About

For 2 decades, Mark Lowrey has been one of the hardest working musicians in Kansas City. Though most of his heart is a jazz musician, Mark’s contributions regionally and internationally span from hiphop to chamber music; from Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, and Argentinian musics to pop, rock, and musical theater.  

While Lowrey performed with Tango Lorca at the First Annual Tango Ensemble Competition at the Argentine Consulate in NYC, the group won second place amidst prestigious competition. After curating the live collaborations that were “Mark Lowrey Vs. Hiphop,” he went on to record with many emcees, most notably improvising source material for Tech N9ne’s critically acclaimed album “Special Effects’ which also features Lil Wayne and Eminem. Mark is an “Escape To Create’ artist in residence alumni, and holds an honorary degree from the London College of Music. The Pitch Music Awards gave him the title “Best Jazz Artist” for 6 years in a row before retiring his name from nominations. Mark has been on the art/education team for three Medical Missions Foudations missions, twice in Ouellessebougou, Mali, and once last year to Gulu, Uganda.  

In recent years, Lowrey has found a new musical family in Jukeboxx Media, playing keyboards in their flagship variety cover band LostWax, where he often gets to play classical music at the ceremony, jazz for cocktail hour, and then top 40 music for heavy hitting dance sets at the reception.  

Amidst the challenges of 2020 for performing artists, Mark began streaming a Facebook Live show he calls “Jazz and Plants,” playing solo piano, fulfilling commented requests in real time. Jazz and Plants is approaching its 100th 2 hour episode.