Local Musician Jeff Bradshaw Using Platform To Fight For Justice In America

Ukee Washington reports.

EYEWITNESS NEWS IS WORKINGTO BRING YOU STORIES COMMITTEDTO HELPING OUR COMMUNITY HEALAND GROW WITH THE ISSUES NOW ATTHE FOREFRONT.WE'RE CALLING IT JUSTICE FORALL.BIBLICALLY SPEAKING, A CLARIONCALL BY WAY OF BRASS INSTRUMENTSIS ASSOCIATED WITH A GATHERINGOF A HOLY ASSEMBLY TO GETPEOPLE'S ATTENTION ON EXTREMELYIMPORTANT MATTERS.I RECENTLY MET UP WITH LOCALMUSICIAN JEFF BRADSHAW AT SOUTHJAZZ KITCHEN ON BROAD STREET ANDHE WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO TOOTHIS OWN HORN ABOUT THE TIMES WENOW LIVE IN.♪♪IT'S BEEN SOBERING, WHERE WEARE RIGHT NOW.JUST SOBERING.Reporter: NORTH PHILADELPHIANATIVE AND GRAMMY AWARD WINNINGSELF-TAUGHT TROMBONIST JEFFBRADSHAW IS USING HIS MUSICALPLATFORM TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE INAMERICA.NOT JUST THE POLICE BRUTALITYOR THE EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE,NOT THE LEAST, BUT ALSO FOR THECORPORATE AMERICA, THE MUSICINDUSTRY.IT'S ALL OVER.Reporter: AND ALL OVERAMERICA AND THE WORLD, THE MARCHTO EQUALITY IS ON.EVERY NATIONALITY FROM EVERYETHNIC BACKGROUND, THEY'RE ONTHE STREETS.I HAD TO DO SOMETHING.♪Reporter: HE WANTED TO TAKETHE RIGHT STEPS, SO HE TOOK TOTHE STEPS OF AN ICONICPHILADELPHIA VENUE FOR WHAT HEAND MANY OF HIS FRIENDS ANDHUNDREDS OF STRANGERS CALLED ACLARION CALL FOR JUSTICE.SHAKESPEARE SAID SOMETHING TOTHE EFFECT, WHEN WORDS FAIL,MUSIC SPEAKS.I DREAMED OF BEING ON THESTEPS OF THE ART MUSEUMSURROUNDED BY HORNS AS FAR ASTHE EYE COULD SEE.I DREAMED ABOUT IT.Reporter: AND IF YOU CANDREAM IT, YOU CAN DO IT.AND WE REACHED OUT TO EVERYHORN PLAYER THAT WE KNEW, NEWYORK TO NEW JERSEY TO PHILLY TODELAWARE TO MARYLAND, TO DC ANDTHEY CAME FROM EVERYWHERE.THERE WAS PLENTY OF MUSIC ANDPLENTY OF DIVERSE DIALOGUETOWARD CHANGE.IT'S A TEACHABLE MOMENT FORUS TO TALK TO WHITE PEOPLE, TOTALK TO PEOPLE THAT ARE NOTBLACK AND EXPLAIN TO THEM ANDTALK TO THEM ABOUT HEY MAN.Reporter: HEY MAN, SOMETHINGHAS TO BE DONE AND ANOTHERCLARION CALL FOR JUSTICE IS AGREAT PLACE TO START.SATURDAY JUNE 27TH AT 1:00 P.M.IS WHEN BRADSHAW AND FRIENDSHOPE TO CONTINUE TO HIT ALL THERIGHT NOTES TOWARD CHANGE ONCEAGAIN.MUSIC ACCOMPANIED BYCONVERSATION HE SAYS IS ONE OFTHE RIGHT WAYS TO MAKE ITHAPPEN.BECAUSE COLLECTIVELY SPEAKING.I'M JUST SICK OF BEINGTREATED THE WRONG WAY.I'M DOING IT BECAUSE I NEED TOBE ABLE TO TELL MYGRANDCHILDREN, WHEN THEYMURDERED GEORGE FLOYD, I GOT INTHE STREET AND TOOK MYINSTRUMENT AND CALLED PEOPLE TOJOIN ME AND WE TRIED TO MAKE ACHANGE THROUGH MUSIC AND THROUGHOUR VOICES.Reporter: AND THAT HE HELPEDTO DO IT HERE IN HIS HOME SWEETHOMESATURDAY, 1:00 P.M., THE ARTMUSEUM STEPS, ANOTHER CLARIONCALL.