| Hill, Marquis / New Gospel |
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| Album: | New Gospel | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Hill, Marquis | Added: | Oct 2011 | |
| Label: | Self-Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-12-11 | Pull Date: | 2012-02-12 |
| Week Ending: | Feb 5 | Jan 29 | Jan 22 | Jan 15 | Jan 1 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 28, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum The Believer | 4. | Jan 24, 2012: | Rebop Goodbye Fred, Bass Solo | |
| 2. | Feb 03, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum Law And Order | 5. | Jan 17, 2012: | Rebop Law And Order | |
| 3. | Jan 27, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum A Portrait Of Fola | 6. | Jan 14, 2012: | Music Casserole Goodbye Fred |
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2011-12-05 | ||
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“New Gospel” is the debut album as a leader by Marquis Hill, a 24 year-old trumpet player out of Chicago. All tracks are Hill’s own compositions. There’s a nice variety of straight-ahead jazz styles here (nothing avant-garde) and some very fine playing. The core group is a quintet with alto sax, piano, bass, and drums; a tenor sax and guitar are added on a few numbers. All instrumental. No FCC issues. 1 ** An up-tempo, hard bop toe tamper. Good ensemble interaction. Driving drums. (5:53) 2 * Starts slow but picks up. Showcase for alto, then trumpet, then groovy elec piano. (7:35) 3 ** Mid fast. Alto & trumpet each take long improv solos. Guest guitar is nice. (5:25) 4 A bit sleepy. Bass solo starts; sax, guitar, trumpet each take a turn. Nothing special. (5:13) 5 *** Very upbeat, joyful, hard bop with a lot of drive. Walking bass line is terrific. Piano part is a real kick. Hill takes a great solo with muted trumpet. (4:09) 6 * Mid-tempo. Syncopated, tricky rhythm. Quite melodic, especially the piano. (4:33) 7 String-thumping upright-bass solo. Alone it’s not great, but can be an intro into #8. (0:53) 8 ** Slow, sad, beautiful elegy. Just upright bass and very breathy flugelhorn. (3:02) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Law And Order | 5. | A Portrait Of Fola | |||
| 2. | The Believer | 6. | The Thump | |||
| 3. | New Gospel | 7. | Bass Solo | |||
| 4. | Autumn | 8. | Goodbye Fred |