Previous events

Eddie and Mark present #BlackLivesMatter a 55 minute concert with community conversation.

Less than a week after the world premier of Lomax's 400 Years Suite, the Duo returns to the Lincoln Theatre stage to present new work from Duo Meditations, their most recent release.

Columbus-based composer, recording artist, and drummer Mark Lomax II and his musical compatriots perform selections from his 12-album cycle 400: An Afrikan Epic. Supported by a Wexner Center Artist Residency Award, this ambitious project tells the story of black America stretching from precolonial Afrika, through the 400 years after the start of the Transatlantic slave trade in 1619, and into the Afrofuture while celebrating the creativity of a people who continue to endure.

Streetlight Guild presents an encore performance of “The New Black Eastside Songbook,” a six-song suite conceptualized by Columbus writer Scott Woods, featuring new music composed by Counterfeit Madison, Paisha Thomas, Krate Digga, The Ogun Meji Duo (Mark Lomax and Eddie Bayard), and Jordan Sandidge. “The New Black Eastside Songbook” is an exploration of black life and culture in Columbus historically and now, touching on subjects ranging from local jazz legends and privilege to the police and gentrification. It interrogates the definition of Columbus culture, and what relationship such culture might have to the people who both create and partake of it. Utilizing some of Columbus’ brightest musical talent across a variety of styles and backgrounds, this work seeks to establish a bar for the marriage of political context and musical examination, adding new bricks to the foundation of whatever Columbus

Be a part of history and join saxophonist Edwin Bayard and drummer Mark Lomax, II as they return to Art of Republic for a six-month residency. The Duo will be recording live versions of work from their recent recordings and new compositions that explore the raw and intimate power of the fabled saxophone and drum duo.

This residency is a presentation of Streetlight Guild and performances will be recorded. Admission is $10 at the door.

Be a part of history and join saxophonist Edwin Bayard and drummer Mark Lomax, II as they return to Art of Republic for a six-month residency. The Duo will be recording live versions of work from their recent recordings and new compositions that explore the raw and intimate power of the fabled saxophone and drum duo.

This residency is a presentation of Streetlight Guild and performances will be recorded. Admission is $10 at the door.

Be a part of history and join saxophonist Edwin Bayard and drummer Mark Lomax, II as they return to Art of Republic for a six-month residency. The Duo will be recording live versions of work from their recent recordings and new compositions that explore the raw and intimate power of the fabled saxophone and drum duo.

This residency is a presentation of Streetlight Guild and performances will be recorded. Admission is $10 at the door.

Be a part of history and join saxophonist Edwin Bayard and drummer Mark Lomax, II as they return to Art of Republic for a six-month residency. The Duo will be recording live versions of work from their recent recordings and new compositions that explore the raw and intimate power of the fabled saxophone and drum duo.

This residency is a presentation of Streetlight Guild and performances will be recorded. Admission is $10 at the door.

Be a part of history and join saxophonist Edwin Bayard and drummer Mark Lomax, II as they return to Art of Republic for a six-month residency. The Duo will be recording live versions of work from their recent recordings and new compositions that explore the raw and intimate power of the fabled saxophone and drum duo.

This residency is a presentation of Streetlight Guild and performances will be recorded. Admission is $10 at the door.

Join Maroon Arts Group on Sunday, September 24, 2017 as we explore the music of the Maroon culture. The Ogún Meji Duo ( Mark Lomax, II & Eddie Bayard) with DJ Krate Digga will be bringing us music that is inspired by the historic culture of the Maroons. This will be a treat you do not want to miss. FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS!!!

Dr. Lomax has been commissioned by the Maroon Arts Group to compose and perform three concerts of music for small ensemble based on the traditional music of the Maroons, Africans who escaped American slavery.

Jack Novotny- woodwinds Benito Gonzales- piano Juini Booth- bass Mark Lomax, II- drums

http://www.hotribscooljazz.org/artist/the-mark-lomax-trio/

The MLQ presents a new arrangement of Dr. Lomax's critically acclaimed composition 'Song of the Dogon.' This work is inspired by and derives from the folk music traditions of the Dogon people of Mali, West Africa.

The MLQ presents a new work by Dr. Lomax titled 'The Coming'. Named after the Daniel Black novel, the three movement composition traces the journey of captured human beings from Africas shores to the uncertainty of the new world.

The Ogún Meji Duo present their stirring performance and community discussion piece, #BlackLivesMatter.

Drummer & composer Dr. Mark Lomax, II is joined by poets Barbara Fant, Dionne Custer Edwards, Scott Woods, and a rapper Carnell Willoughby for a powerful presentation that encourages us toward the truth of our collective humanity and the hope it brings.

Holler, an S.E. Woods production, presents The Ogún Meji Duo as part of a month-long series of performances celebrating artistic excellence in Columbus, Ohio

Dr. Mark Lomax, II has been chosen to serve as a Mellon Long-term Artist-in-Residence with the Denison University Department of Dance. Over the course of spring semester 2017, Dr. Lomax will interact through lectures, presentations, and master classes for courses and students in the Departments of Music, Dance, and Theatre, and for courses in a variety of humanities and social science disciplines including, but not limited to, Black Studies, English Literature, Sociology/Anthropology, and Philosophy. Additionally, Dr. Lomax will be responsible for 5 performances with his professional ensemble during the semester.

Dr. Mark Lomax, II brings together an all-star group of musicians to honor saxophonist and theorist Logan Rollins for a PBS broadcast.