James 'Junior' Hill

My life is music. Always has been. Always will be. Full bio at https://www.jameshillcomposer.com/bio My body of work goes back more than 40 years. I began playing the trumpet at the age of 9. At Oakland University, I found myself in the company of college kids hell bent on learning to play jazz. At the Metropolitan Arts Complex in inner city Detroit, Marcus Belgrave, Sam Sanders, Jimmy Allen, Harold McKinney, Ed Pickens and Ali Muhammad Jackson were active. It was during this period I got my name, ‘Junior’ Hill. By ‘72, I went to Boston’s Berklee College of Music. I had amazing intera...