Hill, Marquis / Way We Play, The
| Album: | Way We Play, The | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Hill, Marquis | Added: | Sep 2016 | |
| Label: | Concord Jazz, Inc. | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2016-09-12 | Pull Date: | 2016-11-14 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Nov 13 | Nov 6 | Oct 30 | Oct 23 | Oct 16 | Oct 2 | Sep 25 | Sep 18 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 11, 2016: | Rebop
The Way We Pay/ Minority |
4. | Oct 28, 2016: | Rebop
Beep Durple |
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| 2. | Nov 10, 2016: | No Cover, No Minimum
Fly Little Bird Fly |
5. | Oct 21, 2016: | Rebop
Straight, No Chaser! |
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| 3. | Nov 01, 2016: | Clean Copper Radio
Fly Little Bird Fly |
6. | Oct 13, 2016: | No Cover, No Minimum
Straight, No Chaser! |
Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2016-09-08
Reviewed 2016-09-08
Hill, Marquis/ The Way We Play
Label: Concord Jazz
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2016-09-01
Tom McCarter
Hill, Marquis
The Way We Play
Genre: Jazz
Terrific trumpet player with solid quartet
reinterprets old standards with modern
arrangements while interjecting rap & poetry
FCCs: none
If You Like: Clifford Brown, Woody Shaw, Freddie Hubbard
Favorite Tracks: My Foolish Heart, Fly Little Bird Fly,Straight No Chaser, Beep Durple
Track Review: 1/ spoken word intro (do not play) 2/ poetry/rap followed by uptempo jam, great trumpet solo 3/ slow short prequel to #4
4/ midtempo jam with uptempo trumpet solo & sax solo, then slows to midtempo jam and fades 5/ slow tempo, female vocal, muted trumpet solo, and fade 6/ crescendo start> slow tempo, slow trumpet
solo, then fade 7/ conga/percussion start, uptempo, followed by poetry with musical backing, returns to uptempo jam 8/ slow tempo with female scat singing 9/ uptempo jam with drum solo, sudden ending 10/ uptempo 11/ very short = don’t bother 12/ percussion start, uptempo
Label: Concord Jazz
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2016-09-01
Tom McCarter
Hill, Marquis
The Way We Play
Genre: Jazz
Terrific trumpet player with solid quartet
reinterprets old standards with modern
arrangements while interjecting rap & poetry
FCCs: none
If You Like: Clifford Brown, Woody Shaw, Freddie Hubbard
Favorite Tracks: My Foolish Heart, Fly Little Bird Fly,Straight No Chaser, Beep Durple
Track Review: 1/ spoken word intro (do not play) 2/ poetry/rap followed by uptempo jam, great trumpet solo 3/ slow short prequel to #4
4/ midtempo jam with uptempo trumpet solo & sax solo, then slows to midtempo jam and fades 5/ slow tempo, female vocal, muted trumpet solo, and fade 6/ crescendo start> slow tempo, slow trumpet
solo, then fade 7/ conga/percussion start, uptempo, followed by poetry with musical backing, returns to uptempo jam 8/ slow tempo with female scat singing 9/ uptempo jam with drum solo, sudden ending 10/ uptempo 11/ very short = don’t bother 12/ percussion start, uptempo
Track Listing
| 1. | Welcome/ Sirius (Bull's Theme) | 7. | Fly Little Bird Fly | |||
| 2. | The Way We Pay/ Minority | 8. | Maiden Voyage | |||
| 3. | Prelude | 9. | Straight, No Chaser! | |||
| 4. | Moon Rays | 10. | Beep Durple | |||
| 5. | My Foolish Heart | 11. | Juan's Interlude | |||
| 6. | Polkadots And Moonbeams | 12. | Smile |