Fred Hopkins was a Chicago double bassist who played a major role in the development of the avant-garde jazz movement.
Career
Hopkins played with a wide variety of musicians including Muhal Richard Abrams, Don Pullen, Hamiet Bluiett, Andrew Cyrille, Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Sunny Murray, Kahil El"Zabar, Malachi Thompson, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, David Murray, Anthony Braxton and Marion Brown.
Membership
He was a member of the avant garde jazz trio Air (with Henry Threadgill and Steve McCall) and David Murray"s Low Class Conspiracy. He frequently worked with the cellist Diedre Murray.