The Issa Iyer Gibbs Coalition / Fatboi Sharif (Melvin Gibbs: How Black Music Took Over theMARKET HOTEL // 1140 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, NYC, NY: Rock Band in New York

About The Issa Iyer Gibbs Coalition / Fatboi Sharif (Melvin Gibbs: How Black Music Took Over theMARKET HOTEL // 1140 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, NYC, NY

The Issa Iyer Gibbs Coalition is a New York–facing collaboration that brings guitarist Issa Iyer together with bassist and bandleader Melvin Gibbs, whose long career spans rock, jazz, and experimental music with extensive studio and stage work. Their sets lean on ensemble interplay and groove, with space for abrasion and sudden shifts in tone. On bills at Brooklyn’s Market Hotel, the Coalition has shared the room with Fatboi Sharif, an artist who threads experimental hip-hop through a rock/pop frame and treats sound design as part of the performance. The work favors structure over spectacle, even at higher volume.