[1] Son of Terry Gibbs, he grew up in Southern California and received his first drum set from Buddy Rich at age four.
In the following years he played with John Campbell, Steve Amirault (That's What, with Seamus Blake), in the Terry Gibbs Quartet with Uri Caine, and with Jed Levy (Sleight of Hand, with George Colligan and Ron McClure).
[1] In late 1995, Gibbs recorded his debut album The Thrasher with his sextet, which included Ravi Coltrane, Joe Locke, Billy Childs, Mark Feldman, and Darek Oleszkiewicz.
In later years he worked with Ted Falcon, Joe Negri, Jim Butler, Robert Sanders, Doug Webb and with Eric Hargett and Joey DeFrancesco.
With Kenny Barron and Ron Carter, he formed his Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio, which has released three albums since 2013.