Live at the Bop Stop - Dave Solazzo and the Bridge
Live at the Bop Stop
Performance and works used with permission from the artist and venue. Sometimes, producing an album takes work, labor, a bit of suffering and a lot of negotiation. For Central New York Based Dave Solazzo and the Bridge, the trio knew after one session that they had to hit the studio and then the road. The fruit of that chemistry produced the 2023 album Locrian Skye, and you’ll hear selections from that release on this episode of the program. Featuring Dave Solazzo on piano, Matthew Vacanti on Bass and Bill D/Agostino on Drums, and from a March 12th, 2025 performance, it’s Dave Solazzo and...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Dan Bruce and Dan WIlson
Live at the Bop Stop
Performance and Works used with permission from the artist and venue. Two legendary Northeast Ohio guitarists team up for a great duo performance from June 19th, 2025 on Live at the Bop Stop.
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Live at the Bop Stop - George Delancey
Live at the Bop Stop
Performance and Works used wtih permission from the Artist and Venue. Columbus based bassist George Delancey was a core member of the Larry Fuller Trio and has performed with Ben Patterson, Wynton Marsallis and Houston Person, among others. For this performance, he enlists a number of Central Ohio musicians to Cleveland to work out material in advance of a live album recording. For this performance, George leads a sextet that includes himself on Bass, Paul Strawser on Piano, Miles Franklin Smith on Trumpet, Jake Smith on Alto Saxophone, Robert Dove on Tenor Saxophone and Andrew Theiss on...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Alex Anest Trio
Live at the Bop Stop
Performance and Works used with permission from the artist and venue. This week…it’s an encore performance from the dynamite Alex Anest Organ Trio on Live at the Bop Stop.
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Live at the Bop Stop - Tim Mirth Quartet Featuring Justin Tibbs
Live at the Bop Stop
Performance and Works used with permission from the artist and venue. Northeast Ohio based guitarist Tim Mirth specializes in adventurous and diverse compositions that speak to a desire to create, explore and bring energy to the world, whether he is performing with Night Terrors, Stellar Regions or leading his own touring trio. Saxophonist Justin Tibbs specializes in straight ahead power jazz designed to bring both noise and funk in both his own JT’s Electrik Blackout and as a member of the Acid Cats. This performance features the best of the two as both players combine to produce a sound...
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Live at the Bop Stop - New Nostalgia
Live at the Bop Stop
Performance and Works used with permission from the artist and venue. On this episode of the program, the New Nostalgia invite you to join them for music for your head and your heart. The Chicago based nonet blend jazz, pop and rock together to create a sound that is familiar and tight while also offering band members a bit of room to explore. Their self-titled 2019 debut was hailed by Downbeat as power-polychord instrumental rock at its finest and we’re hard pressed to disagree. From February 1st, 2025 it’s a sold-out performance from New Nostalgia…Live at the Bop Stop.
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Live at the Bop Stop - Jackie Warren
Live at the Bop Stop
Performance and Works used with permission from the artist and venue. We are spoiled as a region with an immense amount of talent, as this episode of the program will illustrate. Jackie Warren is a legend behind the piano, from her work in the 3D Jazz Trio, to her work with Tito Puente and her place as one of the anchors of the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra. She leads this performance, where she’s joined by Saxophonist Steve Kortyka. Beyond the four releases as a band leader, Steve is a core member of the Brian Newman Quintet and his work anchors releases by Tony Bennett and live performances...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Norside Organ Trio Featuring Tommy Lehman
Live at the Bop Stop
Performance and Works used with permission from the artist and venue. Mixing jazz, blues and funk with a healthy dose of the Hammond B3, the Pittsburgh based Norside produces a sound best described as Rust Belt Funk. Whether they’re playing alongside contemporaries such as The New Mastersounds and Bar Kays, or pushing boundaries with the Steeltown Horns, Norside embodies the commitment to giving the Hammond B3 room to breathe and pushing musical boundaries. For this performance, they’re joined by pre-eminent Northeast Ohio trumpeter Tommy Lehman. By this point in the program, Tommy needs...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Abstract Sounds
Live at the Bop Stop
Performance and Works used with permission from the artist and venue. Abstract Sounds are a 6-piece alternative jazz fusion band, centered around saxophonist Jevaughn Bogard dedicated to living at the intersection of jazz soul, bass and funk. Dancing shoes are required for this performance, which features Patrick Duke Graney on Percussion, Frank Alouishus on Keys and Trumpet, Ashton Thomas on Drums, Aaron Grayer on Bass, Robert Morrow on Keys and Jevaugh Bogard on sax, and from a March 21st, 2025 performance it’s Abstract Sounds…Live at the Bop Stop.
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Live at the Bop Stop - Ariel Kasler Quartet
Live at the Bop Stop
Performance and Works used with permission from the artist and venue. Pianist, guitarist and educator Ariel Kasler is a driving force behind the resurgence of jazz and classical music in Northwest Ohio in both his position as the pianist for the Toledo Jazz Orchestra and as the Artistic Director of the Orchard Guitar Festival. As the leader of his own quartet, he performs original jazz compositions and arrangements influenced by Middle Eastern, Jewish, and Israeli music as evidenced on 2015’s Above the Sound, the 2022 release Make it Bloom and on this March 23rd, 2025 performance. Featuring...
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- Fiberglass - Blakeslee
- The Long Middle - Blakeslee
- Ashokan - Blakeslee
- Bygones are Bygones - Blakeslee
- What Is This Thing Called Love? - Porter
- Suite Insomnia: Circadian - Blakeslee
- Franklin's Blues – Blakeslee
New York City based trombonist Sam Blakeslee comes home to celebrate the release of his new album the long middle with his quartet ‘Wistful Thinking’. The new album and the band’s performance is something closer to chamber jazz than the big band sound Sam is known for throughout Northeast Ohio.
Featuring Chris Coles on saxophone, Brandon Coleman on guitar, Sam on trombone and Matt Wiles on bass on this August 7th, 2021 performance here’s Sam Blakeslee and Wistful Thinking – Live at The Bop Stop.
This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at the Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio with additional production by Graham Rosen and editing for WOBC and WNPA provided by Dr. Pete Naegele and for our podcast and other affiliates by Shawn Gilbert and Carsen Gilbert at GilAzar media.
The executive producer is Daniel Peck.
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