Tuesdays on the Terrace | Alexis Lombre

About the Event

Summer Tuesdays come alive on the MCA terrace with free concerts highlighting artists from Chicago’s internationally renowned music community. Enjoy live music while relaxing on the lawn with your own picnic, or savor snacks and drinks available for purchase. Then head inside to catch the MCA’s summer exhibitions—we’re open late on Tuesdays and free for Illinois residents.

Chicago-based pianist, vocalist, and composer, Alexis Lombre closes out our 25th Tuesdays on the Terrace season with new material from her forthcoming album, which features her singular blend of avant-garde, hip-hop, R&B, gospel, and jazz.

About the Artist

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 music makes you feel. Her musical mission is to keep the “Soul” in music alive. Lombre recently released her 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 puts it “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.” Lombre has toured nationally all over the United States, and internationally to Canada, Cuba, Brazil, France, and South Africa with artists such as Jon Batiste, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Marcus Miller, Endea Owens & The Cookout, Dan Wilson, Nicole Mitchell, Jamila Woods, Tia Fuller, DJ D Nice, and the Miles Davis Electric Band. Lombre was granted the Inaugural 2022 New Music Next Jazz Legacy Award and the 2023 Luminarts Award.