Live at the Bop Stop

All music used with permission by Xavier Dimoff.

• Time Blind - Dimoff
• A Pointless Battle - Dimoff
• Inner Love - Dimoff
• The Tree Town - Dimoff
• I Love You Too - Dimoff
• All The Things You Are - Kern/Hammerstein
• After the Fact - Dimoff
• Fried Nights - Dimoff
• What? - Dimoff
• I Can't Think (Brain Fog) - Dimoff
• Be Blue - Dimoff
• Softly As In a Morning Sunrise - Romberg

Up and coming saxophonist Xavier Dimoff has studied under and performed with some of the best performers in northeast Ohio. This week he leads a quartet playing all original compositions. Featuring Mark Butto on drums, Thomas Mackery on bass, Jonah Ferguson on guitar and Xavier Dimoff on saxophone, it's the Xavier Dimoff Quartet…Live at the Bop Stop.

This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at the Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio with additional production by Graham Rosen and editing for WOBC and WNPA provided by Dr. Pete Naegele and for our podcast and other affiliates by Shawn Gilbert and Carsen Gilbert at GilAzar Media. 

The Executive Producer is Daniel Peck.

For extended versions of all our shows –our Live at The Bop Stop podcast can be found on your favorite podcast app.

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All music used with permission by Nathan Paul and Theron Brown..

• New Juice - Davis
• An Invitation - Davis
• In My Bag - Davis
• I Can Fly - Davis
• Bangerang - Davis
• She Knows - Davis
• I'm Just Playin' - Davis
• Shakedown - Davis

Theron Brown is a busy man. In addition to performing regularly throughout Northeast Ohio, teaching at Kent State University and serving as the organizer of the annual Rubber City Jazz Festival, Theron released his most recent album Spirit Fruit in 2021. 

He joined us earlier this year with his touring trio that includes Jordan McBride on Bass and Zaire Darden on drums, along with special guest Nathan-Paul on saxophone. From a sold-out performance on January 15th, 2022 it’s Nathan Paul with the Theron Brown Trio – Live at the Bop Stop.

This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at the Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio with additional production by Graham Rosen and editing for WOBC and WNPA provided by Dr. Pete Naegele and for our podcast and other affiliates by Shawn Gilbert and Carsen Gilbert at GilAzar Media. 

The Executive Producer is Daniel Peck.

For extended versions of all our shows –our Live at The Bop Stop podcast can be found on your favorite podcast app.

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All music used with permission by Cleveland Jazz Orchestra.

• Back at the Chicken Shack - Smith
• Bossa - Corea
• Four Words - Davis/Hendricks
• If I Loved You - Rogers
• They Can't Take That Away(From Me) - Gershwin
• Squirmy - Plank
• Crumbs - Wagner
• Come Rain or Come Shine - Allen/Mercer
• Someone to Watch Over Me - Gershwin
• Lover Come Back to Me - Romburg/Hammerstein
• Ladies in Mercedes - Bley/Swallow
• But Beautiful - Van Heusen/Burke
• It Aint Easy Being Green - Riposo
• Shining Stars - Foster
• I Got It Bad, And That Ain't Good - Garland
• I Love Being Here With You - Schluger/Lee

 Cleveland is one of a select group of cities lucky enough to have a jazz orchestra. For thirty-five years the CJO has promoted and performed the compositions and arrangements of Ohio performers of jazz throughout the ages and Paul Ferguson leads the group with another performance this week.

From a March 3rd, 2022 performance, it’s the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra – Live at the Bop Stop.

This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at the Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio with additional production by Graham Rosen and editing for WOBC and WNPA provided by Dr. Pete Naegele and for our podcast and other affiliates by Shawn Gilbert and Carsen Gilbert at GilAzar Media. 

The Executive Producer is Daniel Peck.

For extended versions of all our shows –our Live at The Bop Stop podcast can be found on your favorite podcast app.

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All music used with permission by Chris Dingman.

• Cleveland, Part One - Dingman
• Ali - Dingman
• The Long Road - Dingman
• The Long Piece - Dingman

Chris Dingman is a vibraphonist and composer known for his distinctive approach to the instrument. He's sonically rich and expansive, bringing listeners on a journey to a beautiful, transcendent place.

Known for his significant work with legendary artists Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter, Dingman casts an enveloping atmosphere in his captivating solo performances. With layers of sound – soaring melodies, swirling textures, and undulating pedal tones - it’s an immersive listening experience that many have described as transportive and deeply healing.

From an April 14th, 2022 performance in front of an intimate audience, it's Chris Dingman, Live at the Bop Stop.

This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at the Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio with additional production by Graham Rosen and editing for WOBC and WNPA provided by Dr. Pete Naegele and for our podcast and other affiliates by Shawn Gilbert and Carsen Gilbert at GilAzar Media. 

The Executive Producer is Daniel Peck.

For extended versions of all our shows –our Live at The Bop Stop podcast can be found on your favorite podcast app.

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All music used with permission by Darren Frate.

• African Bloom - Frate
• Salt of Montez - Frate
• Inner Peace III - Frate
• E Flat Minor 9 to C Minor 9 - Frate
• Earthbound - Frate
• Saturn - Frate
• Short Story - Frate
• Into the River - Frate
• Shanti - Frate
• Little Coffin - Frate

Cleveland based bassist Darren Frate has spent his career as an educator and a touring musician. We work with him extensively at the music settlement here in Cleveland, but for this performance he assembled a group of northeast Ohio’s best to celebrate the release of his latest album resonance.

Featuring Dave Kasper on saxophone, Seth Johnson on guitar, Darren Frate on electric bass and Dave black on drums, from an April 7th, 2022 performance here’s the Darren Frate Group – Live at the Bop Stop.

This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at the Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio with additional production by Graham Rosen and editing for WOBC and WNPA provided by Dr. Pete Naegele and for our podcast and other affiliates by Shawn Gilbert and Carsen Gilbert at GilAzar Media. 

The Executive Producer is Daniel Peck.

For extended versions of all our shows –our Live at The Bop Stop podcast can be found on your favorite podcast app.

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All music used with permission by Alba Trio.

• I'll Take Care of It - Lehman/Taddeo/Lekhan
• Taddeo and Sons - Lehman/Taddeo/Lekhan
• Sustained - Taddeo
• Tears of Joy - Lekhan
• Le Cre Cirele - Taddeo
• Thumbprints - Lekhan
• Star Ballad - Lehman/Taddeo/Lekhan
• Scoperto - Taddeo
• Belvedere and Payne - Lehman
• Lucky, I Guess - Lekhan

Northeast Ohio based Alba Trio was formed in 2019 to explore the capabilities and the limits of a unique trio arrangement. Consisting of Anthony Taddeo on drums, Tim Lekan on bass and Tommy Lehman on trumpet, the trio released their self-titled debut album, recorded pre-pandemic, earlier this year, and they celebrated the release of that album on our stage.

From a May 15th, 2022 performance it’s Alba Trio – Live at the Bop Stop.

This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at the Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio with additional production by Graham Rosen and editing for WOBC and WNPA provided by Dr. Pete Naegele and for our podcast and other affiliates by Shawn Gilbert and Carsen Gilbert at GilAzar Media. 

The Executive Producer is Daniel Peck.

For extended versions of all our shows –our Live at The Bop Stop podcast can be found on your favorite podcast app.

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All music used with permission by John Dalversa and Tal Cohen.

• Searching But Never Finding - Daversa
• Two Steps Forward - Daversa
• Gentle Giants - Cohen
• Legacy - Cohen
• In Your Own Sweet Way - Brubeck
• I'll Be Seeing You - Fain/Kahal
• Artful Sparring - Daversa/Cohen

John Daversa is a distinguished trumpet-player, composer, arranger, producer, bandleader and educator. He is world-renowned for his virtuosic, dynamic and emotive style of trumpet and EVI playing, along with imaginative, genre-bending compositions and arrangements.

Tal Cohen is a Grammy award winning jazz pianist who has been playing around the Globe with Terence Blanchard, Greg Osby,and Joe Lovano at venues from Detroit to the Sydney Opera House.

This week, these two team up as a duo as John Daversa makes his Bop Stop debut. From a March 11th, 2022 performance, it's John Daversa and Tal Cohen - Live at the Bop Stop.

This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at the Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio with additional production by Graham Rosen and editing for WOBC and WNPA provided by Dr. Pete Naegele and for our podcast and other affiliates by Shawn Gilbert and Carsen Gilbert at GilAzar Media. 

The Executive Producer is Daniel Peck.

For extended versions of all our shows –our Live at The Bop Stop podcast can be found on your favorite podcast app.

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All music used with permission by Jamey Haddad

• Song 1 - 
• Joe Louis - Naragon
• Island Creek - Coleman
• Aquatic - Coleman
• For Those We've Known - Drewes
• Valts #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. His quartet joined us for two nights of sold out shows in December 2021. 

Featuring Brandon Coleman on Guitar, Ben Tweedt on Piano, Eli Naragon on Bass and Jamey Haddad on percussion  here’s the Jamey Haddad Quartet – Live at the Bop Stop.

 This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at the Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio with additional production by Graham Rosen and editing for WOBC and WNPA provided by Dr. Pete Naegele and for our podcast and other affiliates by Shawn Gilbert and Carsen Gilbert at GilAzar Media. 

The Executive Producer is Daniel Peck.

For extended versions of all our shows –our Live at The Bop Stop podcast can be found on your favorite podcast app.

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All music used with permission by Celine Iris and Eddie Handerson

• Love For Sale - Porter
• Moanin' - Golson
• So Near So Far - Davis
• Be Cool - Henderson
• Bluesette - Gimbel/Thielemans
• Misterioso - Monk
• Up Jumped Spring - Ramsey
• Phantoms - Barron
• The Creator Has a Master Plan - Sanders

New York-based jazz vocalist Céline Iris is a recent graduate from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, studying privately with vocalist La Tanya Hall and trumpet player Eddie Henderson. Growing up on swing records from the 1930’s and 40’s, Céline traces her musical roots to traditional jazz. She is also influenced by a wide variety of music, ranging from bebop to funk to classic rock. Fluent in French, Spanish, and English, Céline enjoys using language as a tool to tell a good story, and approaches music as a medium to connect with her audience and fellow musicians.

For this performance, she’s joined by two of jazz’s giants. Dr. Eddie Henderson is a legendary trumpet player who has toured and worked extensively with Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and Art Blakey.

2022 NEA Jazz Master Billy Hart works and tours extensively at universities across America and has served alongside Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery and Jimmy Smith, among others.

With Eli Naragon on bass, Roger Friedman on piano and a hosts of guests on this March 22nd, 2022 performance, it’s Celine Iris, Eddie Henderson and Billy Hart – Live at the Bop Stop.

This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at the Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio with additional production by Graham Rosen and editing for WOBC and WNPA provided by Dr. Pete Naegele and for our podcast and other affiliates by Shawn Gilbert and Carsen Gilbert at GilAzar Media. 

The Executive Producer is Daniel Peck.

For extended versions of all our shows –our Live at The Bop Stop podcast can be found on your favorite podcast app.

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All music used with permission by Mostly Other People Do The Killing

• Three Mile Island - Elliott
• Exeter - Elliott
• Marcus Hook - Elliott
• Boyertown - Elliott
• Wilkes-Barre - Elliott
• Johnstown - Elliott
• Centralia - Elliott
• Dimock - Elliott

New York based Mostly Other People Do The Killing have a, well, cult following in Northeast Ohio and their returns to our stage are always entertaining. Their new recording "Disasters Vol. 1"  is a series of compositions exploring a wide variety of natural and man-made disasters that have befallen small towns in their native Pennsylvania. Recorded during the pandemic Mostly Other People Do The Killing bring their unique, swinging, rollicking sense of musical fun to the proceedings, alternating between tragedy and comedy in a way that a cold Cleveland winter night demands.

Featuring Moppa Elliott on bass, Jon Irabagon on saxophone, Kevin Shea on drums and Peter Evans on trumpet, and from a February 24th, 2022 performance, it's Mostly Other People Do The Killing - Live at the Bop Stop.

This program is recorded at the Robert Conrad Studios at the Bop Stop in Cleveland, Ohio with additional production by Graham Rosen and editing for WOBC and WNPA provided by Dr. Pete Naegele and for our podcast and other affiliates by Shawn Gilbert and Carsen Gilbert at GilAzar Media. 

The Executive Producer is Daniel Peck.

For extended versions of all our shows –our Live at The Bop Stop podcast can be found on your favorite podcast app.

Want to Support The Bop Stop?  Donate here!

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