Live at the Bop Stop - Eli Leder Trio
Live at the Bop Stop
This performance used with permission from Eli Leder. Northeast Ohio's educational organizations are committed to identifying and developing young talent, and were proud to feature an emerging trio of young musicians on this weeks program. All three performers in the Eli Leder Trio emerged from the Tri-C JazzFest Academy and perform in the Spirit of the Groove under the tutelage of Dominic Farinacci. Eli Leder leads the trio this performance and matriculates at William Patterson University. Liam Speaks sits in on piano and keyboards and is working his way through Ohio University. Nehemiah...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Best of 2025
Live at the Bop Stop
All performances used with artist permission. 2025 has come and gone and left a plethora of outstanding performances in its wake. We hope you've enjoyed the program this year and enjoy this episode as we look back at some of the best performances to grace our stage. Jamey Haddad feturing John Shannon - Cardinal Chris Burge - Land of Smiles Eli Leder Trio - Poinciana Gabi Alemana - Nice Work If You Can Get It Reclamation Band - That Look Reclamation Band - Night Market Jose Luis Martins - Ya Tra La PODCAST BONUS - Nate Yingling - Changes Fill My Time David Janeway - Slow Motion Reggie Watkins -...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Nate Yingling Trio
Live at the Bop Stop
This performance used with permission from Nate Yingling Youngstown native pianist and bassist Nate Yingling returns as part of our Trio Tussle series with a new set of electric tunes born of frequent collaborations with bassist Darren Frate. When he isn't touring with guitarist Vlad Cetkar, Nate is a composer and educator who also coordinates the Argonaut Rowing Club collective. Nate and Darren are joined for this November 17th, 2024 performance by drummer Zaire Darden. From November 17th, 2024 its the Nate Yingling Electric Trio " Live at the Bop Stop.
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Live at the Bop Stop - Andru Dennis Trio
Live at the Bop Stop
This performance used with permission from Andru Dennis. Every jazz scene, large or small, has a performer who serves as the glue that holds groups together. They’re not necessarily the person that leads but they’re almost always the person who helps others shine. In Northeast Ohio in general, and Akron specifically, Andru Dennis is that performer. Andru’s name is almost never on the marquee, but if you’re passing through the Bop Stop here in Cleveland or a bot more often at Blu Jazz in Akron , Andru is the keyboardist and piano player you want to round out your sound. All that...
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Live at the Bop Stop - OHM! Trio (2025)
Live at the Bop Stop
This performance used with permission from Dan Bruce. Ohm! is the latest project from Cleveland based guitarist Dan Bruce. Dan cut his teeth in the jazz scenes in Chicago and Dallas before returning home to Northeast Ohio to continue his career as a performer and educator. You've heard the trio on the program before with a duo of performers from Pittsburgh, but this configuration features Cleveland area performers Jordan McBride on Bass and Gabe Jones on Drums. This performance captures the trio in their last dress rehearsal before going into the studio to record their debut album The...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Ari Hoenig Trio (2025)
Live at the Bop Stop
This performance used with permission from the artist. Ari Hoenig is a jazz drummer, composer and educator known for his unusual and intense approach to drumming emphasizing complex rhythms in direct harmony with other group members. Ari is widely noted particularly for his drumming not being relegated to just keeping tempo, or being a side issue to the music he plays in, but rather for elevating drumming as an indispensable part of the performance. Ari pays a return visit to the program to, among other things, help work out the kinks for tracks in support of his latest release Tea for...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Gabi Allemana Quartet
Live at the Bop Stop
Performance used with permission from the artist. Chicago based Gabi Allemana is a Brazilian-American vocalist who studies and performs with notable musicians like La Tanya Hall, Gerald Cannon, and Eddie Henderson. Raised with a jazz foundation and Brazilian heritage, Allemana’s early career included performances with Uniting Voices Chicago and collaborations with icons such as Yo-Yo Ma and Bobby McFerrin. She won the YoungArts Silver Award for Jazz Voice in 2022 and has performed at Carnegie Hall and for the United Nations Council. This performance features a mix of originals and...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Third Law Collective
Live at the Bop Stop
Performance used by permission of the artist. Thriving jazz communities offer performers at all skill levels not only stages to play on but places to compose and perform original works. Northeast Ohio is no different, and the Third Law Collective is the Music Settlement’s initiative with this goal in mind. Periodically musicians from throughout the area meet up and share original works with each other and audiences. This week, we feature one of those performances. Led by Bop Stop Director Bryan Kinnard on flute and from a September 26th, 2024 performance – it’s the Third Law...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Sea Change
Live at the Bop Stop
Performance used with permission from the artist. Washington DC based Sea Change was when bassist Stephen Arnold was asked to lead a band at the Göethe-Institut’s Jazz in the Basement series. Featuring a rotating set of band members, the groups most recent release Until Now is a nine-song suite that documents the end of the pandemic and beginning of the romantic relationship between longtime friends and collaborators. This performance features selections from that release, along with selections from their 2020 album. Featuring Stephen Arnold on Bass, Tyler Cassidy on Saxophone, Drew Kid on...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Spin Cycle
Live at the Bop Stop
Performance used with permission from the artist. Since 2014, contemporary jazz band Spin Cycle has been bringing their original music to clubs and concert halls across the US and Canada. Co-lead by Drummer Scott Neumann and Saxophonist Tom Christensen, the band highlights their flexibility, reach and capacity to surprise audiences. On any given song, you might encounter the modal influence of John Coltrane, the second-line funk of New Orleans, or the edgy experimentation of free jazz. The group features guitarist Pete McCann and bassist Dave Ambrosio, both bandleaders and well-respected...
info_outlineBobby Selvaggio is one of the leading contemporary alto sax players on the jazz scene, and one of northeast Ohio’s most prolific performers.
Performing with trios, quartets and big bands on an ongoing basis, bobby always brings audiences a wide variety of jazz in various forms. This week, it’s his reframing experience, a quintet playing arrangements of new and previously recorded material. With Bobby on saxophone are Aidan Plank on bass, Anthony Taddeo on drums, joey Scoch on piano, and Tommy Lehman on trumpet. From a May 28th, 2021 performance it’s Bobby Selvaggio’s Reframing Experience – Live at the Bop Stop.
All music used by permission from Bobby Selvaggio.
Pennonica - Monk
Italo - Taddeo
The Religion of Conformity - Selvaggio
The Cost of Inequity - Selvaggio
Reframing Experience - Selvaggio
If the World Knew Love - Selvaggio