Claude Hopkins

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Claude Hopkins was an influential American jazz pianist and bandleader prominent in the Harlem Renaissance era.

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instanceOf American musician
bandleader
human
jazz pianist
activeYearsStart 1920s
basedIn Harlem, New York City
linked to: Harlem
collaboratedWith Edgar Sampson
Ovie Alston
Vernon Andrade
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1903-08-24
dateOfDeath 1984-02-19
familyName Hopkins
fullName Claude Driskett Hopkins
genre jazz
swing music
givenName Claude
instrument piano
movement Harlem Renaissance
notableActivity led a popular Harlem-based dance band in the 1930s
notableWork recordings with his orchestra in the early 1930s
occupation bandleader
composer
pianist
performedAt Cotton Club
Savoy Ballroom
placeOfBirth Alexandria, Virginia, United States
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States
linked to: New York City
recordLabel Brunswick Records
Decca Records
Vocalion Records
style stride-influenced piano playing

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