An upcoming Brock University talk will highlight the impact of Black musicians on jazz in Eastern Canada during the pre-war period.<\/p>\n
During the free online event Friday, Feb. 11, Wade Pfaff, a musician, creative artist, and academic from Toronto, will explore how Black music culture is a tangible manifestation of spiritual freedom and an invaluable outlet for Black Canadians to express their selfhood and boundless creativity in his talk, \u201cThe beginnings of Black jazz in Eastern Canada<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Pfaff is a Visiting-scholar-in-residence at Cape Breton University\u2019s Centre for Sound Communities, where he studies the relationship between the music of trans-Atlantic Black cultures during the early 20th century and the improvements in civil rights for people of colour that followed.<\/p>\n His interests range from researching Canadian Black history, studying and playing music from the trans-Atlantic diaspora on guitar and drums, and developing cultural education programs for marginalized youth.<\/p>\n Hosted by the Centre for Canadian Studies and Department of History, the talk will be held Friday, Feb. 11 from 3 to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n