Live at the Bop Stop - Troy Roberts Quartet
Live at the Bop Stop
Performance and Works used with permission from the artist and venue. Embracing his love for a vast variety of stylistic genres, three-time GRAMMY nominee, Troy Roberts is one of today’s most widely recorded touring artists. His name adorns several essential recordings ranging from the legendary Joey DeFrancesco, the iconic Van Morrison, and the critically acclaimed Kurt Elling. He’s also a prolific front man, with sixteen releases to his name, including 2024’s Green Lights, selections of which are featured here. Backed by the Northeast Ohio based Theron Brown Trio and from a...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Bop Stop 10th Anniversary Celebration - Set 2
Live at the Bop Stop
This performance used with permission from Bryan Kennard and The Music Settlement. The Bop Stop celebrated its 10th year under the auspices of The Music Settlement in 2024 by commissioning ten original Big Band pieces from ten different Ohio composers. We then took those pieces and rounded up 17 performers to form the All Star Bop Stop Big Band and put on a show to celebrate our birthday. Featuring compositions from, among others, Bobby Selvaggio, Stephen Phillip Harvey and Brad Wagner, heres the second set of the sold out October 19th, 2024 Bop Stop 10th Anniversary Show " Live at the...
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Live at the Bop Stop - 10th Anniversary Show Set 1
Live at the Bop Stop
This performance used by permission from Bryan Kennard and The Music Settlement. The Bop Stop celebrated its 10th year under the auspices of The Music Settlement in 2024 by commissioning ten original Big Band pieces from ten different Ohio composers. We then took those pieces and rounded up 17 performers to form the All Star Bop Stop Big Band and put on a show to celebrate our birthday. Featuring compositions from, among others, Chas Baker, Dave Morgan and Chandler Carpenter, here's the first set of the sold out October 19th, 2024 Bop Stop 10th Anniversary Show " Live at the Bop Stop.
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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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Privacy - Marcus
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Soltice - Marcus
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Last Call at Dimitris - MacDonald
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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 jazz. His music swings hard with both a fiery and introspective intensity but also maintains a strong lyrical sensibility. Marcus’ compositions draw largely on straight-ahead jazz and classical influences but over recent years have also increasingly explored the Middle-Eastern sounds from his Egyptian-American heritage.
But wait, there’s more! Todd is joined by Toronto based clarinetist Virginia MacDonald. A lauded clarinetist in her own right, Virginia has performed and composed on over a dozen Juno Award winning albums and helps lead the Canadian Jazz Collective.
Featuring Eric Kennedy on Drums, Steven Arnold on Bass, Hannah Mayer on Piano, Virginia MacDonald on Clarinet and Todd Marcus on Bass Clarinet, from July 12th, 2023, it’s the Todd Marcus Quintet featuring Virginia MacDonald – 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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To reach out directly, email liveatthebopstop@gmail.com.
I'm Daniel Peck. Join me again next time... Live at the Bop Stop.
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