Photo Credit: Peter Gannushkin
Adam Hopkins
Adam Hopkins is a bassist, composer, and educator born and raised in Baltimore MD and relocated to Brooklyn NY in 2011. He is the founder of OOYH Records, and his debut release as a leader, Crickets, is OOYH 001.
Adam currently appears in a number of NYC-based ensembles both as a leader and sideman. As a sideman he closed 2017 with performances led by Henry Threadgill as well as a European tour with John Hollenbeck’s Claudia Quintet. He performs regularly with BeepHonk, Laila & Smitty, Anna Webber’s Rectangles, Danny Gouker’s Signal Problems, Christopher Hoffman Trio, Kate Gentile Mannequins, Dustin Carlson’s Air Ceremony, Ideal Bread, Patrick Breiner’s Double Double & Practical Mysticism. He currently leads three NYC-based bands (Adam Hopkins' Crickets, Bells + Wires, and Party Pack ICE). Adam has studied double bass with many great performers and teachers of the instrument, including Michael Formanek, Jeffrey Weisner, Jack Budrow, Rodney Whitaker, and Sam Cross and additional studies with Drew Gress and Gary Thomas.
Appears on:
OOYH 001: Adam Hopkins - Crickets
OOYH 002: Dustin Carlson - Air Ceremony
OOYH U002: Anna Webber - Rectangles
OOYH 021: Scott Clark - Dawn & Dusk
OOYH U008: Candra Rini / Hopkins / Clark / McGraw - Swarasa