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Melvin Gibbs

Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Melvin Gibbs

Melvin Gibbs has been called "the best bassist in the world" by Time Out New York and he has played with artists as diverse as rapper Dead Prez and saxophonist John Zorn. For his latest album, he traveled to Brazil to make hours of field recordings in candomblé houses, centers of the Afro-Brazilian religion whose rituals involve animal sacrifice, dancing and drumming. He joins us to talk about the experience.

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  • [1] andy from manhattan March 17, 2009 - 01:04PM

    Come on man, you're losing your street cred.

    Dead Prez is a band, not a person! I'm not even a hiphop fan and I know that!
  • [2] charles blass from nyc March 17, 2009 - 01:18PM

    see http://livewiredmusic.org for details on melvin's album, release is today - also melvin will be guest on WKCR.org 89.9fm new york on weds overnite starting 1am (early thursday) - also Melvin Gibbs' Elevated Entity project performs in nyc at Santos this friday 3/20, doors 7pm
  • [3] perri from Brooklyn March 17, 2009 - 01:26PM

    Andy, I think "rapper" is a typo.


  • [4] Paulo from Paterson March 17, 2009 - 02:44PM

    My grandmother was a candomble leader in Paraiba state in Brazil. When I was there once, she had a frying pan of things she'd cooked and she took a brush and spread the smoke over me to cleanse me of demons. It was a very weird experience.
  • [5] Jose Simms from Manhattan March 17, 2009 - 02:53PM

    The main reason of incorporating christian saints is mainly becuase of the colors the saints wear. In the African religion, the Orisha are represented by colored clothing without a physical form. A perfect example is ST. lazarus-in yoruba he is likened to Babaloo aye becuase of the Purple and burlap. also babaloo aye is also the orisha of Health and St. Lazarus was supposedly resurrected.

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