Kenyon Hopkins

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Kenyon Hopkins (January 15, 1912 – April 7, 1983)^[1] was an American composer who composed many film scores in a jazz idiom. Although he has been neglected in recent years, he was once called "one of jazz's great composers and arrangers".^[2]

Hopkins also composed various works, including Symphony Number 1 and Number 2, chamber music and the jazz ballet "Rooms" for Anna Sokolow.

He recorded several albums for ABC Paramount Records, Cadence Records, Capitol Records and Verve Records during the 1960s. Many of his soundtrack recordings were released on LP, including that for the 1956 film Baby Doll, which was re-released on CD.^[3]

Discography

"The Sound of New York," ABC Paramount, 1960
Sound Tour: France, Verve (in conjunction with Esquire Magazine) (produced by Creed Taylor) ca. 1965

Film scores

1956: Baby Doll
1957: The Strange One
1957: 12 Angry Men
1959: The Fugitive Kind
1961: Wild in the Country
1961: The Hustler
1964: Lilith
1966: Mister Buddwing
1966: This Property Is Condemned
1967: The Borgia Stick

References

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 64213222 LCCN: n85027460 ISNI: 0000 0001 1028 3292 GND: 138412200 BNF: cb14106792r

Persondata
Name	Hopkins, Kenyon
Alternative names
Short description	Jazz composer
Date of birth	January 15, 1912
Place of birth
Date of death	April 7, 1983
Place of death

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