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All music used with permission by Dan Wilson and Dan Bruce. West Coast Blues - Montgomery Oh! Lady Be Good! - Gershwin James - Metheny Smiling Eyes - Wilson Fotografia - Jobim Solo - Wilson Beatles Medley - Lennon/McCartney Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans? - DeLange/Alter Dan Bruce graces our stage regularly now – but he spent a number of years cutting his teeth in Chicago where guitar duo jam sessions were commonplace. They’re a little bit less common in Cleveland – so we knew we were in for a special night when he teamed up with Akron native –...
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All music used with permission by Keigo Hirakawa Trio. Myth of Poseidon - Hirakawa Far Above - Hirakawa Whatchamacallit - Hirakawa Home Somewhere - Hirakawa Summertime - Standard Dreaming Awake - Coleman Pixel - Hirakawa Tones for Joan's Bones - Corea Change of Plans - Hirakawa 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...
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All music used with permission by Graney and Hamburger. And She Spoke - Hamburger Ladybug - Hamburger Surface Unknown - Hamburger Unconditional Love - Allen Meditation on the Wind/The Journey - Hamburger Little Wing - Hendrix Plastic Stars - Hamburger On the show today, it’s Set Two of an outstanding double feature. Cleveland native Patrick Duke Graney is a multi instrumentalist, percussionist and drum-set player. He feels at home playing a diverse range of music including Jazz, Brazilian, Funk and other folk and contemporary styles from around the globe, whether...
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All music used with permission by Graney and Hamburger. On the show today, it’s Set One of an outstanding double feature. Cleveland native Patrick Duke Graney is a multi instrumentalist, percussionist and drum-set player. He feels at home playing a diverse range of music including Jazz, Brazilian, Funk and other folk and contemporary styles from around the globe, whether he’s performing in India, Spain or Brazil. Washington DC native Alex Hamburger is an outstanding flutist and vocalist who appears here in support of her 2023 release What If? Fresh off of performances in...
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All music used with permission by Hilario Duran. Canto De Lenguaje - Duran Contumbao - Duran Blues for Parisio - Duran Belong Especial - Duran Tumboa - 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 Música Moderna. Since arriving in...
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All music used with permission by Ari Hoenig Trio The Fet in Me May - Hoenig Conception - Shearing Tea forTwo - Standard Sophisticated Lady - Ellington Goldenes 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 as...
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All music used with permission by Bobby Selvaggio This week: We're out of the office, so it's an encore presentation of one of our favorite episodes with one of our favorite performers, Bobby Selvaggio. Bobby Selvaggio never sits still with close to a dozen albums under his belt – including a live double album recorded on our stage – Bobby spent the spring of 2021 regrouping and emerged with an entirely new group – The Reframing Experience. As Bobby will be performing at this year's Rubber City Jazz Festival, we're bringing you an encore presentation of his 2021 virtual appearance from...
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All music used with permission by the Stephen Phillip Harvey Octet. Stephen Phillip Harvey’s works sit squarely at the intersection of popular culture and jazz. In his latest Octet project, Stephen explores the elements on a composition he calls Elemental. The Stephen Phillip Harvey Octet performs this suite of six original compositions to bring his original interpretation of these elements and the balance they create. Fusing modern harmonies, driving vamps, and a myriad of textures, Harvey brings these forces of nature to aural landscape. From a June 16th,...
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All music used with permission by Clint Bleil with the Bryan Kennard Octet. Ten time award winning composer, arranger and saxophonist Clint Bleil sits in for a night of large group arrangements with the Bryan Kennard Octet. Clint has performed along side luminaries such as Randy Brecker and Dave Holland, and has worked with acts as diverse as The Shirelles and the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra. Heard here with the Bryan Kennard Octet in this June 4th, 2023 performance, it’s Clint Bleil – Live at the Bop Stop. Live at the Bop Stop is made possible by The Music...
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All music used with permission by Sam Blakeslee Sextet. On the heels of two successful releases with Wistful Thinking, Sam Blakeslee returns to The Bop Stop with a set of Sextet Compositions to perform in advance of going into the studio for his latest big band album. This performance features Sam collaborating with Wistful Thinking saxophone bandmate Chris Coles, and Akron cohorts Tommy Lehman on Trumpet, Theron Brown on Piano, Zaire Darden on Drums and guest Kip Reed on Bass. From a June 30th, 2023 performance, it’s the Sam Blakeslee Sextet – Live at the Bop Stop. ...
info_outline12All music used with permission by Luca Mundaca.
Acclaimed guitarist & singer/songwriter of television and films, Luca Mundaca, brings brilliant melodies, profound lyrics, and a glorious blend of flavors of her native Brazil to the program. Winner of the 2008 Independent Music Awards World Fusion category, Luca Mundaca’s compositions have appeared in over a dozen films and television shows.
From June 3rd, 2023, it’s An Evening With Luca Mundaca – 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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