Marquis Hill at Attucks Theatre

This groundbreaking musician, composer and bandleader has worked tirelessly to break down the barriers that divide musical genres. Contemporary& classic jazz, hiphop, R&B, Chicago house, neosoul, to Marquis Hill, they are all essential elements of the profound African American creative heritage. I want to continue to blur the line between quote unquote jazz and hiphop, because I am a true believer that it is the same music, he says. Their roots come from the same tree; they just blossomed on different branches. Born in Chicago in 1987, Hill began playing drums at age 4, before switching to trumpet in 6th grade...

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This groundbreaking musician, composer and bandleader has worked tirelessly to break down the barriers that divide musical genres. Contemporary& classic jazz, hiphop, R&B, Chicago house, neosoul, to Marquis Hill, they are all essential elements of the profound African American creative heritage. I want to continue to blur the line between quote unquote jazz and hiphop, because I am a true believer that it is the same music, he says. Their roots come from the same tree; they just blossomed on different branches. Born in Chicago in 1987, Hill began playing drums at age 4, before switching to trumpet in 6th grade. During college he played gigs around Chicago, earning a reputation as a gifted trumpeter with a soulful tone. In November 2014, he won the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz competition and became a presence on the global scene virtually overnight; since then he has played with a who is who of jazz that includes Dee Dee Bridgewater, Boney James, Kurt Elling,

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