British/Canadian double bassist, composer and arranger Duncan Hopkins has been working at the highest levels of jazz for almost thirty years. In that time he has worked with such luminaries as Norma Winstone, Bobo Stenson, Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass, Scott Hamilton, Houston Person, Warren Vache, Ed Bickert, Mark Murphy, Peter Appleyard, Bruce Barth, Bobby Watson, Jeremy Pelt, Byron Stripling, Dianna Krall, Kenny Wheeler, Sam Rivers, Harry Allen and Edward Simon to name but a few. He can be seen on film in “Where the Truth Lies” featuring Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth. He has toured extensively throughout Canada, Great Britain, Europe, Brazil and the United States. He can be heard on over fifty albums, numerous CBC, BBC and NPR recordings and has seven recordings as a leader and several others as co-leader.
“St.Catharines has given the jazz world one important composer … Kenny Wheeler. It may have another one … in the person of Duncan Hopkins”.
Mark Miller, The Globe and Mail, Canada
“Hopkins’ seamless counter melodic flow beneath Speake and Iles is reminiscent of the late Bill Evan’s sideman Scott La Faro…”
John Fordham, The Guardian, UK
Past Shows:
DATE: March 9, 2020
EVENT: IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD: Part Three
VENUE: Secret Pop-up Location (St. Catharines)
ADDRESS: Revealed upon purchase of your ticket(s)
TIME: 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
TICKET PRICE: $39.00 Single Show – $119.00 Series Pass (all 4 shows)
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DATE: Thursday, July 19th, 2018
EVENT: TWILIGHT JAZZ in the CLUBS: Part One
STAGE: Warehouse Concert Hall
ADDRESS: 11 Geneva St, St. Catharines, ON
TIME: 9:00pm – 12:00am
TICKET PRICE: $29 + HST ($15 + HST for students)