Jazzing with Dr. Lomax....A Musical Experience..Black History Month.. Chestnut Hill College 2020

Chestnut Hill College celebrated Black History Month with a live musical performance by jazz musician Mark Lomax II, D.M.A and his four-piece ensemble.

According to Dr. Lomax's website, he is a "critically acclaimed composer, recording artist, drummer, activist, and educator.  He is a Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University Artist in  Residency 2018 Award recipient."

Dr. Lomax performed a selection from his Album 400: An Afrikan Epic: described on his website as celebrating the resilience, brilliance, strength, genius, and creativity of a people who continue to endure while offering an inspired view of the future."

Here are some pictures and a video from this wonderful event!

                                    
                              

Chestnut Hill College's Music Department offers bachelors degrees in Music and Music Performance.  If a student had to gather research on a topic in music from Logue Library, there would be ample material available.

If you search on the topic "Jazz Music" you will see over 2,500 results in our catalog which includes  52 eBooks and 36 Print Books on this topic and a DVD Collection.

                      Book Collection




DVD Collection

Note: We have the DVD of Jazz: A Film By Ken Burns      [10-Disc Set]

(Click on the titles below to get more information).

Check the library site for links for Music Majors.

Here are a few items  on this topic below:

• Jazz. Episode one,  Gumbo

• Jazz. Episode two, The gift

• Jazz. Episode three, Our language

• Jazz. Episode four, The true welcome home

• Jazz. Episode five, Swing, pure pleasure

• Jazz. Episode six, Swing, the velocity of celebration

• Jazz. Episode seven, Dedicated to chaos

• Jazz. Episode eight, Risk

• Jazz. Episode nine, The adventure

• Jazz. Episode ten, A masterpiece by midnight

What Books or DVD's listed above would you most likely read?

Feel free to comment on this blog.

Posted by J. Presley, Systems Management Librarian