Biography
Marquis Hill is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader from Chicago. His musical signature employs post-bop and jazz-funk in synthesizing other genres and influences including hip-hop, R&B, Chicago house, and neo-soul. His self-released debut album, New Gospel appeared in 2011, and was followed by The Poet in 2013. To celebrate winning the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz International Trumpet Competition in 2014, he issued the Modern Flows EP, Vol. 1. 2016's The Way We Play was a one-off for Concord -- his prize for the competition. Modern Flows, Vol. II appeared in November 2018, followed by The Love Tape and The Love Tapes with Voices in October 2019. In November 2020, he released the astrologically themed Soul Sign. March 2022 saw the release of New Gospel Revisited. Recorded live in 2019, the date featured an unabridged performance of Hill's debut album by his all-star Blacktet.