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Meet Adam Hopkins

By Cheryl K. | Situation Fluxus
September 8, 2025
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During this week's one-hour program of jazz and improvised music, news, radio, conversations and more, an interview with bassist, composer, and founder of Out of Your Head Records Adam Hopkins. The artist-run, Richmond, VA / Brooklyn, NY-based label has launched a new digital-only series—"Beacons."

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Sonny Rollins

saxophone
b.1930

" data-original-title="" title="">Sonny Rollins "Easy Living" from Easy Living (Milestone) 6:09

Don Macdonald

violin
b.1966

" data-original-title="" title="">Don Macdonald "Sonny's Bridge" from Short Stories (Don Macdonald) 3:45

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Adam Hopkins

bass

" data-original-title="" title="">Adam Hopkins "Chemiluminescence" from Crickets (Out of Your Head) 1:26

[excerpt] Kwan/Pauly/Shaw "Range of the Mother" from Lunches of the Week (Out of Your Head) 7:18

[excerpt] Shelter Collective (feat. Peni Candra Rini) "Improvisations 4" from Improvisations 1 (Out of Your Head) 8:07

[excerpt]

Caroline Davis

saxophone
b.1981

" data-original-title="" title="">Caroline Davis and Duston Carlson "Asphalt Didact" from Sprites (Out of Your Head) 3:43

[excerpt] Gray/Pirog/Ballou "Part 3" from Live at FEMA (Out of Your Head) 5:14

Kwan/Pauly/Shaw "Entirely Unfed" from Lunches of the Week (Out of Your Head) 4:45

Shelter Collective (feat. Peni Candra Rini) "Improvisations 1" from Improvisations (Out of Your Head) 5:51

Caroline Davis

saxophone
b.1981

" data-original-title="" title="">Caroline Davis and Dustin Carlson "C.A.D." from Sprites (Out of Your Head) 4:16

Gray/Pirog/Ballou "Part 4" from Live at FEMA (Out of Your Head) 6:55

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