Ever indebted to 20/20 friends at State Optical opening our ears to the music of Marquis Hill. I’m already on my third CD (The Way We Play) and counting with hopes of eventually catching one of his performances, perhaps at The Green Mill in Chicago where this live shot was captured. My kind of musician builds a unique sound, no matter what the genre, by deft verve of breeding the instances of music that impacted one’s life with the jolt of self-creation within. In one instant, the classic tone flashes, and in the next wave a journey of notes begins anew to the you in you. Hill wears style Addison from State here.      

–James J. Spina