Melvin GibbsAmasia: Anamibia Sessions 2Hausu Mountain CD/DL/LPBassist Melvin Gibbs made his professional debut in 1980 with Defunkt, the avant funk band led by trombonist Joseph Bowie. He stayed with Jackson for six studio albums and numerous tours, playing high volume, high speed harmolodic funk rock that stunned audiences into submission. Drawn into John Zorn’s orbit, Gibbs appeared on Spillane and The Big Gundown. He formed Power Tools, a trio with Jackson and guitarist Bill Frisell (a later line-up featured Pete Cosey, but never recorded). It featured Vernon Reid and vocalist DK Dyson, the latter of whom would join him in the psychedelic rock band Eye & I.