Kenyon Hopkins

Kenyon Hopkins Kenyon Hopkins American composer (1912–1983) Kenyon Hopkins (January 15, 1912 – April 7, 1983) was an American composer who composed many film scores in a jazz idiom. He was once called "one of jazz's great composers and arrangers."[1][2] Quick facts Born, Died ... Kenyon Hopkins Born H. Kenyon Hopkins (1912-01-15)January 15, 1912 Coffeyville, Kansas, U.S. Died April 7, 1983(1983-04-07) (aged 71) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. Occupations Composer, arranger Labels ABC Paramount Records Cadence Records Capitol Records Columbia Records MGM Records Verve Records Close Biography Early life and education Hopkins was born in Coffeyville, Kansas, to the marriage of Rev. Thomas John Hopkins (1871–1939) and Gertrude Conover Nevius (maiden; 1883–aft. July 6, 1967). He, with his parents and brother,…

GENRES: Jazz