The Greg Hopkins Quintet

b. 9 Might 1946, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Playing trumpet from youth, Hopkins’ professional profession started in Detroit in 1965, where he proved helpful for a few years with regional bands supporting performers who included Marvin Gaye and Gladys Knight. Pursuing graduation from Michigan Condition School in 1969, he used various bands ultimately joining Buddy Wealthy, touring and showing up on record (Roar Of ’74 and PLACE IT). In the past due 70s he taught at Berklee University Of Music, getting Teacher of Jazz Structure. Among jazz and pop performers with whom he provides shared levels or provides accompanied and occasionally documented are George Adams, George Schuller, Louie Bellson, Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Mathis, Billy Maxted, Supplement Pomeroy, Frank Sinatra, Lonnie Smith, Joe Williams, Stevie Question, and Lena Horne. He in addition has played traditional music using the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops Orchestra, as well as the Boston Brass Outfit. Venues of which he provides appeared are the Newport Jazz Celebration as well as the Monterey Jazz Celebration. Hopkins provides played in theater pit rings, including productions of Western world Side Tale, Porgy And Bess, My Good Lady, The Ruler And I, along with a Chorus Line. Studio room credits include functioning as arranger for Groove Product owner Records, Motown Information, and RCA Information. Hopkins’ composing and arranging abilities had been well shown on Hidden Plan, a hard-to-find recording, on which had been recreated the orchestral audio originated by Gil Evans for both Claude Thornhill and Evans’ personal ‘tuba music group’. The music group because of this 1997 program, Jazz non-et, was constructed around ‘the Jazz Professors of Az State College or university’ and guests. Hopkins also had written the preparations for and carried out a big music group he co-led with trumpeter Wayne Naus on the recording day with vocalist Maggie Scott. His structure, ‘Internal Voyage’, was premiered by Pomeroy at Berklee. His personal bands are the Cryogenic Renaissance Orchestra, a quintet, along with a 16-piece big music group. Since 2000, he in addition has played within the trio Tre Corda with pianist Tim Ray and cellist Eugene Friesen. An imaginative article writer, Hopkins has taken to his carrying out and teaching professions intelligence, enthusiasm along with a very clear vision from the path to be studied by fresh jazz music artists and their music.