Trumpeter MARQUIS HILL (winner of THELONIOUS MONK COMPETITION) at Tribeca in NYC

On November 9, 2014 Marquis Hill, a native Chicagoan, won first place in the Thelonious Monk International Trumpet Competition. As part of the prize he was awarded a recording contract with Concord Records. The Marquis Hill Blacktet consists of: Marquis Hill – trumpet http://www.marquishill.com Christopher McBride - alto saxophone http://www.crmcbride.com Justin Thomas - vibes http://www.justefan.com Joshua Ramos – bass http://joshramos.weebly.com Makaya McCraven – drums http://www.makayamccraven.com (“Return of the Student” - recorded at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in New York City on January 31, 2015. Video by Christopher Baliwas http://www.reallynathan.com) Read more about the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/201... http://jazztimes.com/articles/146871-... http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/03/... Marquis is a product of the Chicago public school system and the fertile environment that is the Chicago jazz scene. Here’s an article about Diane Ellis, his elementary school band director, within which he is quoted about her crucial role as mentor. http://TheMotionDevotion.com/docs/ell... And speaking of trumpet, jazz education and Chicago... here's the news coverage from when Wynton Marsalis visited Whitney Young High School in 1986 as part of a jazz awareness program staged by the Jazz Institute of Chicago.    • WYNTON MARSALIS - 1986 visit to CHICAGO HI...   http://JazzInChicago.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here's a playlist of CHICAGO JAZZ videos:    • Chicago JAZZ   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALL of the other music clips on this channel (jazz & otherwise) can be easily accessed via the listing that you will find HERE: http://www.TheMotionDevotion.com/docs... ¸.•*´¯`*•.¸.¸.•*´¯`*•.¸•*´¯`*•.¸ ¸.•*´¯`*•.¸¸.•*´¯`*•.¸.¸.•*´¯`*•. TheMotionDevotion MISSION STATEMENT: Educate, Entertain, Inspire ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ QUESTIONS: [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EACH & EVERY video clip on this channel (sorted by category) can be easily accessed via the listing that you will find HERE: http://www.TheMotionDevotion.com/ytli...