Melvin Gibbs
Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
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.
