Black Buttafly & The Nu School Collective: Jam Session Tribute to Grover Washington Jr.
Organizer: Friends of the Tanner House
Category: Concert
Location: The Yard at John Coltrane Street, 1517 N 33rd St
Date & Time: Friday, July 25th, 7:00-9:00PM
Born in Buffalo, NY, but maintaining a very special connection with North Philadelphia, Grover Washington Jr.'s mix of jazz and rhythm and blues soon made him a legendary musician, composer, performer, and one of Philadelphia’s musical ambassadors to the world.
In this one-night-only offering, Black Buttafly and the Nu School Collective reactivate, remix, and improvise upon some of the signature grooves he brought into the world. Hosted at the newly renovated Yard on John Coltrane Street, this performance seeks to celebrate and renew North Philadelphia’s Black musical legacies.
Opening performance by The Epiphanies R&B and Soul Band, a North Philadelphia based group of talented young African American men with old souls using their unique gifts to entertain the world.
Cultural Workers
Friends of the Tanner House
Friends of the Tanner House is committed to the preservation and growth of the rich Black cultural wealth of North Philadelphia — a neighborhood of which the Tanner family was part, and a community which continues to dream, evolve, and invent opportunities to thrive.