It's the best in live jazz from Cleveland's premiere jazz venue. The Bop Stop at The Music Settlement is Cleveland's premier listening room: an intimate, acoustically pristine performance venue with sweeping views of Lake Erie. WINNER of All About Jazz's "Top Jazz Club In The United States" 2019 WINNER of Cleveland Hot List's "Best Jazz And Blues" 2017, 2018, 2020 WINNER of Scene Magazine's "Best of Cleveland: BEST JAZZ CLUB" 2015, 2016 WINNER of the FOX 8 BUZZ LIST "Nightlife Spots" categor ...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Adam Bronstein and the AB Trio
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57:39Buffalo based Adam Bronstein is a guitar player known for his clever songwriting and playful improvisation. Focusing on guitar at the forefront of its sound, his trio’s music is instrumental with influences ranging from jazz through Hip Hop, R&B and Psychedelia. We were excited to catch Adam on a recent trip to his native Buffalo, and even more exc…
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Live at the Bop Stop - Marc Ribot Presents: Jazz Bins
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57:39Performance used with permission from Marc Ribot. The Hammond B3 sound sits, at least to me, at the core of Soul Jazz. The Hammond in the right hands expresses a depth and authenticity to music that other instruments struggle to match. Guitarist Marc Ribot would take this thought one step further and assert that the depth and authenticity of the So…
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Live at the Bop Stop - David Janeway Trio
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58:02This performance used with permission from David Janeway. Detroit native David Janeway cut his teeth with Marcus Belgrave and Harold McKinney before moving to New York in the late 1970s, and the enduring influences of both Motown and Latin Jazz are evident in his music. One of New York’s most thoughtful composers, David’s trio makes its Bop Stop de…
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Live at the Bop Stop - Wilson/Lehman/Thompson
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58:06This performance used with permission from Tommy Lehman. None of the three members of this week’s trio really need much of an introduction. Tommy Lehman is a Northeast Ohio native and a Hartt School of Music graduate who performs regularly across the country both as leaders of his own projects and as a member of Alla Boara and Nathan-Paul and the A…
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This performance used with permission from Stix Quintet This week, it’s a collection of young lions as Nehemiah Stix Baker leads the Stix Quintet. Featuring five performers all under the age of 21, the Stix Quintet features a collection of musicians from Northeast Ohio and Southeast Michigan, some of whom come out of prestigious youth programs whil…
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Live at the Bop Stop - Jamey Haddad and Leo Blanco
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58:01This performance used with permission from Jamey Haddad. Jamey Haddad holds a singular position in the world of jazz and contemporary music. Haddad’s musical voice transcends styles and trends, and the universal quality of his playing has attracted many international collaborations with artists including Yo-Yo Ma, Paul Simon, and Sting. Among many …
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Live at the Bop Stop - Haddad/Coles/Ashby/Shannon
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58:00This performance used with permission from Jamey Haddad. Jamey Haddad holds a singular position in the world of jazz and contemporary music. Haddad’s musical voice transcends styles and trends, and the universal quality of his playing has attracted many international collaborations with artists including Yo-Yo Ma, Paul Simon, and Sting. Jamey is a …
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Live at the Bop Stop - Chandler Carpenter Quartet
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58:08This performance used with permission from Chandler Carpenter. Chandler Carpenter’s diverse musical upbringing has resulted in a genre bending style that is evident in his performance style and original compositions as you’ll hear today. He leads many projects including his own Trio and Quartet playing original compositions and arrangements of song…
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Live at the Bop Stop - Jake and John Hart
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57:30This performance used with permission from Jake and John Hart John Hart is a veteran guitarist with over 30 years of experience on the New York City jazz scene, with ten releases as a bandleader and over 100 appearances as a sideman. Jake Hart is an award-winning emerging pianist whose 2024 debut Collage features a 56-minute solo piano performance.…
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Live at the Bop Stop - Dan Weiss Presents: Even Odds
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58:19This performance used with permission from Dan Weiss. Three time Shifting Foundation grantee Dan Weiss has been hailed as one of the top five jazz drummers by The New York Times, and his large ensemble recording “Fourteen” made the top ten list of their best recordings of 2014. Weiss’s innovative drumming and forward-thinking compositions have been…
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This performance used with permission from Zakk Jones. Columbus, Ohio based guitarist Zakk Jones is a pre-eminent educator. At Capital University he leads one of the nation’s oldest collegiate jazz programs along with the school’s big band. In his spare time he hosts the ‘Beyond the Frets’ podcast. His guitar trio, which you’ll hear here, has been …
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This performance used with permission from Daniel Meron New York City based composer and pianist Daniel Meron brought his trio to Clevland to debut pieces from his 2024 Pinch Records based release Pendulum. Over the past decade Meron has established himself as a prominent figure in the modern jazz scene releasing four critically acclaimed albums, a…
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This performance used with permission from Theron Brown. If you’re a frequent lister to this program we mention often that Theron Brown is the hardest working performer in show business. From his work as Artistic Director with the I Promise School to his role overseeing the annual Rubber City Jazz and Blues Festival, Theron is intimately involved w…
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Live at the Bop Stop - Mitchell Galligan Trio
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58:02When Denver native and Oberlin Conservatory graduate Mitchell Galligan sits down behind a Hammond B3, people take notice. One of the best young piano and organ players to cross our path in quite some time, Mitchell has performed alongside some of the legends of jazz including Billy Hart, Eddie Henderson and Jamey Haddad. This sold out trio performa…
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Live at the Bop Stop - Aidan Plank Presents the Music of Lyle Mays
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58:00This performance used with permission from Aidan Plank. While Lyle Mays was widely known for his work with Pat Metheny, his solo work has warranted considerably less attention. In this performance, Northeast Ohio based bassist Aiden Plank enlisted performers from the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra and musicians from around the area to explore and perform…
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This performance used with permission from Stephane Wrembel If you’re a fan of Gypsy Jazz, or are in tune with the extensive legacy of Django Reinhart, then Stephane Wrembel likely needs no introduction. But if you’re new to the genre you’ll be impressed with Stephane Wrembel’s extensive list of accomplishments and his gifts. His original compositi…
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Live at the Bop Stop - ENCORE - Aaron Parks
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57:38As we gear up for Season 17 of our program, please enjoy an encore performance from pianist Aaron Parks. Aaron Parks is one of contemporary jazz’s most forward thinking and creative pianists. From his work with Terrance Blanchard to his four lauded releases as either a band leader or as a solo pianist, Aaron Parks earns accolades from The New York …
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Live at the Bop Stop - Canadian Jazz Collective
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57:39Driven by the cause of the development and showcasing of uniquely Canadian Jazz compositions, the Canadian Jazz Collective features a dozen JUNO Awards across the group – and another nomination for their 2023 album SEPTOLOGY. This performance is the first US appearance from the full collective and it features Kirk MacDonald on Saxophone, Derrick Ga…
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When he isn’t touring the country as a member of the free jazz collective ‘The Music Quintet’ Coleman Rose makes time as a performer and composer in the Sonny Rollins Ensemble at Oberlin College. Well equipped to live and work in both free and traditional jazz, Coleman showcases the latter here in this sextet featuring works by Wayne Shorter, Canno…
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Washington DC Native Alex Hamburger is an outstanding flutist and vocalist who makes a return appearance here in support of her 2023 release What If? Featuring Alex on Flute and Vocals, Jose Luiz Martins on Piano, Kip Reed on Bass, Gabe Jones on Drums and Patrick Duke Graney on Percussion, and from a March 10th, 2024 performance, it’s Alex Hamburge…
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New Jersey Native John Petrucelli Leverages His Diverse Background To Provide A Hard Charging, Heavily Improvisational Based Performance On This Week’s Program. From His Beginnings On The Trenton And Newark Jazz Scenes, To His Work With The Uptown Jazz Orchestra In New Orleans, John Mixes These Influences Into A Powerful Sound. John Spent Two Years…
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Regarded as one of the most renowned leaders and percussionists of our time, Sammy Deleon has transcended genre, style and class into a 40+ year musical career which revels in rich influences from the 70s to the present. Deleon has fronted his own band for 27+ years becoming a staple of the Latin music scene gaining popularity for his irresistible,…
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Cincinnati native and New York based Andrew Haug has a compositional style best described by fellow musicians as “honest and thoughtful, beautiful yet energetic, with a hint of mysteriousness and darkness.” Bassist Ben Tiberio has spent his twenties lending a crucial voice to the upper echelons of New York City’s vibrant jazz scene. Ben’s bass play…
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Equally at home and adept at both straight ahead and free jazz, Cleveland based drummer Jeremy McCabe has served as an up and coming sideman in Northeast Ohio for the past five years. For this performance he steps into the limelight as bandleader for two sets that feature everything from Herbie Hancock to Radiohead to Frank Zappa. Performing as a s…
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Keigo Hirakawa is a jazz pianist with a unique sense of expression and rhythm section intersection. Sought after for his willingness to be musically spontaneous on stage, he brings highly personal and engaging style of improvisation to ensembles as you’ll hear in this performance in support of his latest release, Pixel. Both Keigo and Bassist Eddie…
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