May 17, 2022 1:38 PM
Marquis Hill: Pushing Forward
Trumpeter Marquis Hill speaks in quietly determined tones. Through a Zoom conversation from his college office in…
“I’ve always been into the zodiac and the truth that’s within it, but during this pandemic, we all had to time and space to do that,” Hill said.
May 17, 2022 1:38 PM
Trumpeter Marquis Hill speaks in quietly determined tones. Through a Zoom conversation from his college office in…
Eddie Palmieri is set to stream a performance on Saturday.
Dec 11, 2020 3:03 PM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
The Le Boeuf Brothers are set to stream a Tuesday performance.
Oct 6, 2020 4:45 PM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
On Sunday, Bill Warfield is set to stream a show with his New York Jazz Quintet.
Sep 30, 2020 8:59 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
During his concerts, Nicholas Payton frequently plays keyboards and trumpet simultaneously.
Feb 7, 2020 2:55 PM
Nicholas Payton is very much a self-starter. The 46-year-old New Orleans native—known as much for the currency of his…
Ted Nash revisits Bernstein and Sondheim for Somewhere Else: Songs From West Side Story.
Dec 27, 2019 9:07 AM
The list below is a round up of the 5-, 4.5- and 4-star reviews that ran in print editions of DownBeat during 2019. If…
“Iron sharpens iron,” Marquis Hill says while discussing work with his collaborators on Love Tape, his latest dispatch.
Oct 31, 2019 2:24 PM
Before composing new music for Love Tape, Marquis Hill set out to explore existing concepts of love. The trumpet and…
Chick Corea’s Trilogy, which also includes bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade, are set to play the 2019/20 Symphony Center Presents Jazz series in Chicago on Nov. 1.
Oct 7, 2019 9:40 AM
The 2019/2020 Symphony Center Presents Jazz series in Chicago is set to return Nov. 1.
During the past two-plus…
Joel Ross
May 29, 2019 2:26 PM
Some music videos can be described accurately as publicity clips, whereas others dig a little deeper and feel more like…
Marquis Hill benefited from time spent at the Velvet Lounge, a jazz room on the South Side of Chicago run by saxophonist Fred Anderson (1929–2010).
Feb 8, 2019 9:52 AM
Sipping tea in the Harlem hangout Common Good, Marquis Hill wore a serene smile. The expression was hardly one…
Marquis Hill Blacktet is set to play 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15 at The University of Chicago’s Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts.
Aug 27, 2018 10:35 AM
The University of Chicago Presents series marks its 75th season with a mixture of classical, new music and jazz…
Pianist Bethany Pickens (left), bassist Junius Paul, alto saxophonist Donald Harrison, drummer Charles Heath and trumpeter Marquis Hill pay tribute to Willie Pickens at an April 18 memorial concert at Chicago’s Studebaker Theater.
Apr 20, 2018 2:49 PM
Pianist Willie Pickens, who died Dec. 12, 2017, was an exemplary yet modest man. Gifted with world-class instrumental…
Kurt Elling’s upcoming album, The Questions, features songs combining the singer’s own writing with well-known poems.
Mar 8, 2018 9:27 AM
Vocalist Kurt Elling has a new disc, The Questions, slated for release March 23 on the OKeh imprint. Today, he debuts…
Jazz vocalist Jeff Baker’s new album, Phrases, will be out Jan. 19.
Dec 12, 2017 9:31 PM
Jazz vocalist Jeff Baker recruited some of the most respected musicians in jazz for his fifth album, Phrases (OA2…
Glenn Zaleski (left), Melissa Aldana, Philip Dizack, Pablo Menares and Craig Weinrib perform at the San Francisco Jazz Festival on June 13.
Jun 20, 2017 4:20 PM
Before the SFJAZZ Center opened in January 2013, SFJAZZ’s flagship programming was its San Francisco Jazz Festival…
Trumpeters Ingrid Jensen (left), Jason Palmer, Theo Croker, Darren Barrett, Maurice Brown and Marquis Hill perform at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola on Sept. 21
Oct 17, 2016 9:46 AM
The Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT), founded by Dave Douglas in 2003, has become an extensive, ambitious…
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