# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melvin-gibbs
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:34:24.215Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melvin-gibbs"
name: "Melvin Gibbs"
slug: "melvin-gibbs"
description: "Melvin Gibbs is an American bass guitarist who has appeared on close to 200 albums in diverse genres of music. Among others, Gibbs is known for working in jazz with drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson and guitarist Sonny Sharrock, and in rock music with Rollins Band and Arto Lindsay. He is a member of the band Harriet Tubman, with whom he was included in the New York Times list of best performances of 2017, and Body Meπa, recognized in Bandcamp Daily's best experimental music of 2024."
tagline: "American bassist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melvin_Gibbs_TFF_2014_(cropped).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "2000"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.76
  momentum:             2.735562310030395
  historical:           10.32063066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://music.melvin-gibbs.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/55382"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "ملفين جيبس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "ملفين جيبس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Gibbs"
    title: "Melvin Gibbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Gibbs"
    title: "Melvin Gibbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Gibbs"
    title: "Melvin Gibbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Gibbs"
    title: "Melvin Gibbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Gibbs"
    title: "Melvin Gibbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Gibbs"
    title: "Melvin Gibbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Gibbs"
    title: "Melvin Gibbs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%93%D1%96%D0%B1%D0%B1%D1%81"
    title: "Мелвін Гіббс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4fda2f89-3336-44c6-9398-6c4a9c53bd9c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1919781"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump