Afro D & Global Soundwaves is a hip-hop-jazz-funk fusion band formed in Champaign-Urbana by Pete “Afro D” Shungu in 2019. Shungu, teaching assistant professor in FAA, is the band’s MC, trumpeter and bandleader. The band consists of Mitchell Killough, a founding member, on bass, Lawrence Parks on alto saxophone, James “Jamie” Mauck on drums, Brighton.
For the first time, a census will capture data about Lawrence’s local music scene with eyes toward gathering measurable information about people who do music-