Greg Hopkins

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Greg Hopkins (born May 9, 1946 in Detroit ) is an American jazz musician (trumpet, flugelhorn, arrangement, composition) and university lecturer.

Live and act

Hopkins learned the trumpet as a child; He began his professional career in Detroit in 1965, where he played in local bands and accompanied Motown musicians such as Marvin Gaye and Gladys Knight . In 1969 he received his bachelor's degree from Michigan State University and performed with Frank Sinatra , Joe Williams , Lena Horne , Dizzy Gillespie during this time . In the early 1970s he played the trumpet with Buddy Rich , for whom he also arranged. The first recordings were made with him ( Stick It ). During that decade he also played with Dr. Lonnie Smith and Herb Pomeroy . From the 1980s he was co-leader of the Greg Hopkins / Wayne Naus Big Band , which performed mainly in Massachusetts. Musicians included Bill Pierce , Mick Goodrick , John Lockwood, and Joe Hunt . He also worked in the 1980s and 90s with the formation Orange Then Blue , Gunther Schuller , Gail Wynters and the Bill Mobley Jazz Orchestra. In 1997, Hopkins' debut album Okavango was created as a big band .

His other band projects include the Cryogenic Renaissance Orchestra , a quintet and a 16-piece big band (with Bruce Gertz, among others ). With his Concert Jazz Band he accompanied Carmen París on her album Ejazz con Jota . Since 2000 he has also played in the Trio Tre Corda with the pianist Tim Ray and the cellist Eugene Friesen . In the field of jazz he was involved in 35 recording sessions between 1972 and 2014.

Hopkins has also worked as a musician in the field of classical music and has played with the Boston Symphony Orchestra , the Boston Pops Orchestra and the Boston Brass Ensemble. Hopkins has taught jazz composition at Berklee College of Music since 1974 and directs the Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra .

Discographic notes

  • Quintology (2004), with Bill Pierce, Mick Goodrick, Jim Stinnett, Gary Chaffee
  • Reality Check (2013)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed February 21, 2014)
  2. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-greg-hopkins-quintet-mn0000159529/biography
  3. ↑ https://www.berklee.edu/people/greg-hopkins
personal data
SURNAME Hopkins, Greg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit