Jason Furman, a humanities professor at Miami Dade College, will host a discussion entitled Where Did Jazz Come From?: Hands-on Listening Tour of Music from the Diaspora on Feb. 25 at Eduardo J. Padrón Campus, 627 S.W. 27th Ave., at 11:30 a.m. in Room 3103.
The lecture will focus on musical instruments that were prominent during the African Diaspora and laid the groundwork for jazz music today.
Furman, who is also a percussionist and drummer, has recorded music with the likes of Diane Reeves and Debbie Gibson. He also plays drums for The Headliners, a wedding band based in South Florida.
The listening tour aims to start a conversation about the history of jazz in honor of Black History Month, which runs through February.
It’s free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Glendora Phipps at (305) 237-6049 or gphipps@mdc.edu.
