Welcome to my Amherst College website! I am a scholar and saxophonist joining the Music Department as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Music for the 2008-09 academic year. I arrive at Amherst College after teaching several years in Music and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, San Diego and in African American Studies at the University of California, Irvine. I offer courses and conduct research on jazz and popular music; my work focuses on improvised music and experimentalism in African American and African diasporic music.
I am also very active as a performer and composer. Feel free to visit the music link to the left or the following websites to learn more about my music:
www.jasonrobinson.com
www.myspace.com/jasonrobinsonmusic
STUDENTS: you may find course websites at the teaching link on the menu to the left.