TUFFUS & JMAP -J Music and Arts Program Jenkins Orphanage BAND Fest!

4248 Dorchester Road,North Charleston SC 29405

02 June, 2022

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Tuffus Zimbabwe @ Fox Music Store (411) 843-740-7200 Organizer 954-822-5446 When Thursday, June 2, 2022 6 pm—8 pm Where FOX Music Store Inc When Thursday, June 2, 2022 6 pm—8 pm Where FOX Music Store Inc. 4248 Dorchester Rd. N. Charleston, SC 29405 Tuffus Zimbabwe is a pianist and composer and educator from the Boston area. He studied music at Berklee College of music and New York University. Mr. Zimbabwe is a keyboardist for the Saturday Night Live Band on NBC. He’s also a pianist for the Trilogy Opera Company. Tuffus has roots in Charleston through his grandmother Mildred Jenkins, who was a professional vocalist in the Operatic and Spiritual styles and studied at the New England conservatory and the Sorbonne in Paris. Mildred Jenkins and her older brother Edmund Thornton Jenkins were children of Rev. Daniel Joseph Jenkins and Lena James whom founded the Jenkins Orphanage and internationally renowned Jenkins Orphanage Band. Edmund Thornton Jenkins got his start taking private lessons at an early age, playing in the Jenkins Orphanage Band and his father’s church. Edmund completed his studies at Avery Institute in Charleston, Morehouse College in Atlanta, and the Royal Academy of Music in London. Edmund won awards for compositions and on numerous instruments. Edmund performed at a high level on several instruments including piano, violin, and principled on clarinet and saxophone It is an honor to continue this musical legacy and to return to Charleston where it all started. FEATURING•Tuffus Zimbabwe, Pianist and Musical Director of Jenkins Music & Arts Program – Great Grandson of Rev. Daniel Joseph Jenkins and Great Grand Nephew, of Edmund Jenkins, Jenkins Orphanage Band Founder; Gullah Geechee Group, Inc. Www.JMAP.com, .ORG, .NET All ages