Fred Hopkins

Fred Hopkins (October 10, 1947 - January 7, 1999) was a Chicago double bassist who played a major role in the development of the avant-garde jazz movement. 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. 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.

As leader

 * 1990: Prophesy (About Time)

With Air

 * 1975: Air Song
 * 1976: Live Air
 * 1976: Air Raid
 * 1977: Air Time
 * 1978: Open Air Suit
 * 1978: Montreux Suisse
 * 1979: Air Lore
 * 1980: Air Mail
 * 1982: 80° Below '82
 * 1983: Live at Montreal International Jazz Festival - as New Air
 * 1986: Air Show No. 1 - as New Air with Cassandra Wilson

As sideman
With Muhal Richard Abrams With Hamiet Bluiett With Peter Brötzmann With Craig Harris With Oliver Lake With Michael Marcus With Jemeel Moondoc With David Murray With Bern Nix With Don Pullen With Malachi Thompson With Henry Threadgill With Tom Varner With the World Saxophone Quartet
 * Colors in Thirty-Third (Soul Note, 1987)
 * The Hearinga Suite (Soul Note, 1989)
 * Resolution (Black Saint, 1977)
 * Songlines (FMP, 1991)
 * Black Bone (Soul Note, 1983)
 * Holding Together (Black Saint, 1976)
 * Expandable Language (Black Saint, 1984)
 * Here At! (Soul Note, 1993)
 * Judy's Bounce (Soul Note, 1981)
 * Flowers for Albert: The Complete Concert (India Navigation, 1976)
 * Vol. 1:Penthouse Jazz (Circle, 1977)
 * Vol. 2:Holy Siege On Intrigue (Circle, 1977)
 * Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club (India Navigation, 1978)
 * Sweet Lovely (Black Saint, 1979)
 * Live at Sweet Basil Volume 1 (Black Saint, 1985)
 * Live at Sweet Basil Volume 2 (Black Saint, 1985)
 * In Our Style (DIW, 1986)
 * Recording N.Y.C. 1986 (DIW, 1986)
 * Ballads (DIW, 1988)
 * Deep River (DIW, 1988)
 * Spirituals (DIW, 1988)
 * Lovers (DIW, 1988)
 * Tenors (DIW, 1988)
 * Special Quartet (DIW/Columbia, 1990)
 * David Murray Big Band (DIW/Columbia, 1991)
 * David Murray/James Newton Quintet (DIW, 1991)
 * Death of a Sideman (DIW, 1992)
 * South of the Border (DIW, 1993)
 * For Aunt Louise (DIW, 1993)
 * MX (Red Baron, 1993)
 * Dark Star: The Music of the Grateful Dead (Astor, 1996)
 * Alarms and Excursions (New World, 1993)
 * Warriors (Black Saint, 1979)
 * The Sixth Sense (Black Saint, 1985)
 * Rising Daystar (Delmark, 1997–99)
 * X-75 Volume 1 (Arista/Novus, 1979)
 * When Was That? (About Time, 1981)
 * Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket (About Time, 1983)
 * Subject to Change (About Time, 1984)
 * You Know the Number (RCA/Novus, 1986)
 * Easily Slip Into Another World (RCA/Novus, 1987)
 * Rag, Bush and All (RCA/Novus, 1988)
 * Tom Varner Quartet (Soul Note, 1980)
 * Breath of Life (Elektra/Nonesuch, 1992)