Hugh Hopper

British progressive rock and jazz fusion musician who mainly played the bass guitar, but also the saxophone, guitar and mellophone as well as being a composer and an author. He was born in Canterbury, Kent, England, on 29 April 1945. He died from leukaemia in Whitstable, Kent, on 7 June 2009. Brother of Brian Hopper. Hugh Hopper was part of the so-called 'Canterbury scene'.