All music used by permission from David Friend, Jerome Begin and Sammy DeLeon.

These Patterns           Friend/Begin Chords Pulling           Friend/Begin Rolling                       Friend/Begin Like Thunder             Friend/Begin Quick                        Friend/Begin Thunder and Dissolve    Friend/Begin How Insensitive          Jobim Blue Bossa                  Durham

David Friend is a classically-trained pianist who focuses on new and experimental music and collaborates frequently with groups including Bent Duo, Grand Bang and Alarm Will Sound.

Jerome Begin has extensive experience as a composer in dance and theater and has a deep understanding of the dynamics of live performance. 

Together, they graced our stage with a performance of Post, a set of pieces for solo piano with extensive processing that explores a different way of creating an uncanny valley type of reality where human, acoustic and electronic/processed elements interact and overlap in disorienting ways.

Presented in conjunction with our friends at No Exit, whose mission is to bring contemporary, avant-garde concert music to audiences in Northeast Ohio and beyond, it's David Friend and Jerome Begin - Live at the Bop Stop.

With our extra available time on the episode this week, we present a private performance by the Sammy DeLeon Quartet. Featuring Sammy on Percussion and Jackie Warren on Piano, it's the Sammy DeLeon Quartet - Live at the Bop Stop.

This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at the Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio and the studios of KUNV in Las Vegas, Nevada. Additional production at the Bop Stop is provided by Graham Rosen. Editing for WOBC,WNPA and the Public Radio Exchange is provided by Dr. Pete Naegele - and for our podcast and other radio affiliates by Shawn Gilbert at Gilazar Media. 

The executive producer is Daniel Peck – with additional consulting production by Bryan Kennard and Gabe Pollack.