Jazz bassist and composer Hannah Marks performs with Lexington High School Jazz ensembles
Lexington High School is delighted to welcome bassist and composer Hannah Marks for an exciting evening of music on Thursday, April 16. Marks will perform with a number of LHS small and large ensembles, including the award winning Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo. This performance is made possible by FOLMADS, the Friends of Lexington Music and Drama.
Hannah Marks is a bassist, composer, and educator living in New York City. She currently leads a risk-taking acoustic jazz quartet that features NYC’s most in-demand sidemen, and has showcased her music at festivals like the Detroit Jazz Festival. Produced by Jason Moran, her second album, Feed the Fire, will be released in June 2026 on Endectomorph.
Marks’ debut album, Outsider, Outlier, is an explosive rendering of her search for belonging and empowerment. A nod to her love for punk, noise and free improvisation, Outsider, Outlier released on Out Of Your Head Records on October 20, 2023. Citizen Jazz called Outsider, Outlier “…a very mature record from a young artist with very strong ideas who does not hold back anything.”
As a side-woman, Marks tours internationally with NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater’s project “We Exist!”, and has performed with Geoffrey Keezer, Nasheet Waits, Terri Lyne Carrington, Anna Webber, Miles Okazaki, Ingrid Jensen, Kalia Vandever, Matt Wilson, Ted Nash, Morgan Guerin, Marcus Printup, and Sasha Berliner. Marks’ discography includes appearances on Geoffrey Keezer’s Grammy award winning composition Refuge, Amanda Ekery’s Grammy nominated Arabé, Kristen Lee Sergeant’s Falling with saxophonist Ted Nash, and Heartland Trio’s debut album Year One.
Marks is passionate about jazz education, serving on faculty at Fordham University during the academic year, and at Interlochen Arts Camp, Stanford Jazz Workshop, and Jazz Camp West.
The performance will be at the LHS Gillespie Auditorium at 7pm. Tickets are $15, $5 for students, with a maximum family cost of $40.