Melvin Gibbs and Ronald Shannon Jackson

Bassist Melvin Gibbs (Defunkt, Rollins Band, Harriet Tubman) has been added to the lineup for Ronald Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society when they appear at the Kessler Theater in Oak Cliff on July 7th. Gibbs was a founding member of the Decoding Society, along with Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid. Tickets for the show are available here. Below: Gibbs, Jackson, and Reid perform "Ode to Sonny Sharrock" at NYC's Knitting Factory.