CD: Live! Vol. 1

The German-American Chris Hopkins, multiple award-winning and the country's most touring swing jazz musician with over 5000 concerts to date, has often been the youngest member of the band on stage since the 1990s.

in 2024, he is delighted to present for the first time some of the most talented jazz musicians of a new generation - some of whom he discovered while teaching at the Cologne University of Music and all of whom are between 23 and 33 years old - the "Young Lions" and their brand new album: "CHRIS HOPKINS meets the YOUNG LIONS: Live! Vol. 1" A casually elegant, rousing concert with a guaranteed good mood.

Chris Hopkins has had the good fortune to perform alongside many jazz stars such as Clark Terry, Scott Hamilton, Butch Miles, Till Brönner, Götz Alsmann and many others and has played around 5000 concerts and festivals from America to Australia, from Zingst to Zurich. Equally adept on piano and saxophone, he impresses with a wealth of musical ideas and immense drive. He has been involved in over 50 CD productions, many of which have received coveted awards such as the "Preis der Deutschen Schallplatttenkritik" or the "Prix Fe L'Academie Fu Jazz, Paris". He was recently honored for his services to classical jazz in Europe as "Keeper Of The Flame" and with the coveted "Jazz-Pott Award" as "Best Progressive Artist".