Posts tagged Marquis Hill

Thelonious Monk Award Winner and trumpeter Marquis Hill  swings super-hard and its grooves use elements of hip hop, hard bop and swing. The ensemble’s touch is light and its use of dynamics and space makes the music very easy to listen to. Hill’s band presents the new Chicago sound but, …

Trumpeter Marquis Hill has been an active presence in Chicago’s jazz venues for over five years, but he came to greater national attention two years ago when he won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. The fact that Hill had been invigorating Chicago’s jazz scene considerably in various ways without …