$35 Seated & $20 Bar/Standing
6:30pm and 8:30 Shows (Ticketed Separately)
Chicagoan trumpeter Marquis Hill brings his lavish EP (Beautifulism) Sweet Surrender to life at Berlin.
Band Members:
Marquis Hill - Trumpet/Percussion Synths/Effects
Micah Collier - Bass/Percussion
Jillian Upshaw - Drums/Percussion
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“‘Beautifulism (Sweet Surrender)’ is a blissed-out work that easily melds spirit, soul, divine and romantic love in Hill's own brand of contemporary jazz.”
– Thom Jurek, AllMusic
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One of the finest trumpeters in jazz today, Marquis Hill is also a composer and bandleader whose comprehensive vision highlights the unity and continuity within the musical heritage of African Americans. On acclaimed albums such as his latest — Modern Flows Vol. II — and his 2016 breakout project, The Way We Play, Hill and his working band, the Blacktet, use their next-level musicianship and deeply interactive dynamic to break down the barriers separating bop, hip-hop, R&B and electronic music.
Raised on Chicago’s South Side, Hill absorbed the jazz tradition both formally — he holds a bachelor’s in music education and a master’s in jazz pedagogy — and informally, gaining knowledge from his elders on gigs and at jam sessions. By the time he won the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz competition in the fall of 2014, his reputation for fluid virtuosity was firmly established in the Midwest — as a member of the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, an in-demand sideman and a leader with several buzz-worthy self-released discs to his credit. Hill has garnered glowing coverage in outlets including the New Yorker, the New York Times, JazzTimes, NPR Music, and DownBeat, where he topped the “Rising Star–Trumpet” category in the 2016 Critics Poll. As he’s maintained a nonstop touring schedule with the Blacktet, he has also supported and guested with a who’s who of jazz, including Marcus Miller; Dee Dee Bridgewater; Boney James; Kurt Elling; Joe Lovano; and Hill’s trailblazing Chicago peer, Makaya McCraven.
