Way We Play, The

Hill, Marquis
Concord Jazz, Inc.
Jazz | Sep 2016

Reviews

Tom McCarter
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

Recent airplay

The Way We Pay/ Minority
RebopNov 11, 2016
Fly Little Bird Fly
No Cover, No MinimumNov 10, 2016
Fly Little Bird Fly
Clean Copper RadioNov 01, 2016
Beep Durple
RebopOct 28, 2016
Straight, No Chaser!
RebopOct 21, 2016
Straight, No Chaser!
No Cover, No MinimumOct 13, 2016

Charting

2016-09-12 — 2016-11-14 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
Nov 13 2
Nov 6 1
Oct 30 1
Oct 23 1
Oct 16 1
Oct 2 1
Sep 25 1
Sep 18 1

Track listing

1. Welcome/ Sirius (Bull's Theme)
2. The Way We Pay/ Minority
3. Prelude
4. Moon Rays
5. My Foolish Heart
6. Polkadots And Moonbeams
7. Fly Little Bird Fly
8. Maiden Voyage
9. Straight, No Chaser!
10. Beep Durple
11. Juan's Interlude
12. Smile