| 词条 | Theo Hill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Theo Hill | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_date = {{Birth date|1982|5|22}} | birth_place = Albany, New York, U.S. | genre = Jazz | occupation = Musician | instrument = Piano | years_active = 2000s–present | label = Posi-Tone | website = {{URL|www.theoshill.com}} }} Theo Hill (born May 22, 1982) is an American jazz pianist. He has recorded three albums as a leader. BiographyTheo Hill was born and raised in Albany, New York, United States. He began playing piano at age five, and graduated from the Jazz Conservatory of the State University of New York at Purchase in 2004[1] with a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude. Hill’s first CD, Theo Hill Quartet: Live at Smalls (SmallsLive), was released in January 2015 and features Dayna Stephens on saxophone, Mark Whitfield, Jr. on drums, Joe Sanders on bass, and Rodney Green on drums. In The New York Times, Nate Chinen described ‘Live at Smalls’ as a fine album and characterized Hill as “a painterly young pianist with a chamber-like approach to composition”.[2] His sophomore effort Promethean (Posi-Tone Records) was released in May 2017 featuring sidemen Yashushi Nakamura on bass and Mark Whitfield, Jr. on drums. Brian Zimmerman of DownBeat gave the album received an Editors’ Choice review lauding Hill's “formidable piano chops and probing arrangements make [the] album such a winning statement.”[3] Hill's latest album, Interstellar Adventures (Posi-Tone Records), was released in June 2018 and features Rudy Royston on drums and Rashaan Carter on bass. It received a 4 1/2 star rating from DownBeat[4] a four star review from All About Jazz[5] which noted Hill's "steady, determined ascent into the contemporary ranks of vital and inspired jazz pianists", and the July 2018 issue of The New York City Jazz Record observed that "[t]here’s not a weak spot on the record", complimented Royston and Carter as a "phenomenal" rhythm section, and noted that Rashaan Carter is "a real under-the-radar master".[6] Hill is based in New York and frequently appears at popular jazz clubs including: Smalls Jazz Club, Mezzrow, and Fat Cat. He frequently appears with the Mingus Big Band, Frank Lacy, Bill Saxton, Josh Evans, and T.S. Monk. DiscographyAs leader
As sideman
References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.purchase.edu/live/files/1263-fallwinter-2014 |title=Purchase College Magazine|author=|date=|publisher=State University of New York |access-date=August 14, 2017 |quote=}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Theo}}2. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Jazz Listings for Feb. 27-March 5 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/music/jazz-listings-for-feb-27-march-5.html?_r=0 |newspaper=The New York Times |location= |date=February 26, 2015 |access-date=August 14, 2017}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://downbeat.com/reviews/editorspicks |title=Promethean (Review)|last=Zimmerman |first=Brian |date=August 2017 |website=DownBeat.com |access-date=August 14, 2017 |quote=}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.downbeat.com/digitaledition/2018/DB1808/_art/DB1808.pdf|format=PDF|date=August 2018|website=Downbeat.com|title=DownBeat|accessdate=3 November 2018}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/interstellar-adventures-theo-hill-posi-tone-records-review-by-mike-jurkovic.php|title=Theo Hill: Interstellar Adventures|website=Allaboutjazz.com|accessdate=3 November 2018}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr201807.pdf|format=PDEF|date=July 2018|title=The New York City Jazz REcord|website=Nycjazzrecord.com|accessdate=3 November 2018}} 10 : 1982 births|Living people|American jazz pianists|American male pianists|Musicians from Albany, New York|State University of New York at Purchase alumni|Jazz musicians from New York (state)|21st-century American pianists|21st-century male musicians|Male jazz musicians |
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