Brian Hopper
Brian Hopper (born 3 January 1943) is an English guitarist and saxophonist.
Hopper was born in Whitstable, Kent, England, and is the older brother of the late bassist Hugh Hopper. With Hugh, he was a member in the early Canterbury scene band Wilde Flowers. He co-wrote several tracks on Soft Machine's 1968 debut album. After guesting on saxophone during the sessions for the follow-up album Volume Two in early 1969, he joined Soft Machine full-time for five months from May to October 1969. The death of two bandmates in the early 1970s discouraged Hopper from pursuing a proper career in music, so he went into agricultural crop protection research and development instead.[1]
Only in the latter part of the 1990s, did Hopper re-emerge as an artist of contemporary as well as historical significance. One of his projects was Canterburied Sounds, a four-CD compilation of archival Canterbury scene recordings from his private collection.
Discography
[edit]| Year | Artist | Title |
| 1962 | Various Artists | Canterburied Sounds (volumes 1 to 4, released 1998) |
| 1965 | The Wilde Flowers | The Wilde Flowers (released 1994) |
| 1969 | Soft Machine | Volume Two |
| 2003 | Brian Hopper (with Robert Fenner) | Virtuality |
| 2004 | Brian Hopper | If Ever I Am |
| 2006 | Brian Hopper & Robert Fenner | Just Desserts[2] |
Filmography
[edit]- 2015: Romantic Warriors III: Canterbury Tales (DVD)
References
[edit]- ^ "Brian Hopper". Archived from the original on 22 September 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2007.
- ^ "Stores". Burningshed.com. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
External links
[edit]- Virtuality in the Voiceprint catalogue
- If Ever I Am in the Voiceprint catalogue
- Brian Hopper at Calyx, the Canterbury website
- Brian Hopper at AllMusic
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- 1943 births
- Living people
- People from Whitstable
- English jazz guitarists
- English rock guitarists
- English male guitarists
- English jazz saxophonists
- English rock saxophonists
- English male saxophonists
- Canterbury scene
- The Wilde Flowers members
- Soft Machine members
- 21st-century British saxophonists
- 21st-century English male musicians
- English male jazz musicians