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English bass guitarist (1945–2009)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
GB
Active from
1945-04-29
Active to
2009-06-07

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Listeners
5,878
Total plays
61,858

Tags

Progressive rockCanterburyAvant-GardeCanterbury Scenejazz

Hugh Hopper (29 April 1945 - 7 June 2009) was a composer and bass player from Canterbury, United Kingdom who achieved his highest public profile through his work with Soft Machine between 1968 and 1972. Though mass-market acceptance was never high on his list of priorities, Hopper will be remembered by connoisseurs of British experimental art-rock for his instrumental gifts and his idiosyncratic composing style, with The Soft Machine, as well as on a long string of solo albums, the most recent o

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Wikidata facts

Official website
www.hugh-hopper.com
Image
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date of birth
1945-04-29
date of death
2009-06-07
birth name
Hugh Colin Hopper
name in native language
Hugh Hopper
start of work period
1963-00-00
Commons category
Hugh Hopper
end of work period
2009-00-00
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