Live at the Bop Stop

Pianist Nate Yingling makes his debut on our stage this week in support of his debut EP Pilot. Hailing from Youngstown, Ohio Nate brings with him the sounds and influences of Jazz, Neo Soul, R&B, Funk and Gospel that underpin many of the musicians from the Midwest in particular and Northeast Ohio specifically. He isn't coming alone, however as he brings a number of other prominent Youngstown music...

Hailed by Stereophile Magazine for "sound[ing] like 21st-century grandchildren of JJ Johnson and Kai Winding" (with his co-bandleader Chris Glassman) and praised by the International Trombone Associations Journal for his "virtuosity [and] melodic and harmonic mastery," Altin Sencalar is in high demand across the country as a performer, educator, and composer. We caught Altin on tour in support of...

It's Jazz, it just doesn't sound like it. Or, at least, that's what Oz Noy will tell you. I'm not so sure I agree with that, but we're delighted to have the chance to let you be the judge. Since 1996, Oz Noy has regularly toured in trio and quartets with more musicians than we have time to list here. Although some of us will remember Will Lee and Anton Fig. This sold out show was the first of two...

All music used with permission from the artists. 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 Rive...

One of Northeast Ohio's most promising guitarists – Jonah Ferguson splits his time as a session performer among numerous projects when he's not busy serving as the guitar instructor at the Tri-C Jazzfest Academy. This trio performance features up and coming drummer Gabe Jones and veteran bassist Jordan McBride – and together they kicked off the Bop Stop's 2024 season with a special performance – t...

All Music Used by Permission from Russ Nolan New York City based saxophonist Russ Nolan makes his first Bop Stop appearance in five years in this appearance from May 26 th , 2023 . Russ operates in the worlds of Modern Jazz and Salsa with ease and aplomb and it's evident in both sets of this performance, the second of which we feature on this program. Featuring Joey Skoch on piano, Ahmed McLemore...

All Music Used by Permission From Theron Brown You could argue at this point that Theron Brown is the glue that holds the Akron, Ohio jazz scene together. Between his work as the founder and director of the annual Rubber City Jazz and Blues Festival, the artistic director of the I Promise School, the artist coordinator for the Curated Storefront and his heavy involvement with the Jazz Education pr...

All Music Used With Permission From Concurrence (Horton/Bryant) What Could Have Been Still Can Be Now is Still the Time I-40 Was a Razor Grooving at the Del Morroco Pianist Paul Horton and Bassist Greg Bryant work together as the driving forces behind beat driven improvisational Nashville based collective Concurrence.  This performance celebrates the release of their 2024 album Indivisible - which...

All music used with permission from Fuoco/Folger/Castaldi IO (Folger) Contemplation (Castaldi) Light Gaps (Fuoco) Lavendula Angustifolia (Folger) All in All (Castaldi) First Voice (Fuoco) There is Another Sky (Fuoco) Lattice (Folger) Piroutte (Fuoco) Mais l'Aube Approche (Folger) Soleil (Folger Anthony Fuoco's compositions feature prominently in multiple groups including the Pulse Quartet, the Cle...

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 2...

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...

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. A...

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...

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...

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 l...

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. Wh...

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 Qua...

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 p...

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...

All music used with permission by Natalie Cressman and Ian Faquini. Song 1 - Faquini Song 2 - ? Medley - Guinga/Faquini Auburn Whisper - Cressman/Faquini You Go To My Head - Coots Shada Bein Mayama? - Hayes Bencao de Iansa - Faquini Song 8 - ? Song 9 - ? Can't Find My Way Home  - Winwood Already There - Cressman/Faquini Just One of Those Things - Porter Song 13 -  Medley 2 - Cressman/Faquini New Y...

All music used with permission by Ricardo Vivero Morales . Introspectiva - Morales Blue In Green - Morales Equinox - Contrane Sabor a Mí - Morales West Blvd - Morales Take 2 - Morales Corazón Delator - Cerati Ricardo Vivero Morales is a guitarist and composer born in Quito, Ecuador who recently relocated to Cleveland. A musician with an eclectic background, Ricardo brings together a variety of mus...

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 guit...

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...

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 an...

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...