Melvin Gibbs’ Amasia review: gnarly beats from jazz’s great beyond
The second chapter of the veteran bassist’s Anamibia Sessions series sees him bending his experimental praxis into familiar shapes. Melvin Gibbs. Photo by Christian Stewart. Melvin Gibbs’ oeuvre runs the gamut from jazz to funk to art rock. He’s worked with free-jazz legend Sonny Sharrock, no-wave pioneer Arto Lindsay, and tropicália deity Caetano Veloso,…