Greg Tate

Greg Tate was a writer, cultural producer, and musician who had lived in Harlem since 1984. He was a staff writer at The Village Voice from 1987 to 2004. His books include Flyboy in the Buttermilk (2015, Touchstone), Everything but the Burden--What White People Are Taking from Black Culture (2003, Crown), Midnight Lightning: Jimi Hendrix and the Black Experience (2003, Chicago Review Press), and Flyboy 2: The Greg Tate Reader (2013, Duke University Press). In 1985, he helped co-found the Black...See more

Greg Tate was a writer, cultural producer, and musician who had lived in Harlem since 1984. He was a staff writer at The Village Voice from 1987 to 2004. His books include Flyboy in the Buttermilk (2015, Touchstone), Everything but the Burden--What White People Are Taking from Black Culture (2003, Crown), Midnight Lightning: Jimi Hendrix and the Black Experience (2003, Chicago Review Press), and Flyboy 2: The Greg Tate Reader (2013, Duke University Press). In 1985, he helped co-found the Black Rock Coalition with guitarist Vernon Reid. Beginning in 1999, he led the improv ensemble Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber, who released 16 albums on their own Avant Groidd imprint. Tate passed away on December 7, 2021, at the age of 64. See less