Marquis Hill (born April 15, 1987) is an American jazz trumpet player, composer, and bandleader from Chicago, Illinois.

[3] He strongly advocates for the education of the next generation of musicians through active mentoring, treating the music he creates as a living art.

[5] After his band director, Diane Ellis,[6] gave him a recording of Lee Morgan's Candy he fell in love with jazz.

Other early influences of Hill include Dizzy Gillespie, Donald Byrd, Woody Shaw, and Kenny Dorham.

Hill was recruited to Northern Illinois University by Carter via the now defunct South Shore Youth Jazz Ensemble.