April 28, 2019 7:00 & 9:00PM Kimpedro's NU GRuV Network Reunion at SOUTH Jazz Kitchen

Robert Kenyatta started out by playing on his mother’s oatmeal boxes and graduated to her pots and pans. Even then he noticed that each pot had its own sound, its own voice. Mr. Kenyatta bought his first ’’real‘’ Congo Drum at age 12 with money he earned taking used bottles to the store. He continued to learn by listening to Latino and Jazz stations on the radio on the radio and sitting in with different bands. Mr.Kenyatta played the pennywhistle, eventually receiving a grant from Model Cities to study the flute,harmony and theory at the Philadelphia Music Academy. He also became a studio musician, and has worked with musicians such as John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Wilson Pickett, the Beach Boys, Johnny Hartman, The O‘Jays,Ruth Brown,Billy Paul, Freddie Hubbard, Roy Ayers, Elvin Jones, Herbie Mann, Lee Morgan, Odean Pope, Philly Joe Jones, Dotti and Andy Aaron & The Soul Machine Band, and a host of others.

NU GRuV includes Papa Robert Kenyatta on percussion, Jocko MacNelly on bass and guitar, Marcell Bellinger on trumpet and fluglehorn vocalist and pianist Raimundo Santos and drummer/percussionist Kimpedro.

SOUTH Jazz Kitchen

600 N. Broad St.

Philadelphia, PA

$10 per set: Tickets here