Melvin Gibbs
@melvingibbs.bsky.social
Human/Creator/Composer/Musician/Writer
Next Up:
music: Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2 - out now! on Hausu Mountain
Electrical Field Of Love - Feb '26 on Pi Recordings
writing: How Black Music Took Over The World - Apr 14 '26 on Basic Books
Next Up:
music: Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2 - out now! on Hausu Mountain
Electrical Field Of Love - Feb '26 on Pi Recordings
writing: How Black Music Took Over The World - Apr 14 '26 on Basic Books
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Melvin Gibbs
@melvingibbs.bsky.social
· Sep 26
Gullah Jack Style [Visualizer]
YouTube video by Melvin Gibbs
www.youtube.com
check out the visualizer for
"Gullah Jack Style"
the latest single from my album
Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2
dropping on October 14th
on Hausu Mountain Records
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSFC...
"Gullah Jack Style"
the latest single from my album
Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2
dropping on October 14th
on Hausu Mountain Records
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSFC...
tbh I assumed that
I'm riffing on the "AI makes everyone an artist"
to point out that we're not hearing about anyone using AI to make everyone financially secure
back the day
I used to the say
the people telling you
"information wants to be free"
aren't going to give you their bank info
I'm riffing on the "AI makes everyone an artist"
to point out that we're not hearing about anyone using AI to make everyone financially secure
back the day
I used to the say
the people telling you
"information wants to be free"
aren't going to give you their bank info
They definitely already have. I first heard of machine learning when I was working at a hedge fund in the 90's.
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
tbh I assumed that
I'm riffing on the "AI makes everyone an artist"
to point out that we're not hearing about anyone using AI to make everyone financially secure
back the day
I used to the say
the people telling you
"information wants to be free"
aren't going to give you their bank info
I'm riffing on the "AI makes everyone an artist"
to point out that we're not hearing about anyone using AI to make everyone financially secure
back the day
I used to the say
the people telling you
"information wants to be free"
aren't going to give you their bank info
that's the point
by definition all finance info is digitized
so why isn't their someone out there building a product that can make anybody a millionaire
the same way people are making AI products that claim to make anyone a filmmaker, writer or musician?
by definition all finance info is digitized
so why isn't their someone out there building a product that can make anybody a millionaire
the same way people are making AI products that claim to make anyone a filmmaker, writer or musician?
It's the financial people who can and should be most easily replaced
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
that's the point
by definition all finance info is digitized
so why isn't their someone out there building a product that can make anybody a millionaire
the same way people are making AI products that claim to make anyone a filmmaker, writer or musician?
by definition all finance info is digitized
so why isn't their someone out there building a product that can make anybody a millionaire
the same way people are making AI products that claim to make anyone a filmmaker, writer or musician?
I keep wondering
why nobody’s created
an AI product
that plays the stock market
the way that Suno plays music
why nobody’s created
an AI product
that plays the stock market
the way that Suno plays music
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I keep wondering
why nobody’s created
an AI product
that plays the stock market
the way that Suno plays music
why nobody’s created
an AI product
that plays the stock market
the way that Suno plays music
5 stars for this one
There is no pain
You are receding
A distant ship's smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
You are receding
A distant ship's smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
5 stars for this one
“Gibbs and co. find plenty of undiscovered areas to explore”
btw - I didn’t know Tumblr was still a thing…
btw - I didn’t know Tumblr was still a thing…
Bassist/bandleader Melvin Gibbs takes a deep dive into the Electric Miles zone — with a little help from Pete Cosey and John Medeski. doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/8004762...
Doom & Gloom From The Tomb
Melvin Gibbs - Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2
Bassist/bandleader Melvin Gibbs takes a deep dive into the Electric Miles zone on Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2, drawing inspiration from Miles' (and Teo...
doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“Gibbs and co. find plenty of undiscovered areas to explore”
btw - I didn’t know Tumblr was still a thing…
btw - I didn’t know Tumblr was still a thing…
does this count as
Christian persecution
or nah?
Christian persecution
or nah?
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
does this count as
Christian persecution
or nah?
Christian persecution
or nah?
I post on social media b/c a lot of what I do is public knowledge in any case - I have people close to me who’ve NEVER done so & quite a few friends who are “quiet quitters”
In today’s episode of
“I have no Black friends”
(& apparently no queer ones either)
we have an ironic explainer of how many people I know navigate American life (iow for many people the US has functionally been a fascist country for generations)
“I have no Black friends”
(& apparently no queer ones either)
we have an ironic explainer of how many people I know navigate American life (iow for many people the US has functionally been a fascist country for generations)
My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
November 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I post on social media b/c a lot of what I do is public knowledge in any case - I have people close to me who’ve NEVER done so & quite a few friends who are “quiet quitters”
In today’s episode of
“I have no Black friends”
(& apparently no queer ones either)
we have an ironic explainer of how many people I know navigate American life (iow for many people the US has functionally been a fascist country for generations)
“I have no Black friends”
(& apparently no queer ones either)
we have an ironic explainer of how many people I know navigate American life (iow for many people the US has functionally been a fascist country for generations)
My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
In today’s episode of
“I have no Black friends”
(& apparently no queer ones either)
we have an ironic explainer of how many people I know navigate American life (iow for many people the US has functionally been a fascist country for generations)
“I have no Black friends”
(& apparently no queer ones either)
we have an ironic explainer of how many people I know navigate American life (iow for many people the US has functionally been a fascist country for generations)
one of the basic rules of late 70s/early 80s jazz
is
every Moers Music record
is worth owning
is
every Moers Music record
is worth owning
John Carter - clarinet: Recorded at Studio 57, Düsseldorf, Germany; August 16, 1979.
John Carter - A Suite of Early American Folk Pieces for Solo Clarinet (Moers Music, 1979)
YouTube video by Pollis Drake
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
one of the basic rules of late 70s/early 80s jazz
is
every Moers Music record
is worth owning
is
every Moers Music record
is worth owning
Dems once again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Dems once again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
people aren’t talking enough
about the fact that
every judge who’s ruled against
military deployments & LEO in US cities
says that the government is lying to us
about the fact that
every judge who’s ruled against
military deployments & LEO in US cities
says that the government is lying to us
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
people aren’t talking enough
about the fact that
every judge who’s ruled against
military deployments & LEO in US cities
says that the government is lying to us
about the fact that
every judge who’s ruled against
military deployments & LEO in US cities
says that the government is lying to us
you know you’re in Chicago
when you see Common’s picture
on the side of a bus…
when you see Common’s picture
on the side of a bus…
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
you know you’re in Chicago
when you see Common’s picture
on the side of a bus…
when you see Common’s picture
on the side of a bus…
I’m flying tomorrow
oh well
oh well
November 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I’m flying tomorrow
oh well
oh well
this mf just that drug prices are gonna go down 600%
— and nobody called him on it
smh
— and nobody called him on it
smh
November 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
this mf just that drug prices are gonna go down 600%
— and nobody called him on it
smh
— and nobody called him on it
smh
Ooookkkaaaayyyy…..
Loevy plays a video of a woman's arrest. Hewson says the woman was "assaultive" because she kicked a can of tear gas that had been deployed.
Loevy: "When you tear gas somebody … and they try to kick the tear gas canister away from them, that's assaulting?"
Hewson: "Yes."
Loevy: "When you tear gas somebody … and they try to kick the tear gas canister away from them, that's assaulting?"
Hewson: "Yes."
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Ooookkkaaaayyyy…..
FYI - from the Chicago ICE/Border Patrol testimony
Loevy: "Tear gas is a serious weapon, would you agree?"
Hewson: "No."
Hewson: "No."
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
FYI - from the Chicago ICE/Border Patrol testimony
Reposted by Melvin Gibbs
Melvin Gibbs (@melvingibbs.bsky.social) interviewed in @jazztimes.bsky.social by @adamorosi.bsky.social:
"In 1980, I had to prove that I was one of the cats, that I was part of that community and making my mark. Now it’s about who I am as a person."
Read in full at:
jazztimes.com/features/pro...
"In 1980, I had to prove that I was one of the cats, that I was part of that community and making my mark. Now it’s about who I am as a person."
Read in full at:
jazztimes.com/features/pro...
November 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Melvin Gibbs (@melvingibbs.bsky.social) interviewed in @jazztimes.bsky.social by @adamorosi.bsky.social:
"In 1980, I had to prove that I was one of the cats, that I was part of that community and making my mark. Now it’s about who I am as a person."
Read in full at:
jazztimes.com/features/pro...
"In 1980, I had to prove that I was one of the cats, that I was part of that community and making my mark. Now it’s about who I am as a person."
Read in full at:
jazztimes.com/features/pro...
This is the person in charge of ICE in Chicago
Obviously his elementary school teachers didn’t make him read The Constitution
He reports directly to Kristi Noem
so I guess her teachers didn’t make her read it either
So, it’s up to the judge(s) now
Obviously his elementary school teachers didn’t make him read The Constitution
He reports directly to Kristi Noem
so I guess her teachers didn’t make her read it either
So, it’s up to the judge(s) now
The Bovino deposition continues.
Bovino: "I have instructed my officers that when threats are made, which is advocacy of violence, threats agaisnt law enforcement officers … that is arrestable."
Bovino: "I have instructed my officers that when threats are made, which is advocacy of violence, threats agaisnt law enforcement officers … that is arrestable."
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This is the person in charge of ICE in Chicago
Obviously his elementary school teachers didn’t make him read The Constitution
He reports directly to Kristi Noem
so I guess her teachers didn’t make her read it either
So, it’s up to the judge(s) now
Obviously his elementary school teachers didn’t make him read The Constitution
He reports directly to Kristi Noem
so I guess her teachers didn’t make her read it either
So, it’s up to the judge(s) now
…and now NY is just too damn expensive - the person fusing jazz&beats that did get the benefit of some degree of NYC infrastructure support in this era - Kassa Overall - is back in Seattle
the reason we haven’t had a Flying Lotus or Makaya McCraven in NYC isn’t because the person who rolled like that wasn’t here - Djinji Brown & Mark Batson immediately come to mind - it’s that the promoters & presenters in town weren’t ready for what they were doing - we didn’t have a Scottie McNeice
my hot take is
it’s the presenters, promoters, & publicity mechanisms that are different in NY - NOT the musicians per se
“Jazz” is inherently collaborative
you can’t make it by yourself (even if you play solo)
it’s the presenters, promoters, & publicity mechanisms that are different in NY - NOT the musicians per se
“Jazz” is inherently collaborative
you can’t make it by yourself (even if you play solo)
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
…and now NY is just too damn expensive - the person fusing jazz&beats that did get the benefit of some degree of NYC infrastructure support in this era - Kassa Overall - is back in Seattle
the reason we haven’t had a Flying Lotus or Makaya McCraven in NYC isn’t because the person who rolled like that wasn’t here - Djinji Brown & Mark Batson immediately come to mind - it’s that the promoters & presenters in town weren’t ready for what they were doing - we didn’t have a Scottie McNeice
my hot take is
it’s the presenters, promoters, & publicity mechanisms that are different in NY - NOT the musicians per se
“Jazz” is inherently collaborative
you can’t make it by yourself (even if you play solo)
it’s the presenters, promoters, & publicity mechanisms that are different in NY - NOT the musicians per se
“Jazz” is inherently collaborative
you can’t make it by yourself (even if you play solo)
I had the NY vs Chicago conversation (among other things) with Makaya McCraven a few weeks ago - a big difference is when a collective comes up in NY the press tends to push one person -Steve Coleman for M-Base, DJ Spooky for illbient, Daid Ware, then Will Parker for EV free jazz -as the face of it
November 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
the reason we haven’t had a Flying Lotus or Makaya McCraven in NYC isn’t because the person who rolled like that wasn’t here - Djinji Brown & Mark Batson immediately come to mind - it’s that the promoters & presenters in town weren’t ready for what they were doing - we didn’t have a Scottie McNeice
my hot take is
it’s the presenters, promoters, & publicity mechanisms that are different in NY - NOT the musicians per se
“Jazz” is inherently collaborative
you can’t make it by yourself (even if you play solo)
it’s the presenters, promoters, & publicity mechanisms that are different in NY - NOT the musicians per se
“Jazz” is inherently collaborative
you can’t make it by yourself (even if you play solo)
I had the NY vs Chicago conversation (among other things) with Makaya McCraven a few weeks ago - a big difference is when a collective comes up in NY the press tends to push one person -Steve Coleman for M-Base, DJ Spooky for illbient, Daid Ware, then Will Parker for EV free jazz -as the face of it
Today's newsletter is about The Bottle Tapes, an incredible new 6CD set of live avant-jazz recordings, and about the difference between the New York and Chicago music scenes:
burningambulance.substack.com/p/the-bottle...
burningambulance.substack.com/p/the-bottle...
November 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
my hot take is
it’s the presenters, promoters, & publicity mechanisms that are different in NY - NOT the musicians per se
“Jazz” is inherently collaborative
you can’t make it by yourself (even if you play solo)
it’s the presenters, promoters, & publicity mechanisms that are different in NY - NOT the musicians per se
“Jazz” is inherently collaborative
you can’t make it by yourself (even if you play solo)
the original M-Base crew
was
Steve Coleman, Greg Osby, Graham Haynes, Jean-Paul Bourelly, and Geri Allen
was
Steve Coleman, Greg Osby, Graham Haynes, Jean-Paul Bourelly, and Geri Allen
I need to dig in to the non-Coleman M-Base stuff, I just assumed it was his concept/ domain, I never considered it was broader than 5 Elements
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
the original M-Base crew
was
Steve Coleman, Greg Osby, Graham Haynes, Jean-Paul Bourelly, and Geri Allen
was
Steve Coleman, Greg Osby, Graham Haynes, Jean-Paul Bourelly, and Geri Allen
on that note
I’ll be in Chicago tomorrow
at Theaster Gate’s Land School
w Joshua Abrams & Ben Lamar Gay
7200 S. Dorchester Ave 7 PM
come through!
www.eventbrite.com/e/melvin-gib...
I’ll be in Chicago tomorrow
at Theaster Gate’s Land School
w Joshua Abrams & Ben Lamar Gay
7200 S. Dorchester Ave 7 PM
come through!
www.eventbrite.com/e/melvin-gib...
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
on that note
I’ll be in Chicago tomorrow
at Theaster Gate’s Land School
w Joshua Abrams & Ben Lamar Gay
7200 S. Dorchester Ave 7 PM
come through!
www.eventbrite.com/e/melvin-gib...
I’ll be in Chicago tomorrow
at Theaster Gate’s Land School
w Joshua Abrams & Ben Lamar Gay
7200 S. Dorchester Ave 7 PM
come through!
www.eventbrite.com/e/melvin-gib...
I had the NY vs Chicago conversation (among other things) with Makaya McCraven a few weeks ago - a big difference is when a collective comes up in NY the press tends to push one person -Steve Coleman for M-Base, DJ Spooky for illbient, Daid Ware, then Will Parker for EV free jazz -as the face of it
Today's newsletter is about The Bottle Tapes, an incredible new 6CD set of live avant-jazz recordings, and about the difference between the New York and Chicago music scenes:
burningambulance.substack.com/p/the-bottle...
burningambulance.substack.com/p/the-bottle...
The Bottle Tapes
An essential storehouse of Chicago music history
burningambulance.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I had the NY vs Chicago conversation (among other things) with Makaya McCraven a few weeks ago - a big difference is when a collective comes up in NY the press tends to push one person -Steve Coleman for M-Base, DJ Spooky for illbient, Daid Ware, then Will Parker for EV free jazz -as the face of it
I’ve been lowkey working on my Swahili
If I ever meet Mamdani I’m gonna drop a “habari” on him to see how he responds
If I ever meet Mamdani I’m gonna drop a “habari” on him to see how he responds
first of all
Mamdani is Ugandan
… so we’re talking
Zebra rides
not camel rides
Mamdani is Ugandan
… so we’re talking
Zebra rides
not camel rides
This guy
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I’ve been lowkey working on my Swahili
If I ever meet Mamdani I’m gonna drop a “habari” on him to see how he responds
If I ever meet Mamdani I’m gonna drop a “habari” on him to see how he responds