Marquis Hill: Color Theory

Wed, Sep 24

Marquis Hill: Color Theory Cover

*PLEASE NOTE: All 7PM and 9PM shows at Smoke are Dinner Shows $25.00 / $30.00 / $40.00 / $45.00 -- Wed & Thu $35.00 / $40.00 / $50.00 / $55.00 -- Fri & Sun $35.00 / $50.00 / $60.00 / $65.00 -- Sat Marquis Hill – trumpet Tivon Pennicott – tenor saxophone Emmanuel Michel – guitar Harish Raghavan – bass Dave King – drums “An established force in contemporary jazz.” – Financial Times Marquis Hill, one of the great trumpet artists of our time, leads an exciting and adventurous quintet featuring tenor saxophonist Tivon Pennicott, guitarist Emmanuel Michel, bassist Harish Raghavan, and drummer Dave King. Hill’s promise was recognized early by winning two highly prestigious competitions: the International Trumpet Guild Jazz Competition (2012) and the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition (2014), which helped launch a career that continues to impress. Originally from the South Side of Chicago, Hill credits many of that city’s great artists for helping foster his development. Players like Von Freeman, Bobby Broom, and Willie Pickens, just to name a few. The New Yorker says, “His performances and recordings reveal a smart post-bop player who circumvents genre clichés by incorporating elements of hip-hop and contemporary R. & B.” Downbeat adds, “The groove-laden arrangements provide the perfect soundscape for Hill’s fluid improvisational style, which, with its glass-like lucidity, recalls the crisp elegance of hard-bop stalwart Donald Byrd.”