The M’Boom Tribute Ensemble will feature Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) percussion professors and ‘Boom Alumni coming together to present a concert of music from the American Jazz percussion group “M’Boom” founded by Max Roach in 1970. This M’Boom Tribute Ensemble will feature Joe Chambers (M’Boom original member), Stefon Harris (M’Boom alum) and an ensemble of HBCU percussion educators including Thomas Taylor (NCCU), Dr. Lamon Lawhorn (VSU), Dr. Sean Daniels (ASU), Don Parker (GCSU), Marcia McCants (VSU), Don Johns (BSU), and Malcolm Jackson (CMF). It has been 55 years since Max Roach and M’Boom changed our percussion world, and we can’t think of a better way to celebrate and explore this impact than at PASIC50.