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Joe Hopkins- Clarinet
Joe has been playing jazz clarinet since the 9th grade .
He played with many groups in the Fort Worth , Dallas area where he grew up.
He had his own jazz band while at Reed College in Portland. He joined IBM in
1962 and retired in 1993. He continued to play while employed by IBM. He worked
with the Churchill Street Jazz Band in Northern California for ten years
(1980's) and played most of the Jazz Festivals on the west coast. After moving
to Arizona in 1990 he immediately began to play jazz in the Phoenix area. He was
a member of the Desert City Six for 13 years. In the last 10 years he has
also played with the Off the Wall Over the Hill Gang, Dr. Sasparilla and his
Red Hot Jazz Band, Cat's n' Jammers, Cell Block Seven from Lodi, California
and the BoonDockers from Northern California. He currently leads three
bands of his own: The Joe Hopkins Quartet and the 52nd Street Jazz
Band which plays Chicago/New York Style Jazz ala Eddie Condon groups. In
addition Joe leads the Moldy Fig Jazz Band which plays authentic New
Orleans style Dixieland. Joe is currently Director on
the board of the American Federation of Jazz Societies and a member of the
American Federation of Musicians, local 586 in addition to being the
Vice-President and musical director of the AZ Classic Jazz Society.
(480) 396-6798 Cell Phone: 602-810-5888 Email: jazzclarinet@cox.net
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