Episodes

  • 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 26th, 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 on Bass, Aaron Yanda on Drums and Russ Nolan on sax, it’s the Russ Nolan Quartet – Live at the Bop Stop.

  • 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 program at the University of Akron, he’s arguably the hardest working man in show business.

    So we were lucky to manage to snag his trio for this performance, which features a guest appearance from Cleveland Jazz Orchestra saxophonist Johnny Chochran. Featuring Johnny, in his first Bop Stop appearance in two years, Zaire Darden on Drums, Jordan McBride on Bass and Theron Brown on Piano – and from a December 8th, 2023 performance – it’s the Theron Brown Trio – Featuring Johnny Cochran – Live at the Bop Stop.

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  • 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 examines the impact and after effects of the harm caused by the development of the interstate system within communities in the United States but with a particular focus on Nashville's Northside neighborhood.

    The duo collaborates with some of contemporary jazz's best drummers on tour and on Indivisible including Tommy Crane, Derrek Phillips and Aaaron Smith, whom you'll hear on this performance.

    Featuring Paul Horton on piano and keys, Greg Bryant on Bass and Aaron Smith on Drums, and From October 27th, 2024 it's Concurrence....Live at the Bop Stop

  • 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 Cleveland Jazz Orchestra and the Wedmedyk/Fuoco Duo. He’s also a classically trained pianist who performs frequently with his spouse Christine.

    For this performance, Anthony teams up with trumpeter Garret Folger, and Cleveland drumming legend Carmen Castaldi for an evening performing compositions from all three group members. Garret Folger is a frequent sideman in groups throughout Northeast Ohio and tours globally as a member of Bassel and the Supernaturals, while Carmen Castaldi has five decades of experience working with the likes of Joe Lovano, Bill Perkins, Don Rickles and Sonny Stitt.

    From a September 3rd, 2023 performance, it’s the Fuoco/Folger/Castaldi Trio – Live at the Bop Stop.

  • 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 2018 DownBeat Critics Poll and two Grammy nominations. As a daring pianist, Evans combines raw-edged vigor and left-field nuance into a sound wholly his own.

    This week, on the program, Orrin joined us recently with his trio to celebrate the Bop Stop's ninth anniversary, and we'll present both highlights from that show, along with selections from his prior appearances on the program.

    Featuring Luques Curtis on Bass, Mark Whitfield Junior on drums, and Orrin Evans on Piano, here's the best of the Orrin Evans Trio - Live at the Bop Stop.

  • 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 distinctive grooves. Everyone comes out of a performance with a different favorite song, and I’m always hesitant to put a thumb on the scale, but I’d encourage you to pay attention to a piece in this performance called Eh.

    You’ve heard Dan Bruce on the program before, for his work in Alla Boara, with his Beta Collective project, his guitar duo sessions with Dan Wilson and as part of the larger Third Law Collective. Dan’s collaborators within Ohm are just as noteworthy. Denzel Chismar-Oliver is a multifaceted Pittsburgh based bassist who shares the stage with some of the area’s most prominent musicians. Nathan Douds is the quintessential drummer’s drummer who workS both in orchestras and as the leader of his own seven piece ensemble. To see Nathan Douds play drums is probably a little bit better than just hearing it but there are few who understand how to do more with the subtilties of the kit than Nathan.

    So we hope you enjoy it as much as we did. From an October 1st, 2023 performance, it’s Ohm! – 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 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.

    To reach out directly, email [email protected].

  • 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. Ari is widely noted particularly for his drumming not being relegated to just keeping tempo, or being a side issue to the music he plays in, but rather for elevating drumming as an indispensable part of the performance.

    Ari’s trio joins us for two sold out sets in the midst of a world tour in support of his 2022 release Golden Treasures which features Ari on Drums, Gadi Lehavi on Piano and Ben Tiberio on bass. From July 21st, 2023 here’s the second set of a performance from the Ari Hoenig Trio, 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 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.

    To reach out directly, email [email protected].

    I'm Daniel Peck. Join me again next time... Live at the Bop Stop.



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  • 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 in a variety of musical formats. Later on, in the 70’s, Durán was Chucho Valdés’ chosen successor in Cuba’s most modern big band, Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna.

    Since arriving in Toronto in 1998, Hilario has made a name for himself, he is a multi-Canadian Juno Award winner and nominee; an American Grammy nominee; a multi-Canadian National Jazz Award winner & nominee; and the proud recipient of the 2007 Chico O’Farrill Lifetime Achievement Award, from Latin Jazz USA, for his outstanding contributions to Afro-Cuban Jazz and Latin Jazz.

    This group, Contumbao has an impressive dynamic range of different tempos, tones and moods and features not only Hilario but other heavyweights from the world of Cuban and Canadian Jazz including Yoser Ridriguez on bass, Amhed Mitchel on Drums and Jorge Luis Torres on Percussion. From a July 29th, 2023 sold out performance, here’s the second set of Hilario Duran’s Contumbao – 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 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.

    To reach out directly, email [email protected].

    I'm Daniel Peck. Join me again next time... Live at the Bop Stop.



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  • 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 in the world of creative guitar playing. Based out of Cincinnati, OH, Coleman performs and composes music that is intricate, personal, and cinematic, inspired by his musical idols and his roots in the Appalachian mountains.

    As adept as he is at guitar playing, his work in the producer’s chair shouldn’t go unmentioned, particularly his work with Sam Blakeslee and Wistful Thinking. Brandon’s value at shaping the sound of others is as important as how he shapes his own.

    Featuring Brandon Coleman on Guitar, Matt Wiles on Bass and Jeff Mellot on Drums and from a July 28th, 2023 performance it’s the Brandon Coleman Trio – 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 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.

    To reach out directly, email [email protected].

    I'm Daniel Peck. Join me again next time... Live at the Bop Stop.



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  • 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 lyrical improvisation and his compositions and repertoire reflect his wide range of musical interests, including jazz, gospel, European classical music, Afro-Cuban music, and Brazilian music as you’ll hear here.

    From a July 30th, 2023 performance and featuring Justin Dawson on Bass, Tom Buckley on Drums and Ben Tweedt on Piano, it’s the Ben Tweedt Trio – 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 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.

    To reach out directly, email [email protected].

    I'm Daniel Peck. Join me again next time... Live at the Bop Stop.



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  • 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. Whether he’s performing material from his nine solo albums or leading the New Tomorrow quintet, Shawn’s music challenges audiences and takes chances.

    Shawn’s Quartet joins us for this performance on tour in support of his latest release, Story at Eleven. And also because his beloved White Sox happened to be in town. From an August 6th, 2023 performance, it’s the Shawn Maxwell 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 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.

    To reach out directly, email [email protected].

    I'm Daniel Peck. Join me again next time... Live at the Bop Stop.



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  • 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 Quartet in the midst of a tour that features the works of Keith Jarrett. In it, not only does Jamey talk a bit about Keith’s work but talks a bit about his personal experiences that underpin the pieces featured.

    It doesn’t hurt that the rest of the group is terrific in their own right. Featuring Bobby Selvaggio on Saxophone, Jonah Ferguson on Guitar, Kip Reed on Bass and Jamey Haddad on Drums and Percussion, it’s the Jamey Haddad Quartet playing Keith Jarrett – 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 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.

    To reach out directly, email [email protected].

    I'm Daniel Peck. Join me again next time... Live at the Bop Stop.



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  • 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 pianist Monika Herzig and vocalist Janiece Jaffe. The project – produced as a collaborative in the summer of 2020 amidst the COVID epidemic, resulted in an album of Joni Mitchell standards arranged with a jazz twist.

    Shortly after the debut of the results of this project in Indianapolis in 2021 Janice Jaffe passed unexpectedly. But New York based vocalist Alexis Cole stepped in to help ensure the vision of this project reached fruition.

    This performance, part of a larger US and European tour – features Monika Herzig on piano, Peter Kinele on guitar, Cassius Goens on drums, Gina Schwarz on bass and Alexis Cole on vocals, and from a September 7th, 2023 performance it’s Monika Herzig and Alexis Cole performing Both Sides of Joni – 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 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.

    To reach out directly, email [email protected].

    I'm Daniel Peck. Join me again next time... Live at the Bop Stop.



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  • 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 stage, it was a must attend for me. And they didn’t disappoint.

    Todd Marcus’ straight-ahead bass clarinet playing has carved out a unique voice for the instrument in modern jazz. His music swings hard with both a fiery and introspective intensity but also maintains a strong lyrical sensibility. Marcus’ compositions draw largely on straight-ahead jazz and classical influences but over recent years have also increasingly explored the Middle-Eastern sounds from his Egyptian-American heritage.

    But wait, there’s more! Todd is joined by Toronto based clarinetist Virginia MacDonald. A lauded clarinetist in her own right, Virginia has performed and composed on over a dozen Juno Award winning albums and helps lead the Canadian Jazz Collective.

    Featuring Eric Kennedy on Drums, Steven Arnold on Bass, Hannah Mayer on Piano, Virginia MacDonald on Clarinet and Todd Marcus on Bass Clarinet, from July 12th, 2023, it’s the Todd Marcus Quintet featuring Virginia MacDonald – 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 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.

    To reach out directly, email [email protected].

    I'm Daniel Peck. Join me again next time... Live at the Bop Stop.



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  • 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 York City based Natalie Cressman is a singer/songwriter and trombonist who draws inspiration from a vast array of deep and powerful musical currents. She released her 5th album in April 2019, this time in collaboration with Brazilian composer, guitarist and vocalist Ian Faquini.

    Drawing from impressionism, jazz, and the great Brazilian songwriting tradition, Setting Rays of Summer is a ten-track collection of original material featuring compositions in three different languages: Portuguese, English and French. With the warm instrumentation of acoustic guitar and trombone alongside two-part vocal harmonies hugging the Brazilian-accented Portuguese, Cressman & Faquini weave their musical voices together to create a fully orchestrated sound befitting a much larger ensemble, and you’ll hear much of that material on this program.

    From September 8th, 2023 it’s Natalie Cressman and Ian Faquini – 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 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.

    To reach out directly, email [email protected].

    I'm Daniel Peck. Join me again next time... Live at the Bop Stop.



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  • 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 musical traditions to deliver a sound that feels fresh but familiar to listeners from all around the world.

    This August 24th, 2023 performance celebrated the release of his debut album Introspectiva which is a set of arrangements that amalgamate Jazz, Rock and some Latin American classics.

    Featuring Anthony Taddeo on Drums, Kip Reed on Bass, Grant Heineman on Keys, Ronnell Regis on Saxophone and Ricardo ViveroMorales on guitar, and presented courtesy of the Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center It’s Ricardo Vivero Morales – 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 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.

    To reach out directly, email [email protected].

    I'm Daniel Peck. Join me again next time... Live at the Bop Stop.



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  • 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 guitar duo jam sessions were commonplace.

    They’re a little bit less common in Cleveland – so we knew we were in for a special night when he teamed up with Akron native – Joey DeFrancesco touring guitarist and Mack Avenue Records recording artist Dan Wilson for a night of two guitarist doing what they do best. We know this because the first performance we aired during Season Three of the program was so good, they came back and performed for us, and for you, again.

    From a sold out show on July 1st, 2023 here are Dan Bruce and Dan Wilson – 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 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.

    To reach out directly, email [email protected].

    I'm Daniel Peck. Join me again next time... Live at the Bop Stop.



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  • 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 willingness to be musically spontaneous on stage, he brings highly personal and engaging style of improvisation to ensembles as you’ll hear in this performance in support of his latest release, Pixel.

    Both Keigo and Bassist Eddie Brookshire made the trek up from Dayton for this performance and were joined by Reggie Jackson on drums. From August 17th, 2023, it’s the Keigo Hirakawa Trio, 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 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.

    To reach out directly, email [email protected].

    I'm Daniel Peck. Join me again next time... Live at the Bop Stop.



    Want to Support The Bop Stop? Donate here!

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  • 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 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, Spain or Brazil.

    Washington DC native Alex Hamburger is an outstanding flutist and vocalist who appears here in support of her 2023 release What If? Fresh off of performances in Switzerland and Uruguay, Alex leads the second set of this July 9th 2023 performance.

    Featuring Alex Hamburger on flute and drums, Jose Luiz Martins on Piano, Kip Reed on Bass, Gabe Jones on Drums, and Patrick Duke Graney on Drums, it’s a double bill and here’s the second set from it featuring the Patrick Duke Graney 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 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.

    To reach out directly, email [email protected].

    I'm Daniel Peck. Join me again next time... Live at the Bop Stop.



    Want to Support The Bop Stop? Donate here!

    Contact us here





  • 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, Spain or Brazil.

    Washington DC native Alex Hamburger is an outstanding flutist and vocalist who appears here in support of her 2023 release What If? Fresh off of performances in Switzerland and Uruguay, Alex leads the second set of this July 9th 2023 performance.

    Featuring Alex Hamburger on flute and drums, Jose Luiz Martins on Piano, Kip Reed on Bass, Gabe Jones on Drums, and Patrick Duke Graney on Drums, it’s a double bill and here’s the first set from it featuring the Patrick Duke Graney 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 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.

    To reach out directly, email [email protected].

    I'm Daniel Peck. Join me again next time... Live at the Bop Stop.



    Want to Support The Bop Stop? Donate here!

    Contact us here