Live at the Bop Stop

All music used with permission by Tommy Lehman Squadtet

• Twelve's It - Marselis

• To Be Alive - Coles

• Unconditional Love - Allen

• Song 4 - 

• Strength In Numbers - Lehman

• Sweet Emma - Adderley

• Holdin' Court - Allen

• Belvedere and Pain - Lehman

Our Bop Stop Anniversary Week continues with the second of two birthday shows, this one thrown in honor of yours truly.  If someone offers to throw you a birthday party and lets you choose the band, which band would you choose and what would you ask them to play?  Well, in my case, Beyoncé was double booked, so we went with the next best choice, Tommy Lehman and the SquadTet. And as you'll hear, they brought it with a set list curated by Tommy.

 With the exception of just one song, they were kind enough to perform an arrangement of one of my favorites, Ellis Marsalis Twelve’s It.  Featuring Chris Coles on saxophone, Jordan McBride on bass, Zaire Darden on drums, Patrick Graney on percussion and Tommy Lehman on trumpet. 

And from a July 22nd, 2023 performance, it's Tommy Lehman in the SquadTet Live at the Bob 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 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.

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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All music used with permission by Bryan Kennard Sextet

• Song for One Daring - Kennard

• Here, the Sun Whispers - Kennard

• Wichita Lineman - Webb

• Into Blue - Kennard

• Better Than Yesterday - Kennard

• Elegy for a Light Bearer - Coles

• Sacry Dromedary - Kennard

• When We Watch The Stars - Arbogast

• Trinidad, Goodbye - Barron

All music used with permission by all artists appearing.

• Confluence - Pulse Quartet - Season 4 Episode 5

• For My Baby - Soul Message - Season 8 Episode 3

• Exeter - Mostly Other People Do the Killing - Season 6 Episode 7

• Lift Every Voice and Sing/Lonnie's Lament - Chris Coles - Future Episode

• I Put a Spell on You - Faranucci Trio - Season 3 Episode 3

• Bella Ciao - Luca Ciarla - Season 10 Episode 3

• Scary Dromedary - Bryan Kennard - Future Episode

• Tisdale - Darren Frate - Future Episode

The Music Settlement Celebrates its 9th Anniversary as stewards of The Bop Stop, and we celebrate our 150th Episode of the Live at the Bop Stop program like your favorite childhood sitcom, with a clip show.

The Bop Stop club and the Live at the Bop Stop program  feature a number of people who work hard behind the scenes to bring you a new performance every week. So today, we've invited a number of them to sit down and share their favorite artists and performances from our first 150 shows.

Consider it a double anniversary special - Live at the Bop Stop.

This episode contains clips of “I Put a Spell On you” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and by Annie Lennox

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 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.

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.

Want to Support The Bop Stop?  Donate here!

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All music used with permission by Jamey Haddad.

• Dolphin - Essa

• Lawns - Bley

• Brother Jack - Drewes

• Island Creek - Coleman

• Maracatu - Gismonti

• Voss No 5 - Blanco

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.  We're fortunate in that Jamey graces our stage often and always with a unique mix of musicians and a wide variety of compositions.

This quartet performance features the Cincinnati based duo of pianist Ben Tweet and guitarist Brandon Coleman, both of whom are on tour in support of new albums.  Bassist Aiden Plank joins Ben, Brandon and Jamey from this December 2nd 2022 performance it's the Jamey Haddad Quartet 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 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.

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.

Want to Support The Bop Stop?  Donate here!

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All music used with permission by Sam Blakeslee and Wistful Thinking.

• Fiberglass - Blakeslee

• Cold River - Blakeslee

• What Was - Blakeslee

• Not In My Holler - Blakeslee

• Hollandaise Sauce - Blakeslee

Sam Blakeslee and Wistful Thinking return to celebrate the release of their second album, recorded during covid. On the heels of 2021’s The Long Middle, this album celebrates the release of Busy Body.

Produced and mixed in Cincinnati, Cleveland and New York City, the group features contributions from legendary percussionist Jamey Haddad.

With Sam Blakeslee on trombone, Chris Coles on saxophones, Brandon Coleman on guitar and Matt Weis on bass and from a November 5th, 2022 performance, it’s Sam Blakeslee and Wistful Thinking – 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 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.

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.

Want to Support The Bop Stop?  Donate here!

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All music used with permission by Howie Smith.

• Stella by Starlight - Young

• Spirits of the Canyon - Smith

• One Off - Smith

• Dune Landscape - Smith

• Something That Hasn't Been Written Yet - Smith

• Song 6 - Gershwin

• Song 7 - 

• From This - Smith

Howie Smith is a legend in the Northeast Ohio jazz scene. From being a core member of The Bop Stop’s longstanding Jazz Unit in the mid aughts, to his work with the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, Howie has spent thirty years as a performer and educator.

For more than twenty five of those years, Howie taught a class at Cleveland State University called Jazz Survey, which was an introductory course for non-music majors. The final class of that course was an hour-long, completely improvised solo concert based around whatever was in the classroom at the time. 

This week, Howie presents an example of this, which his students have called a ‘Concert in Progress.’ 

From December 10th, 2022 it’s Howie Smith, completely improvised and solo – 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 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.

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.

Want to Support The Bop Stop?  Donate here!

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All music used with permission by Steve Carrington.

• The Call - Carrington

• Song 2 - 

• Song 3 - 

• Love TKO - Womack/Noble

• Little Shoes - Stern

Mentored by several jazz legends during his time in Baltimore and Boston, Steve Carrington makes his first appearance on our stage. Working closely with, among others, Cyrus Chestnut in both his African Reflections Band and Quartet, his sound is bright, upbeat and prolific. 

Whether touring with his own quintet, Kool and the Gang or as a member of Dizzy Gillespie’s Legacy Band, Steve Carrington delights audiences. On tour in support of the new album ‘Far Above the Horizon’ the Quintet features Steve on Saxophones, Freddie Hendrix on Trumpet, Mark Whitfield on Guitar, John Lee on Bass and Jerome Jennings on Drums. 

From a November 18th, 2022 performance, it’s the Steve Carrington Quintet – 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 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.

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.

Want to Support The Bop Stop?  Donate here!

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All music used with permission by John Petrucelli

• Lazy Bird - Coltrane

• Equinox - Coltrane

• Song 3 - Coltrane

• Moment's Notice - Coltrane

• Lonnie's Lament - Coltrane

New Jersey native John Petrucelli leverages his diverse background to provide a hard charging, heavily improvisational based performance on this week’s program. From his beginnings on the Trenton and Newark jazz scenes, to his work with Delfeayo Marsalis’ Uptown Jazz Orchestra in New Orleans to his work with the NYYS Jazz Orchestra and Electric Trio, John mixes these influences into a powerful saxophone sound.

From an October 28th, 2022 performance and featuring Tommy Lehman on Trumpet, Joey Skoch on Piano, Jordan McBride on Bass, Zaire Darden on drums and John Petrucelli on Saxophone, it’s the John Petrucelli Quintet – 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 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.

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.

Want to Support The Bop Stop?  Donate here!

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All music used with permission by Aiden Plank and Carmen Castaldi

• Circles Around a Pillar - Castaldi

• Everywhere and All The Time - Castaldi

• Forgiveness Is Still - Castaldi

• Song 4 - Castaldi

• Song 5 - Castaldi

• Song 6 - Castaldi

• Single Reverse - Castaldi

• Blues for No One - Castaldi

Carmen Castaldi is a Cleveland native and a jazz legend. Growing up and attending the Berklee School of Music with Joe Lovano, Castaldi spent much of the 70s and 80s in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, working with such West Coast luminaries as Bill Perkins, Sonny Stitt and Herby Jefferies. His lifelong association with Joe Lovano spans 35 years including an appearance on Joe Lovano’s 2002 release Viva Caruso.

Cleveland Jazz Orchestra bassist Aidan Plank is a prolific composer in his own right, but this week’s show is a piano trio based reinterpretation of some of the best from Carmen Castaldi’s catalog. Featuring Carmen Castaldi on drums, Aidan Plank on bass and Anthony Fuoco on Piano, along with a host of special guests for this November 17th, 2022 performance – It’s Aidan Plank Presents the Music of Carmen Castaldi – 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 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.

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.

Want to Support The Bop Stop?  Donate here!

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All music used with permission by Jazz is PHSH

• Skylark - Millevoi

• Flitzer - Millevoi

• Worried - Millevoi

• Lu Fran - Millevoi

• Song 5 - 

• Song 6 - 

• Astronaut - Millevoi

• Tumbling Tumbleweeds - Nolan

Guitarist Nick Millevoi and keyboardist Ron Stabinsky constitute the duo Grassy Sound. They combine mid century surf and exotica and a Hammond Organ swirl to produce something between Captain Beefheart and Thelonious Monk. On tour in support of their debut album ‘The Sounds of Grassy Sound’. 

Grassy Sounds is presented courtesy of Cleveland based No Exit, who are dedicated to contemporary avante-guard music. From a September 8th, 2022 performance, it’s Grassy Sound – 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 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.

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.

Want to Support The Bop Stop?  Donate here!

Contact us here