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Dr. Mark Lomax, II
In addition to performing and composing, Mark has taught college preparatory theory classes in the Columbus Public School system. He is currently a Community Research and Grants Manager at The Columbus Foundation and a lecturer specializing in the socio-political, and spiritual aspect of African-American art musics, race and using the arts to build community.
Dr. Mark Lomax, II is happy to endorse RBH Drums (www.rbhdrumsusa.com) and is represented by Welgrum Music ([email protected]).
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Mark Lomax, II and Edwin Bayard - Ogún Meji Duo: Freedom Suite
by Karl Ackermann
More than half a century after Sonny Rollins' civil rights statement Freedom Suite (Riverside, 1958), we have not advanced enough as a species to lay such sentiments to rest. The Ogún Meji Duodrummer Mark Lomax, II and saxophonist Edwin Bayardhonor Rollins and the suite, with a new and different interpretation of his seminal work. This is the tenth release from the Ohio-based duo and it means to retain the spirit of the original work while bringing new energy to Rollins' ...
read moreBayard, Hulett, Lomax: Trio Plays Mingus
by Karl Ackermann
In the year that would have been Charles Mingus' one-hundredth birthday, there is no shortage of reissues, tribute albums, and previously unreleased sessions such as The Lost Album from Ronnie Scott's (Resonance Records, 2022). But for drummer & composer Mark Lomax, the musical legacy of Mingus has special meaning. His Trio Plays Mingus gives new life to classic Mingus compositions and incorporates a couple of lesser-known works. Mingus preferred the big band format, and recorded only one leader ...
read moreThe Ogún Meji Duo featuring Dr. Mark Lomax, II and Edwin Bayard: #BLACKLIVESMATTER
by Karl Ackermann
The Ogún Meji Duo is drummer/composer/educator Dr. Mark Lomax, II and tenor saxophonist Edwin Bayard. The pair have worked together regularly in duo, trio, and quartet settings, and notably on Lomax' groundbreaking 12-CD digital box-set 400: An Afrikan Epic (CFG Multimedia, 2019). That collection recounts the four-hundred-year history of black people in America from 1619 Jamestown to the current condition of our country. #BLACKLIVESMATTER was recorded in 2014 to memorialize the hundreds of black, unarmed Americans who lost their lives ...
read moreMark Lomax II's 400: An Afrikan Epic at Lincoln Theatre
by Mark Corroto
Mark Lomax II Lincoln Theatre 400: An Afrikan Epic Premier Columbus, OH January 26, 2019 Dr. Mark Lomax II had a problem. He was to premier his creation 400: An Afrikan Epic to a sold out audience at the historic Lincoln Theatre in Columbus, Ohio, but to do so, he was required to condense his three movement, twelve part heroic poem into a 45-minute performance. You get the feeling Lomax loves a challenge. Nearly ...
read moreDr. Mark Lomax, II: 400: An Afrikan Epic
by Karl Ackermann
The origins of the continent's name are not clear, but in the language of most of its inhabitants, the spelling is Afrika. The colonizers from Portugal, Britain and France adulterated the spelling for uniformity to their own phonics beginning in the fifteenth century, as they launched the cultural marginalizing of tens of millions. Dr. Mark Lomax II chronicles the four-hundred-year history of Afrikan black people in America from the beginning of Jamestown slavery in 1619 to the current state of ...
read moreMark Lomax Trio: Isis and Osiris
by Dave Wayne
Record collectors and DJs are fond of the term spiritual jazz." Like most colloquialisms, its meaning is nebulous and vague; more emotional than factual, more indicative of a feeling that the music projects, as opposed to a distinct lineage or coterie of musicians. For many, the term refers to jazz that incorporates African and Middle Eastern rhythmic and harmonic concepts, the application of abstruse philosophies such as Egyptology, overt displays of religious devotion (both Christian and non-Christian), and strong ties ...
read more“...a whole new paradigm for jazz drums that will leave you wrapped in on every beat.” - Improvijazzation
“(The State of Black America) is an impressively conceived and executed piece of work from the drummer-leader, one in which the gravitas of the title is adequately matched by the depth of both the composing and improvising of the trio.”- Kevin Le Gendre, Jazzwise Magazine (UK),
“This is a kind of playing that jazz would indeed be wise never to outgrow.” —Jeff Simon, Buffalo News
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Drums
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Columbus
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Dr. Lomax is excited to uplift and edutain your students and community on a number of topics including: Black Composers, Jazz as Social Commentary, Black Music & Black Power in the Era of #BlackLivesMatter, and Talking Drums. Below are a few options that combine concert presentations with lecture/master class styled interactions. More information at: https://marklomaxii.com/presentations
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400: An Afrikan Epic
From: 400: An Afrikan EpicBy Dr. Mark Lomax, II