Live at the Bop Stop - Stix Quintet
Live at the Bop Stop
This performance used with permission from Stix Quintet This week, it’s a collection of young lions as Nehemiah Stix Baker leads the Stix Quintet. Featuring five performers all under the age of 21, the Stix Quintet features a collection of musicians from Northeast Ohio and Southeast Michigan, some of whom come out of prestigious youth programs while others, such as pianist Liam Speaks, are entirely self taught. Featuring Ayden Cohen on guitar, Alexander Thiam on Saxophone, Everett Clark on bass, Liam Speaks on piano and Nehemia Stix Baker on Drums, and from a May 29th, 2024 performance,...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Jamey Haddad and Leo Blanco
Live at the Bop Stop
This performance used with permission from Jamey Haddad. Jamey Haddad holds a singular position in the world of jazz and contemporary music. Haddad’s musical voice transcends styles and trends, and the universal quality of his playing has attracted many international collaborations with artists including Yo-Yo Ma, Paul Simon, and Sting. Among many accomplishments, Jamey partnered with, among others, Venezuelan pianist Leo Blanco on Under One Sun, a multi-generational multi-national world music collective. Though the full group doesn’t get together often, Leo was kind enough to grace our...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Haddad/Coles/Ashby/Shannon
Live at the Bop Stop
This performance used with permission from Jamey Haddad. Jamey Haddad holds a singular position in the world of jazz and contemporary music. Haddad’s musical voice transcends styles and trends, and the universal quality of his playing has attracted many international collaborations with artists including Yo-Yo Ma, Paul Simon, and Sting. Jamey is a frequent performer and an honored guest on the program, and he brings to the table unique arrangement with some of the midwest’s best performers. This performance was the first of a sold out two night stand and features Chris Coles on saxophone,...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Chandler Carpenter Quartet
Live at the Bop Stop
This performance used with permission from Chandler Carpenter. Chandler Carpenter’s diverse musical upbringing has resulted in a genre bending style that is evident in his performance style and original compositions as you’ll hear today. He leads many projects including his own Trio and Quartet playing original compositions and arrangements of songs from the American Songbook and Jazz Standards. He is the primary recording and touring guitarist for Cleveland based jazz and R&B pianist and vocalist Jeffery Cruz. For this performance, Chandler Carpenter is joined by a quartet that...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Jake and John Hart
Live at the Bop Stop
This performance used with permission from Jake and John Hart John Hart is a veteran guitarist with over 30 years of experience on the New York City jazz scene, with ten releases as a bandleader and over 100 appearances as a sideman. Jake Hart is an award-winning emerging pianist whose 2024 debut Collage features a 56-minute solo piano performance. The two pair up with veteran bassist Steven Kirsty and drummer and Vancouver native Tandy Petschauer to enmesh a wide variety of compositional styles into what we think you’ll find is a very interesting whole. From May 26th, 2024 it’s Jake and...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Dan Weiss Presents: Even Odds
Live at the Bop Stop
This performance used with permission from Dan Weiss. Three time Shifting Foundation grantee Dan Weiss has been hailed as one of the top five jazz drummers by The New York Times, and his large ensemble recording “Fourteen” made the top ten list of their best recordings of 2014. Weiss’s innovative drumming and forward-thinking compositions have been pushing musical limits for decades. Weiss’s intense study of jazz, classical Indian, contemporary classical, west African, and metal sets a musical platform that creates a sound that transcends conventional style or genre. His compositional...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Zakk Jones Trio
Live at the Bop Stop
This performance used with permission from Zakk Jones. Columbus, Ohio based guitarist Zakk Jones is a pre-eminent educator. At Capital University he leads one of the nation’s oldest collegiate jazz programs along with the school’s big band. In his spare time he hosts the ‘Beyond the Frets’ podcast. His guitar trio, which you’ll hear here, has been together since 2019 and this performance highlights selections from the group’s two 2024 releases entitled ‘Why Not?’ and ‘Tomorrow Comes Early’. From an April 24th, 2024 performance, it’s the Zakk Jones Trio – Live at the Bop...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Daniel Meron
Live at the Bop Stop
This performance used with permission from Daniel Meron New York City based composer and pianist Daniel Meron brought his trio to Clevland to debut pieces from his 2024 Pinch Records based release Pendulum. Over the past decade Meron has established himself as a prominent figure in the modern jazz scene releasing four critically acclaimed albums, and with featured performances at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival, Costa Rica Jazz Festival, and tours of the US, Canada, Europe and Israel. From a May 5th, 2024 performance that features Pablo Menares on Bass, Jimmy Macbride on Drums and Daniel Meron...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Theron Brown Trio
Live at the Bop Stop
This performance used with permission from Theron Brown. If you’re a frequent lister to this program we mention often that Theron Brown is the hardest working performer in show business. From his work as Artistic Director with the I Promise School to his role overseeing the annual Rubber City Jazz and Blues Festival, Theron is intimately involved with making Northeast Ohio a magnet for musical talent. For this performance, Theron brings the Fender Rhodes Mk II to life with his trio. While the Hammond B3 gets the accolades for being the center of Soul Jazz, The Fender Rhodes might not get the...
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Live at the Bop Stop - Mitchell Galligan Trio
Live at the Bop Stop
When Denver native and Oberlin Conservatory graduate Mitchell Galligan sits down behind a Hammond B3, people take notice. One of the best young piano and organ players to cross our path in quite some time, Mitchell has performed alongside some of the legends of jazz including Billy Hart, Eddie Henderson and Jamey Haddad. This sold out trio performance features Mitchell on Hammond B3 alongside Tim Picard on Guitar and Ori Jossel on drums. From April 26th, 2024 it’s the Mitchell Galligan Trio – Live at the Bop Stop. Green Jeans - Green Somewhere in the Night - Green The Sermon - Smith Ana...
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| Artist | Title |
| OHM Trio | Eh |
| Ari Hoenig | Fatti Mi Me |
| Amsterdam After Dark | Dan Wilson |
| Theron Brown Trio | Who Shot John? |
| Big Sky | Grant Heineman |
| Not in My Hollow | Sam Blakeslee |
| Alex Hamburger | Ladybug |
| Concurrence | I-40 Was a Razor |
| Hilario Duran | Segundo Encuentro |
| Orrin Evans | Phoebe's Stroll |
| Kiego Hirakawa | Far Above |
| Ricardo Morales | Introspectivo |
| Jamey Haddad | River Man |
| Tommy Lehman | Soul Serach, Part 1 |
| Stephen Phillip Harvey Octet | JT |
2024 was definitely a year. And yet, we’re still here at the end of it. Whether your year was difficult or easy, frustrating or rewarding, one thing was certain; there was plenty of great live jazz to enjoy along the way.
Our two-hour retrospective relives some of the best moments from the year’s lineup of programs along with some of the year’s best performances on our stage that haven’t been previously aired.
Featuring Ari Hoenig, Hilario Duran, Jamey Haddad and Ricardo Morales among others it’s the Live at the Bop Stop – Best of 2024.
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.
For extended versions of all of our shows, our Live at the Bop Stop podcast can be found on your favorite podcast app or visit our website at www.themusicsettlement.org and click the Bop Stop link.
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