Mark Lomanno

Mark Lomanno is an Assistant Professor at the Frost School of Music, University of Miami, specializing in jazz studies, improvisation, and musicological research. His work bridges ethnographic practice with performance theory, focusing on topics like chronic pain in musical contexts, African diaspora influences, and cultural hybridity in Canarian jazz.

Research Interests:

• Improvisation as a socio-aesthetic practice
• Ethnic and transatlantic dimensions in jazz
• Historiography of jazz through oral history
• Studio recording techniques (1960s jazz quintets)
• Gender and power dynamics in vocal jazz