The Best of the Orrin Evans Trio
Live at the Bop Stop
All Music Used With Permission from Orrin Evans For more than two decades pianist Orrin Evans has made an art form of the unexpected. With more than 25 albums to his credit, Evans has become the model of a fiercely independent artist who’s made a habit of rattling the jazz world’s confining cages. That determination has paid off in accolades like topping the “Rising Star Pianist” category in the 2018 DownBeat Critics Poll and two Grammy nominations. As a daring pianist, Evans combines raw-edged vigor and left-field nuance into a sound wholly his own. This week, on the program, Orrin...
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OHM! Trio
Live at the Bop Stop
All Music used with permission from OHM! Trio. A Single Thread (Bruce) Peachy (Douds) Reprieve Reprise (Bruce) Eh? (Bruce) Some Towns (Bruce) Blackbird (Lennon-McCartney) Wayne -Ish (Douds) Ohm! is the latest project from Cleveland based guitarist Dan Bruce. Featuring original compositions from all three of the group’s members, the trio brings high energy original compositions set to forceful and distinctive grooves. Everyone comes out of a performance with a different favorite song, and I’m always hesitant to put a thumb on the scale, but I’d encourage you to pay attention to a...
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Ari Hoenig Trio Set 2
Live at the Bop Stop
All music used with permission by Ari Hoenig. The Fat Tea Me May - Hoenig Conception - Shearing Tea For Two - Youmans Sophisticated Lady - Ellington Golden Schatze - Hoenig Home - Hoenig Song 7 - Hoenig Song 8 - Hoenig 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...
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Hilario Duran Set 2
Live at the Bop Stop
All music used with permission by Hilario Duran. Segundo Encuentro - Duran Song 2 - Duran Song 3 - Standard Spain in My Mind - Duran Song 5 - Duran Descarga en la EGREM - Duran Cuban born Hilario Durán grew up in Havana in a musical family surrounded by a variety of diverse musical influences on a daily basis. He began working as a professional musician in Cuba’s Los Papa Cun¬-Cun Ensemble and in a variety of musical formats. Later on, in the 70’s, Durán was Chucho Valdés’ chosen successor in Cuba’s most modern big band, Orquesta Cubana de...
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Brandon Coleman Trio
Live at the Bop Stop
All music used with permission by Brandon Coleman Trio. Blues For Ron - Coleman Alone Together - Schwartz Weaver of Dreams - Burrell A Trust Fall - Coleman Phobos - Coleman Invitation - Kaper Having been called a “wonderful composer” and “sophisticated player” as well as “one of the most unique guitar voices to emerge over the last decade,” Brandon Coleman is an on-the-rise and in-demand performer in the world of creative guitar playing. Based out of Cincinnati, OH, Coleman performs and composes music that is intricate, personal, and cinematic, inspired by his...
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Ben Tweedt Trio
Live at the Bop Stop
All music used with permission by Ben Tweedt Trio. East of the Sun and West of the Moon - Standard Flow Out - Tweedt Back to School - Tweedt Otherscape - Tweedt Iowa - Tweedt Chasing Ghosts - Tweedt Vera Cruz - Nascimento Elegy - Tweedt Apex - Tweedt Fatima - Pascoal Cincinnati based pianist Ben Tweedt is a pianist, composer, and arranger known for his lush harmonies, intricate compositions, and lyrical improvisation and his compositions and repertoire reflect his wide range of musical interests, including jazz, gospel, European classical music, Afro-Cuban music, and...
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Shawn Maxwell Quartet
Live at the Bop Stop
All music used with permission by Shawn Maxwell Quartet. Ravage Eject - Maxwell Squared Circle - Maxwell Year 3 - Maxwell Mr. Strongbow - Maxwell Welcome Anxiety - Maxwell Elbow of Phyllis - Maxwell Snow Snow - Maxwell Napping in the Sunshine - Maxwell Dangerous Curve - Maxwell Chicago based saxophonist Shawn Maxwell is consistently regarded as one of the boldest and most unique voices in jazz. Whether he’s performing material from his nine solo albums or leading the New Tomorrow quintet, Shawn’s music challenges audiences and takes chances. Shawn’s Quartet...
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Jamey Haddad Plays Keith Jarrett
Live at the Bop Stop
All music used with permission by Jamey Haddad. Bop-Be - Jarrett Lawns - Jarrett Le Mistral - Bley Questar - Jarrett River Man - Drake The Wind Up - Jarrett Jamey Haddad holds a unique place in both jazz and world music. Working with Yo Yo Ma – Paul Simon and Sting, Jamey is one of America’s most prominent world music percussionists. This August 19th, 2023 performance catches the Jamey Haddad Quartet in the midst of a tour that features the works of Keith Jarrett. In it, not only does Jamey talk a bit about Keith’s work but talks a bit about his personal experiences...
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Monika Herzig
Live at the Bop Stop
All music used with permission by Monika Herzig. Help Me - Mitchell Both Sides Now - Mitchell My Old Man - Mitchell Improv - Herzig I Want to Dance Again - Mitchell Don't Interrupt the Sorrow - Mitchell Hissing of Summer Lawns - Mitchell Chelsea Morning - Mitchell The Circle Game - Mitchell Both Sides of Joni is a reinterpretation of Joni Mitchell’s music that was born as a collaboration between pianist Monika Herzig and vocalist Janiece Jaffe. The project – produced as a collaborative in the summer of 2020 amidst the COVID epidemic, resulted in an album of Joni...
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Todd Marcus Quintet
Live at the Bop Stop
All music used with permission by Todd Marcus Quintet. Privacy - Marcus Soltice - Marcus Last Call at Dimitris - MacDonald Glisten - Marcus Everyone comes to jazz in their own way and growing up for me, that pathway to jazz came via the clarinet, bass clarinet and alto clarinet which I will not be playing for you on today’s show. So when Todd Marcus and Virginia MacDonald made an appearance on our stage, it was a must attend for me. And they didn’t disappoint. Todd Marcus’ straight-ahead bass clarinet playing has carved out a unique voice for the instrument in modern...
info_outlineAll music used with permission by Third Law with Sam Blakeslee.
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 with a guest appearance from New York based Trombonist Sam Blakeslee and from a June 29th, 2023 performance – it’s the Third Law Collective – Live at the Bop Stop.
Live at the Bop Stop is made possible by The Music Settlement – serving Northeast Ohio by offering music instruction, music therapy, and early childhood education since 1912. The Music Settlement's mission is to welcome all to our music and arts community to learn, create, inspire, and heal.
This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at the Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio, and the studios of WBWC FM on the campus of Baldwin-Wallace University in Berea, Ohio. Additional production at the Bop Stop is provided by Graham Rosen. Technical editing for the program is provided by Dr. Pete Naegele, Shawn Gilbert, and Darren Thompson through Gilazar Media.
The executive producer and writer is Daniel Peck, with additional consulting production on behalf of The Music Settlement by Bryan Kennard.
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