By: CJ Shearn, New York Jazz Workshop In Conversation With In the latest installment of the New York Jazz Workshop in Conversation With podcast series, I speak with drummer/multi instrumentalist Gerry Gibbs. Gibbs was born in New York, but grew up on the West Coast and was steeped in LA’s rich jazz scene, playing with … Read More
By: Rene Yedema, io pages Drummer / multi-instrumentalist Gerry Gibbs already had a number of award-winning radio friendly and good selling albums made when he was challenged by pianist Billy Childs not to write for his audience, but for himself on his next record. His newest album follows ‘Weather Or Not’, a double CD that was created – the title gives … Read More
By: Sebastien Helary, NextBop On June 7th, Grammy-nominated drummer and composer Gerry Gibbs released his staggering 12th album as a leader via Whaling City Sound, a unique project entitled Our People. The album features Gibbs alongside fellow multi-instrumentalists Alex Collins, Gianluca Renzi, Mayu Saeki, and Kyeshie Gibbs, who together play a combined 40 instruments on … Read More
By Philip Booth, Jazz Times Five musicians, 40 instruments, 19 interrelated compositions, five consecutive days in a Queens home studio, 66 minutes of music: By the numbers alone, Gerry Gibbs’ latest batch of original tunes is quite a feat. The sprawling disc, something of a followup to the drummer/composer’s 2017 salute to Weather Report, has … Read More
By: Jack Bowers, All About Jazz Our People, the twelfth album as leader by multi-instrumentalist Gerry Gibbs, is difficult to describe and even harder to pigeonhole. Is it jazz? Not really. Is it world music? Sometimes. And sometimes even other-worldly. Stream of consciousness? Perhaps, but always with a specific plan in mind. Tone poems? Only in the … Read More
Jim Hynes, Glide Magazine This is the twelfth album from Gerry Gibbs, the multi-instrumental leader of his trio Thrasher People. Unlike anything he has ever produced before, this epic, 19-part suite pays tribute to many cultures throughout the world, thus the title Our People. It sounds like a full orchestra when in fact it is the … Read More
“[Our People] sounds like the soundtrack to the heavens opening up the gates! My brother Gerry is always pushing the envelope and being unapologetically himself!” – Robert Glasper “It’s a beautiful journey and a really enjoyable listen… very well thought of and fun!” – Thundercat Whaling City Sound is pleased to release Our People, the 12th … Read More
Gerry Gibbs’ Sonic Masterpiece Our People to be Released on June 7, 2019 on Whaling City Sound “[Our People] sounds like the soundtrack to the heavens opening up the gates! My brother Gerry is always pushing the envelope and being unapologetically himself!” – Robert Glasper “It’s a beautiful journey and a really enjoyable listen… very … Read More
