James Edward Hopps Jr. (born 1939) is an American jazz drummer. Although he never recorded as a leader, he worked extensively with

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, Charles Tolliver, Stanley Cowell, and Pharoah Sanders during some of their well known sessions. He also worked with

Sahib Shihab Sahib Shihab (born Edmund Gregory; June 23, 1925 – October 24, 1989) was an American jazz and hard bop saxophonist (baritone, alto, and soprano) and flautist. He variously worked with Luther Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Fletcher Henderson, ...

, Joe Bonner, Cecil McBee,

Marion Brown Marion Brown (September 8, 1931 – October 18, 2010) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, writer, visual artist, and ethnomusicologist. He was a member of the avant-garde jazz scene in New York City during the 1960s, playing alongsi ...

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Jan Garbarek Jan Garbarek () (born 4 March 1947) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist, who is also active in classical music and world music. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Østfold, southeastern Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław ...

, and

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's '' Mudari - Spirit Of Song'' features Hopps as a co-leader.Allmusic
/ref> He also appeared on ''A Song for the Sun'', the

Sun Ra Le Sony'r Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993), better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific ou ...

Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen. Here he used his pseudonym Jimmi EsSpirit.

Discography

As sideman

With Stanley Cowell * '' Blues for the Viet Cong'' (Polydor, 1969) * '' Illusion Suite'' (ECM, 1973) * '' Handscapes 2'' with The Piano Choir (Strata-East, 1975) With

* ''The Inflated Tear'' (Atlantic, 1968) * ''Left & Right'' (Atlantic, 1969) * ''Roland Kirk'' (Atlantic, 1969) * ''Volunteered Slavery'' (Atlantic, 1969) With Charles Tolliver * '' The Ringer'' (Polydor, 1969) * ''

Music Inc. ''Music Inc.'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter Charles Tolliver's Music Inc. with a Big Band recorded in 1970 and first released on the Strata-East label.

'' (Strata-East, 1971) * ''

Live at Slugs' ''Live at Slugs is a live album by American jazz trumpeter-composer Charles Tolliver and his quarter Music Inc. It was recorded in 1970 and released by Strata-East Records as two volumes in 1972. Reception The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow a ...

'' (Strata-East, 1972) With others * Joe Bonner, '' Angel Eyes'' (Muse, 1976) *

, ''Vista'' (ABC Impulse!, 1975) *

Wild Bill Davis Wild Bill Davis (November 24, 1918 – August 17, 1995) was the stage name of American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger William Strethen Davis. He is best known for his pioneering jazz electric organ recordings and for his tenure with t ...

, ''Free, Frantic and Funky'' (RCA Victor, 1965) * Wild Bill Davis, ''Up Top'' (RCA Victor, 1979) *

Fumio Karashima was a Japanese jazz pianist. Life and career Karashima began playing the piano at the age of three. His father was a music teacher at Kyushu University; Karashima attended the same university. He stayed in New York in 1973, but returned to Japa ...

, ''Piranha'' (Whynot/Trio, 1976) *

Webster Lewis Webster Samuel Lewis (September 1, 1943 – November 20, 2002) was an American jazz and disco composer, arranger and keyboardist. Career Lewis was born in 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland. At a young age, his family encouraged him to take up music. L ...

, ''Live at Club 7'' (Sonet, 1972) * Cecil McBee, '' Mutima'' (Strata-East, 1974) * Pharoah Sanders, ''Village of the Pharoahs'' (ABC Impulse!, 1973) * Pharoah Sanders, ''Elevation'' (Impulse!, 1974) *

, ''One for Me'' (Strata-East, 1974) *

, '' Sentiments'' (Storyville, 1972) *

Harold Vick Harold Vick (April 3, 1936 – November 13, 1987) was an American jazz saxophonist and flutist. Biography Harold Vick was born on April 3, 1936 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. At the age of 13 he was given a clarinet by his uncle, Prince Robin ...

, '' Don't Look Back'' (Strata-East, 1974)

References

External links

Extensive biography

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