1998, Gibbs was a founding member of Defunkt and of Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society (alongside future Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid); he played in Sonny Sharrock's band; he appeared on John Zorn's Spillane and The Big Gundown; he was a member of Arto Lindsay's band Ambitious Lovers; and from 1994 to 1998, he was the bassist for the Rollins Band. In this episode of the Burning Ambulance podcast, Gibbs talks about his time with Jackson, with Rollins, and with Harriet Tubman; about whether his music is jazz, and how one even defines such a thing; and much, much more. This is the standard, free version of this episode, and runs 64 minutes. There is an extended, 92-minute version of the podcast available exclusively to Patreon subscribers; join at patreon.com/burningambulance for $5 a month to hear it. Future episodes of the podcast will be similarly expanded, and additional subscriber-only stories will also show up from time to time.

Phil Freeman talks to bassist Melvin Gibbs.

Dave talks to legendary bassist, composer, producer Melvin Gibbs. They talk about heritage, lineage and where … The post ANFTD #58: Melvin Gibbs first appeared on Greenleaf Music by Dave Douglas.

Artist - Tune - Album Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil - Speak No Evil John McLaughlin, Jaco Pastorius & Tony Williams - Dark Prince - Trio Of Doom Osibisa - Beautiful 7 - Woyaya Paul Horn - Reflected Moon - China Gerry Niewood - Joy - Gerry Niewood & Timepiece Linda Lewis - Old Smokey - Lark Kenny Garrett - Wheatgrass Shot - Do Your Dance! Return to Forever - Where Have I Loved You Before? - Where Have I Known You Before? Return to Forever - The Shadow of Lo - Where Have I Known You Before? Ryan Porter - The Psalmist - The Optimist Santana - Waiting - Santana Dexter Gordon - In Case You Haven’t Heard - Homecoming Stevie Wonder - Love’s In Need Of Love Today - Songs In The Key Of Life Joe Bonner - Love’s Dance - Angel Eyes Bill Frisell, Melvin Gibbs, Ronald Shannon Jackson - Blame & Shame - Power Tools: Strange Meeting The ode to musical styles past and present that introduces Jazz Gumbo is “Music Evolution” by Branford Marsalis and Buckshot LeFonque. Playlists for all past Sets of Jazz Gumbo will be found at jazzgumbo.blogspot.ca There are a few pieces in this Set that are fairly new to me, and that I really love. We can start with the opening number, Shorter’s “Speak No Evil”. This is an album I’ve wanted to explore for a while, and now having done so, I’m a little annoyed with myself for having taken so long. Shorter has covered such a range of music over the last half century that I’m not surprised that this is so different than the late 60’s and early 70’s music that introduced us. I’ll even go so far as to say that his constant evolution is a reason it’s taken so long for me to get to this one. No only Shorter, but so many leading artists of his generation, continue to be in constant flux, so one could never assume the qualities of an unfamiliar album. This is a sweet one. Another one I really like is “Blame & Shame” by Power Tools. This is from a vinyl album I bought a few years ago, because I liked other work by both Frisell and Jackson, but didn’t much appreciate initially. My ears had to grow into it over time. And as is so often the case, I now can’t hear whatever it was about the album that put me off. This is the arc of listening I often refer to here and on the show as “stretching the ears”. When an artist has spoken to me powerfully in one style, I generally assume that they can still reach me, even if their style has changed. I first experienced this listening arc through following the likes of Trane and Miles, and I think it holds true for just about any artist who truly puts themself into their art. A third new favorite is “The Psalmist” from Ryan Porter. Wow! Is it ever rousing! Unlike the other artists I’m mentioning here, Porter wasn’t even a name to me. I don’t remember when I first heard him, but I have that wonderful Shazam app to thank for getting him into my phone, and his name onto my list to explore. It sure paid off, and I look forward to hearing more from him. A final mention goes to Kenny Garrett’s “Wheatgrass Shot”. Never imagined I’d hear an ode to wheatgrass, but here it is. And it’s great. I haven’t had a shot in a while, and this has me thinking to drop into one of those health juice shops! Love & Thrive! Kirby

In the face of political uncertainty, domestic terrorism, and a polarized culture, it’s often unclear where to turn to for answers. But according to Will Calhoun, Vernon Reid, and Melvin Gibbs, art provides potential answers for the future. In March, the award-winning musicians were featured at Ethnographic Explorations in the Global South, a panel discussion hosted by the Watson Institute, and the next day performed in Providence as the Zig Zag Power Trio. The three sat down with political scientist Richard Snyder to talk about art, youth, politics, and so much more. Download episode transcript

This mix can be downloaded in formats other than mp3 here: http://boldaslove.bandcamp.com/track/boldaslove-us-presents-the-getaway Words by BoldAsLove's Rob Fields: Here’s something to start your weekend off right! Shout out to Qool DJ Marv and The Mighty G-man for handling the mix. These two brothas make mighty cool mixes. Philly meets NYC in Harlem and timeless mixtapes featuring enduring music emerges. Marv’s been spinning around the globe for at least a decade, and you can hear G-Man on Saturday nights with Jay Smooth on WBAI’s Underground Railroad, one of the longest-running and most respected hip hop shows on radio. I’m proud to say that Marv and G-Man have done a killer mix of some of hottest summer sounds from the new black imagination. I know I hadn’t said much about this. One day, I was musing on Twitter that I was thinking about a summer mixtape. G-man responded right away. And since I’ve known him and Marv for a minute, it was a no-brainer. We all met, I gave them the music that I was feeling, and they did the rest. Here’s the track listing. Goes without saying, but if you like what you hear, support these artists. Blind – Game Rebellion Warrior Bones – Tamar-kali So What Am I (Sunday Night Res) – Res Shooting Holes – Twin Shadow IIETYS – BLK JKS Mojuba – Melvin Gibbs’ Elevated Entity Godda Get It – No Surrender Huff + Puff – Just A Band Hypen (part 1) – Peekaboo Theory Crazy – The 54 Box – Shelley Nicole’s blaKbushe Burned Bridges – Living Colour Ghost and the Witness – Earl Greyhound Come Alive (The War of The Roses) – Janelle Monae Lazy Daze – J*Davey Paradise Circus – Massive Attack Hyphen (part 2) – Peekaboo Theory So, got a long drive ahead? A lot of errands to run this weekend? This is the perfect soundtrack, if I do say so myself, and I think you’ll agree. http://www.boldaslove.us/ is your source for information about new Black imagination. And special thanks to Glenn G-man Holt. Together, brothers, we've done: http://themightygman.podomatic.com/entry/2010-06-21T19_32_13-07_00 http://djqoolmarvsounds.podomatic.com/entry/2012-05-21T16_24_17-07_00 http://djqoolmarvsounds.podomatic.com/entry/2010-06-21T21_44_42-07_00 http://soundcloud.com/qooldjmarv/ticktockaroundtheclock http://soundcloud.com/qooldjmarv/all-along-the-watchtower-final http://soundcloud.com/qooldjmarv/loves-just-a-kiss-away-gimmie-shelter http://www.thehiphoptakeover.com/ http://themightygman.podomatic.com/ http://djqoolmarvsounds.podomatic.com/entry/2011-11-18T14_37_40-08_00 http://djqoolmarvsounds.podomatic.com/entry/2010-04-19T21_26_15-07_00