The Mark Lomax Trio: Blues in August
November 7, 2024
7:00–8:00 PM
Location: CMA
Join CMA for an evening of jazz in celebration of Ming Smith: August Moon, an exhibition where the essence of everyday Black life unfolds with breathtaking honesty and reverence. Smith embarks on a poignant journey through the streets of Pittsburgh’s Hill District, intimately familiarizing herself with the landscape that inspired playwright August Wilson’s iconic Century Cycle plays. Smith captures the essence of Wilson’s characters, immortalizing their struggles, triumphs, and the quiet resilience that defines their existence.
The Mark Lomax Trio will perform selections of original work focused on themes of unity, peace, and from the eighth album in the 400: An Afrikan Epic cycle, Blues In August, a tribute to August Wilson and his Century Cycle which depicts the lives of non-immigrant Afrikans in America over the course of the 20th century.
Tickets for this program are $25 for CMA members and $30 for nonmembers.
About the Mark Lomax Trio
The Mark Lomax Trio includes Dr. Mark Lomax, II on drums, Edwin Bayard on tenor and soprano saxophones, and Dean Hulett on bass Dr. Mark Lomax, II, is a critically acclaimed composer, recording artist, drummer, activist, and educator. In one of the timeliest and unprecedented pieces of work of our history, Lomax released 400: An Afrikan Epic in January 2019. This magnum opus consists of a 12 album cycle, a curriculum, and a documentary that ambitiously tells the story of the Afrikan diaspora. Divided into thirds, the 400 explores thousands of years of the history that is pre-colonial Afrika, the Ma’afa (400 years between 1619 and 2019), and Afro-futurism expressing a vision of what Blacks in America will heal toward in the next 400 years. A highly sought-after lecturer, Lomax specializes in the socio-political, and spiritual aspects of African-American art music, race, and using the arts to build community. These ideas are documented in his TED Talk Activating The Transformative Power Of Trust, and his weekly COVID-inspired youtube show, Drumversations.
The Mark Lomax Trio will perform selections of original work focused on themes of unity, peace, and from the eighth album in the 400: An Afrikan Epic cycle, Blues In August, a tribute to August Wilson and his Century Cycle which depicts the lives of non-immigrant Afrikans in America over the course of the 20th century.
Tickets for this program are $25 for CMA members and $30 for nonmembers.
About the Mark Lomax Trio
The Mark Lomax Trio includes Dr. Mark Lomax, II on drums, Edwin Bayard on tenor and soprano saxophones, and Dean Hulett on bass Dr. Mark Lomax, II, is a critically acclaimed composer, recording artist, drummer, activist, and educator. In one of the timeliest and unprecedented pieces of work of our history, Lomax released 400: An Afrikan Epic in January 2019. This magnum opus consists of a 12 album cycle, a curriculum, and a documentary that ambitiously tells the story of the Afrikan diaspora. Divided into thirds, the 400 explores thousands of years of the history that is pre-colonial Afrika, the Ma’afa (400 years between 1619 and 2019), and Afro-futurism expressing a vision of what Blacks in America will heal toward in the next 400 years. A highly sought-after lecturer, Lomax specializes in the socio-political, and spiritual aspects of African-American art music, race, and using the arts to build community. These ideas are documented in his TED Talk Activating The Transformative Power Of Trust, and his weekly COVID-inspired youtube show, Drumversations.
