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His exuberant music is directed by many genres including jazz, swing, bebop, and the Great American Songbook. Described as a modern day Hoagy Carmichael, acclaimed singers such as Norah Jones, Willie Nelson, and Victoria Williams have covered his songs. JC Hopkins has twice been nominated for a Grammy Award, once for his song “Dreams Come True”, recorded by Willie Nelson and Norah Jones, and also for his production of John Lithgow’s children’s album of Tin Pan Alley songs, The Sunny Side of the Street.
He has produced recording sessions for some of the leading luminaries of the contemporary music scene including Norah Jones, Anita O’Day, Martha Wainwright, Victoria Williams, and Queen Esther. Additional collaborations include numerous production endeavors with Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Teddy Thompson, Van Dyke Parks, Jolie Holland, and Petra Haden to name a few.
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JC Hopkins Biggish Band: New York Moment
by Chris M. Slawecki
On New York Moment, pianist JC Hopkins and his twelve-piece Biggish Band tend to a flame that's been burning since prior to World War II, the sound of large dance bands (with and without vocalists) who moved audiences with both sophistication and swing. Hopkins' Moment rotates Vanisha-Arleen Gould, Joy Hanson, Nico Sarbanes (who also plays trumpet), Shawn Whitehorn and Alicyn Yaffee (guitar) as lead vocalists. The opening track leaves you genuinely “Beguiled" as vocalists Nico and Joy harmonize ...
Continue ReadingJC Hopkins Biggish Band: Underneath a Brooklyn Moon
by Ernest Barteldes
There is a clear retro feel about bandleader, pianist, and songwriter JC Hopkins as he goes on the road in support of his debut with his Biggish Band. Onstage, the group looks and sounds as if we were still in the mid-'40s. The leader dresses in a vintage-looking suit, and even though the band has some young-looking faces who seem to belong more in the punk rock scene, they all seem committed to preserving the sound and feel of the ...
Continue ReadingJC Hopkins' New Release, "It's A Sad And Beautiful World," Which Features Garth Hudson And Levon Helm, Will Finally See The Light Of Day Ten Years After It Was Recorded
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GoMedia PR
The album, which will be released on July 12, also features an impressive array of jazz greats and notable singer-songwriters There are some musicians who defy genre limitations, whose work spans a such wide spectrum that it simply does not allow them to be labelled or categorized. Multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer JC Hopkins is just such an artist. He’s produced albums for Victoria Williams, Ben Fields and John Lithgow (whose Sunny Side of the Street earned a Grammy as Best ...
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Randy Brecker, Frank Vignola, Greg Hopkins To Headline Pittsfield Cityjazz Festival, Oct. 9-18
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Edward Bride
Berkshires Jazz, which organizes and presents festivals, concerts, and other jazz events in Berkshire County, has announced the lineup for the 11th annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival. A signature event of the fall foliage season in western New England, the festival runs Oct. 9-18, 2015. The wide-ranging lineup includes the first pairing of 6-time Grammy winner Randy Brecker with the Greg Hopkins Jazz Orchestra; a return engagement by guitar virtuoso Frank Vignola; the annual “jazz crawl;” a new discovery in the ...
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"Fourth Annual A-Town Jazz Festival" Featuring Greg Hopkins & Lydia Harrell -- Arlington, Mass., April 11-12, 2015
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Mary Curtin Productions
The town of Arlington, MA will once again pulse with the sounds of jazz when the Fourth Annual A-Town Jazz Festival kicks in on April 11th and 12th. The Festival, hosted by Dan Fox and Morningside Music Studio, features renowned jazz trumpeter-composer Greg Hopkins, best known for his writing and performing with the Buddy Rich Band and his 40 years as a professor at Berklee College of Music. Also headlining the Festival bill will be vocalist Lydia Harrell accompanied by ...
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Grammy 2013 Lifetime Achievement Winners: Ravi Shankar, Lightnin' Hopkins, Carole King and More
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HypeBot
The Recording Academy this morning announced its 2013 Special Merit Awards recipients. This year's Lifetime Achievement Award winners are Glenn Gould, Charlie Haden, Lightnin' Hopkins, Carole King, Patti Page, Ravi Shankar who died yesterday just hours before the nomination, and the Temptations. Trustees Award winners are Marilyn and Alan Bergman, Leonard and Phil Chess, and Alan Livingston. Ikutaro Kakehashi, Dave Smith and Royer Labs are Technical Grammy Award recipients. The Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award “honors performers who have made ...
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Jazz at the Johns Hopkins Club Presents Saxophonist/Composer Russell Kirk
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Sara Donnelly
Baltimore, MD—The Johns Hopkins University in partnership with the Peabody Institute has launched a new jazz series, Jazz at the Johns Hopkins Club, an exciting concert experience for its alumni, associate members, and guests. The spring series features four outstanding concerts including two sets on March 31st celebrating the CD release of Russell Kirk and The Path—a hot band featuring star artists, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and vocalist Sonya Kitchell. All shows are for general and student admissions. A Peabody ...
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Jazz at the Johns Hopkins Club Presents Alto Saxophonist Jim Snidero
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Sara Donnelly
Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University in partnership with the Peabody Institute has launched a new jazz series, Jazz at the Johns Hopkins Club, an exciting concert experience for its alumni, associate members, and guests. The spring series will feature four outstanding concerts beginning with two sets by the Jim Snidero Quartet on February 25th for general and student admissions. Originally from Camp Springs, MD and hailed as an “alto sax virtuoso" and “master musician" by Downbeat Magazine, Jim Snidero ...
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Jazz at the Johns Hopkins Club: New Series Launched by Johns Hopkins University and Peabody Institute
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Sara Donnelly
Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University in partnership with the Peabody Institute has launched a new jazz series, Jazz at the Johns Hopkins Club, an exciting concert experience for its alumni, associate members, and guests. The Spring 2012 season will feature four dates by outstanding artists beginning with two sets by the Jim Snidero Quartet on February 25th for general and student admissions. For Artistic Director, Gary Thomas Peabody's Director and Chair of Jazz Studies, Jazz at the Johns Hopkins ...
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Jazz Flutist Ilona Kudina Releases "Nothing But Illusion" with drummer Billy Hart, trumpeter Greg Hopkins, pianist Vardan Ovsepian and bassist Akili Jamal Haynes
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Sue Auclair Promotions
The Ilona Kudina Jazz Quintet Set to Perform at Scullers Jazz Club Tuesday, April 6, 2011, 8 PM Boston, MA—Ilona Kudina, who hails from the tiny Republic of Latvia and who has been living in Boston since 2001, is a fine flutist Informed by rigorous childhood classical training in Europe but equally comfortable in jazz genres. Her impeccable classical performances have been recorded on several CDs and she has been heard in many classical and jazz concerts throughout the Greater ...
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Comprehensive Child Development & Rainbow Promotions, LLC Present the 22nd Annual Long Beach Bayou Festival, June 21 & 22nd Featuring Grammy Award Winner Terrance Simien, Pine Leaf Boys, Savoy-Doucet, Linda Hopkins, Barbara Morrison, Guitar Shorty
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Teresa Conboy PR
Rainbow Promotions, LLC, the producers of the annual Long Beach Jazz Festival have joined with Comprehensive Child Development (CCD) to produce this year's Long Beach Bayou Festival sponsored by KKJZ FM. Enjoy a plentiful helping of the music, food and culture of New Orleans and Louisiana at the Rainbow Lagoon Park, Saturday, June 21 & Sunday, June 22, 11:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Two stages will feature the best in Cajun, Zydeco and Blues with 2008 Grammy Award winner Terrance ...
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