Modern Flows Vol. II, by Marquis Hill

Modern Flows Vol. II

by Marquis Hill

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1.	Modern Flows II Intro (feat. Brandon Alexander Williams) 01:53	buy track
2.	Twin Flame 06:00	buy track
3.	Ego Vs. Spirit 08:13	buy track
4.	The Watcher 05:52	buy track
5.	It Takes A Village (feat. Brandon Alexander Williams) 02:16	buy track
6.	Prayer For The People (feat. M'Reld Green 06:05	buy track
7.	Moments Of Flow 06:02	buy track
8.	Smoke Break 01:55	buy track
9.	Kiss And Tell (feat. Braxton Cook, Rachel Robinson) 04:51	buy track
10.	It's All Beautiful 03:33	buy track
11.	As I Am 06:03	buy track
12.	Herstory (feat. M'Reld Green) 02:57	buy track
13.	Stellar 04:38	buy track
14.	Law Of Vibrations 05:34	buy track
15.	Legends Outro III (feat. King Legend) 02:32	buy track

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"There are some albums you really have to strap in for, lest you get whiplash for all of the various genre components that come whizzing by you. This is one of them. “My lyrics and conversation will make your brain smile,” boasts emcee Brandon Alexander Williams on this set’s intro, and the man has a point there. Chicago trumpeter Marquis Hill has surrounded himself with (mostly) other Chicagoans in a kind of detonation of jazz as we think of it, and a reassembly of a new jazz in spirit, if not form.

Stylistic freedom is a thematic thrust throughout. Junius Paul’s walking electric bass lines lead into “The Watcher,” with Jonathan Pinson’s drum rolls pulling us back, as if in a percussive underscoring of the idea that we need to stop, watch, process, learn. Vibraphonist Joel Ross is a beast, but a subtle one, even as his cascading notes cue Hill and Pinson to enter into a dialogue reminiscent of mute-free Miles and Tony Williams on the cusp of electricity half a century ago.

“Smoke Break” starts with a lighter’s flick, with cooing vocals under a stretched blues groove, the album’s break-time moment. Sound abets sense throughout, a kind of antiphonal byplay. Williams returns on “It Takes a Village,” a popping old school hip-hop thumper, with a big, arching backbeat, Hill and altoist Josh Johnson blowing tight, circular patterns in double-time over the loping groove underneath. You’re pulled this way, you’re pulled that way, and frisson is let loose from seams you didn’t know were there." -JazzTimes

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released November 9, 2018

Marquis Hill - Trumpet; Josh Johnson - Alto Saxophone; Joel Ross - Vibraphone, Junius Paul - Bass, and Jonathan Pinson - Drums; Special Guests: M’Reld Green, King Legend, Braxton Cook, and Rachel Robinson.

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Marquis Hill New York, New York

Award-winning trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Marquis Hill is a highly skilled jazz musician with a bent toward soulful post-bop. A native Chicagoan, Hill earned his B.A. in music education and jazz studies from Northern Illinois University and his master's degree in jazz pedagogy from DePaul University. He has played with such artists as Roy Hargrove, McCoy Tyner, and many more. ... more

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