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Marquis Hill
Musician
This article is about the musician. For the football player, see Marquise Hill.
Musical artist
Marquis Hill (born April 15, 1987) is an American jazztrumpet player, composer, and bandleader from Chicago, Illinois.
His musical style stems from African-American music, incorporating hip-hop, R&B, Chicago house and neo-soul to jazz.[1][2] In 2014 Hill won the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz International Trumpet Competition.[3] He strongly advocates for the education of the next generation of musicians through active mentoring, treating the music he creates as a living art.[4]
Biography
Marquis Hill was born on the south side of Chicago in 1987.
As a child, Hill first began playing the drums in the 4th grade but switched to trumpet playing in the 6th grade after hearing his older cousin practice her trumpet in the same building. After his band director, Diane Ellis,[6] gave him a recording of Lee M