Alexis Lombre
Sunday, September 29
TIME: 2:00pm-3:00pm
VENUE: wagner stage. midway plaisance at south woodlawn ave.
Alexis Lombre sits at a grand piano with a microphone to her mouth. There is a keyboard to her right. She is wearing a ruffled bright pink shirt, drop white earrings. Her hair is short and wavy. Photo by Isaiah “Thought Poet” Veney.
Alexis Lombre
Alexis Lombre is a pianist, vocalist, composer, and producer from Chicago. She discovered early that the true essence of music is not just about what you hear, but how it makes you feel. Her mission is to keep the 'Soul' in music alive. Her latest single, "Boundaries," a powerful anthem about standing up for oneself and taking ownership of personal space, was originally released in June as part of Apple Music's Juneteenth Freedom 2024 Jazz playlist for Black Music Month and became available on all music platforms as of September.
Lombre’s other releases include the single “Come Find Me,” which she describes as “lyrically, a gospel song; harmonically, a jazz song; and rhythmically, a hip-hop/R&B song. I didn’t create the song with any borders.” As JazzTimes notes, “Lombre realized early on that by refusing to be constrained by convention—whether so-called 'jazz' or otherwise—she’d be honoring, rather than defiling, the rich heritage she’d come to embrace.”
In addition to composing, producing, and performing her own music, she has toured the United States, Canada, Cuba, Brazil, France, and South Africa with artists such as Jon Batiste, Terrace Martin, Terri Lyne Carrington, Ledisi, Lizz Wright, STOUT, Keyon Harrold, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Marcus Miller, Nicole Mitchell, Jamila Woods, DJ D-Nice, and the Miles Davis Electric Band. Lombre was awarded the inaugural 2022 New Music Next Jazz Legacy Award and the 2023 Luminarts Award.
The musicians:
Alexis Lombre — piano
Brooklynn Skye - bass
Luke Titus - drums