Marquis Hill Blacktet | KNKX Studio Session
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- Опубліковано 18 сер 2019
- “I’m a true believer,” trumpeter Marquis Hill told us. The modern, acoustic sounds of his Blacktet draws inspiration from across the history of jazz. It’s also music of the 21st century, created by young musicians who see a distinct through line that renders genres meaningless. “It’s a continuum,” Hill says. “It’s all connected.”
Hill’s most recent album, Modern Flows, Vol. 2, is a musical statement with a message. Guest vocalists, whether rap, singing or spoken word poetry, celebrate the creative forces of jazz, soul, gospel, hip-hop, blues and rock. But again, Marquis Hill notes the connections to the past.
“When you study the history of this music, the message has always been in the music," he said. "It’s our jobs as artists to portray what’s happening in today’s society through our art form. It’s not just music, it’s music for the people. And it’s our jobs to educate and elevate the people through our art and expose them to the things that are happening in the world today."
Raised in Chicago, and based in New York City for the past five years, Hill has plenty to say about the issues of America’s urban centers. The album’s most direct political content is provided by the vocalists. For instance, M’Reld Green’s pointed comments on gentrification in the song “Prayer for the People.” She deftly rhymes “The history is being erased, being replaced with Starbucks our bucks no longer can afford.”
Green isn’t the only female perspective on Modern Flows, Vol. 2. A pair of songs reference Hill’s strong connection to his grandmother. He says, “She was a ‘real one’ as they say. She would sit on the porch, daily, and patrol the neighborhood. She knows everyone and everything that happens on our block.” Hill’s tune “The Watcher” is a nod to that community of mostly elderly women who kept the peace.
A pair of Hill’s students from this summer’s Centrum Jazz Port Townsend were in the KNKX studios for this exclusive performance, and excitedly pointed to Hill’s band members as their newest inspirations. Hill says that’s all part of the continuum. All of his collaborators, he says, “have a place in their heart for the history of the music. But also, they’re looking forward as well. I like to surround myself with that type of mind frame, and that’s what keeps the music alive and that continuum going.”
This touring version of the Blacktet is formidable. Braxton Cook provided perfectly matched alto saxophone to the front line, and also sings a tune on Modern Flows, Vol. 2. “The Young Genius,”as Hill calls vibes player and pianist Joel Ross, was featured exclusively on piano for this session, rounded out with the nimble bass and drums of Jeremiah Hunt and Jonathan Pinson.
The music, with or without the guest vocalists, is lush and beautiful. Meditative at times, pulsing even at a slow-mid-tempo, Hill’s lyrical melodicism powers the Blacktet. This is a collection of musicians with a love of history, a passion for living today, and high hopes for the future. It comes through in the music, and filled the KNKX studios with joy.
Songs
1) To Be Free
2) Stellar
Musicians
Marquis Hill - trumpet
Braxton Cook - alto sax
Joel Ross - piano
Jeremiah Hunt - bass
Jonathan Pinson - drums
Audio
Brian Moynihan
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I can't believe what I'm hearing right now... So beautiful
everything braxton plays is gold yo...
So excited to see younger musicians embracing jazz
My dear young Brutha, your spirit and tonality is simply transcendent of the struggles, pain, rebirth, and triumph of us ALL and our ancestors!!!! Keep putting your soul out in the universe, it MATTERS!!!✊🏾🖤
Wow, medicine for the soul!
Thank you so much KNKX, Marquis Hill blow my mind!!!
Beautiful...... only discovered Marquis today... this is exactly what I needed..... and at 6:33 Marquis' breathy tone and vibrato sounds like a flute.... never heard such an incredible tone.
i still listen to him once in a while
he is so refreshing every time
...'impeccable - as ALWAYS !!
Simply beautiful
First time hearing him. I like this a LOT.
Just the finest! And music is getting better no matter what!
Beautiful
I had the honor of playing with this absolute god of a trumpet player and his sound has developed so much. It's so interesting to see jazz musicians find their footing over time.
Great set! The second tune is also called Andorinha by Jobim
This is mind blowing... i love it
Thanks for watching!
nice Marquis!
Great music!
Agreed! Thanks for watching Fabio!
I heard them live a few weeks ago in Hollywood. Im glad I made it out. He had vibraphone player with him that night who was off the hook. His name is Justin Thomas but I don't see him in this session. They are a must see if you get a chance.
Sung Ha he was playing piano
@@art_goat1834 nope joel ross on piano
Very nice
Thanks for watching!
Good....
I love the opening piece. Marquis is giving Arturo Sandoval a run for his money. :D
Arturo isn't even on the same creative plane. These young guys are moving the goalposts musically.
Sounds like a fat flute i lub it
Anyone peep the crown royal bag lol
Every trumpet player's favorite method of storage
waiting for them to establish a groove like ... .... .... .....
expectations for somebody else's music is funny thing isn't it....
Lol right as I was thinking that I read your comment
mouthpiece?
・ちあきサンか青江サンに、カバーを・・・詩は中也から「借り」て・・・ネ。
Bill Evans Whitetet 😂
if you thought this was good, wait til the hear the Whitetet
Does no one else find the concept of a “blacktet” a tad discriminatory
Listen to the music please
Not in the slightest
Nope.
@@louisthompson1020 I will create a band called the whitetet and expect all the blacks to listen without question
@@IA-yi3zy if you sounds as good as Marquis, I would listen and probably buy your cds too….grow up dude!
Anyone peep the crown royal bag lol
Lol yeah doc
Oh if it were so easy to just put a CR bag over your horn and play like this...