Way We Play, The
Jazz
| Sep 2016
Reviews
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
Recent airplay
The Way We Pay/ Minority
Rebop — Nov 11, 2016
Fly Little Bird Fly
No Cover, No Minimum — Nov 10, 2016
Fly Little Bird Fly
Clean Copper Radio — Nov 01, 2016
Beep Durple
Rebop — Oct 28, 2016
Straight, No Chaser!
Rebop — Oct 21, 2016
Straight, No Chaser!
No Cover, No Minimum — Oct 13, 2016
Charting
2016-09-12 — 2016-11-14
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| 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 |