Best GilAzar Media Podcasts (2025)

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Live at the Bop Stop - Haddad/Coles/Ashby/Shannon 58:00

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This performance used with permission from Jamey Haddad. Jamey Haddad holds a singular position in the world of jazz and contemporary music. Haddad’s musical voice transcends styles and trends, and the universal quality of his playing has attracted many international collaborations with artists including Yo-Yo Ma, Paul Simon, and Sting. Jamey is a …

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Live at the Bop Stop - Chandler Carpenter Quartet 58:08

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This performance used with permission from Chandler Carpenter. Chandler Carpenter’s diverse musical upbringing has resulted in a genre bending style that is evident in his performance style and original compositions as you’ll hear today. He leads many projects including his own Trio and Quartet playing original compositions and arrangements of song…

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Live at the Bop Stop - Jake and John Hart 57:30

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This performance used with permission from Jake and John Hart John Hart is a veteran guitarist with over 30 years of experience on the New York City jazz scene, with ten releases as a bandleader and over 100 appearances as a sideman. Jake Hart is an award-winning emerging pianist whose 2024 debut Collage features a 56-minute solo piano performance.…

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Live at the Bop Stop - Dan Weiss Presents: Even Odds 58:19

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This performance used with permission from Dan Weiss. Three time Shifting Foundation grantee Dan Weiss has been hailed as one of the top five jazz drummers by The New York Times, and his large ensemble recording “Fourteen” made the top ten list of their best recordings of 2014. Weiss’s innovative drumming and forward-thinking compositions have been…

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Live at the Bop Stop - Zakk Jones Trio 58:01

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This performance used with permission from Zakk Jones. Columbus, Ohio based guitarist Zakk Jones is a pre-eminent educator. At Capital University he leads one of the nation’s oldest collegiate jazz programs along with the school’s big band. In his spare time he hosts the ‘Beyond the Frets’ podcast. His guitar trio, which you’ll hear here, has been …

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Live at the Bop Stop - Daniel Meron 58:03

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This performance used with permission from Daniel Meron New York City based composer and pianist Daniel Meron brought his trio to Clevland to debut pieces from his 2024 Pinch Records based release Pendulum. Over the past decade Meron has established himself as a prominent figure in the modern jazz scene releasing four critically acclaimed albums, a…

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Live at the Bop Stop - Theron Brown Trio 58:13

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This performance used with permission from Theron Brown. If you’re a frequent lister to this program we mention often that Theron Brown is the hardest working performer in show business. From his work as Artistic Director with the I Promise School to his role overseeing the annual Rubber City Jazz and Blues Festival, Theron is intimately involved w…

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Live at the Bop Stop - Mitchell Galligan Trio 58:02

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When Denver native and Oberlin Conservatory graduate Mitchell Galligan sits down behind a Hammond B3, people take notice. One of the best young piano and organ players to cross our path in quite some time, Mitchell has performed alongside some of the legends of jazz including Billy Hart, Eddie Henderson and Jamey Haddad. This sold out trio performa…

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Live at the Bop Stop - Aidan Plank Presents the Music of Lyle Mays 58:00

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This performance used with permission from Aidan Plank. While Lyle Mays was widely known for his work with Pat Metheny, his solo work has warranted considerably less attention. In this performance, Northeast Ohio based bassist Aiden Plank enlisted performers from the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra and musicians from around the area to explore and perform…

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Live at the Bop Stop - Stephane Wrembel 58:02

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This performance used with permission from Stephane Wrembel If you’re a fan of Gypsy Jazz, or are in tune with the extensive legacy of Django Reinhart, then Stephane Wrembel likely needs no introduction. But if you’re new to the genre you’ll be impressed with Stephane Wrembel’s extensive list of accomplishments and his gifts. His original compositi…

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Live at the Bop Stop - ENCORE - Aaron Parks 57:38

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As we gear up for Season 17 of our program, please enjoy an encore performance from pianist Aaron Parks. Aaron Parks is one of contemporary jazz’s most forward thinking and creative pianists. From his work with Terrance Blanchard to his four lauded releases as either a band leader or as a solo pianist, Aaron Parks earns accolades from The New York …

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Live at the Bop Stop - Canadian Jazz Collective 57:39

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Driven by the cause of the development and showcasing of uniquely Canadian Jazz compositions, the Canadian Jazz Collective features a dozen JUNO Awards across the group – and another nomination for their 2023 album SEPTOLOGY. This performance is the first US appearance from the full collective and it features Kirk MacDonald on Saxophone, Derrick Ga…

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Coleman Rose Sextet 57:39

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When he isn’t touring the country as a member of the free jazz collective ‘The Music Quintet’ Coleman Rose makes time as a performer and composer in the Sonny Rollins Ensemble at Oberlin College. Well equipped to live and work in both free and traditional jazz, Coleman showcases the latter here in this sextet featuring works by Wayne Shorter, Canno…

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Alex Hamburger 57:39

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Washington DC Native Alex Hamburger is an outstanding flutist and vocalist who makes a return appearance here in support of her 2023 release What If? Featuring Alex on Flute and Vocals, Jose Luiz Martins on Piano, Kip Reed on Bass, Gabe Jones on Drums and Patrick Duke Graney on Percussion, and from a March 10th, 2024 performance, it’s Alex Hamburge…

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John Petrucelli Farewell Show 57:39

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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 The Uptown Jazz Orchestra In New Orleans, John Mixes These Influences Into A Powerful Sound. John Spent Two Years…

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Sammy De Leon y Su Orquestra 57:39

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Regarded as one of the most renowned leaders and percussionists of our time, Sammy Deleon has transcended genre, style and class into a 40+ year musical career which revels in rich influences from the 70s to the present. Deleon has fronted his own band for 27+ years becoming a staple of the Latin music scene gaining popularity for his irresistible,…

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Andrew Haug Quartet 57:39

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Cincinnati native and New York based Andrew Haug has a compositional style best described by fellow musicians as “honest and thoughtful, beautiful yet energetic, with a hint of mysteriousness and darkness.” Bassist Ben Tiberio has spent his twenties lending a crucial voice to the upper echelons of New York City’s vibrant jazz scene. Ben’s bass play…

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Jeremy McCabe Group 57:31

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Equally at home and adept at both straight ahead and free jazz, Cleveland based drummer Jeremy McCabe has served as an up and coming sideman in Northeast Ohio for the past five years. For this performance he steps into the limelight as bandleader for two sets that feature everything from Herbie Hancock to Radiohead to Frank Zappa. Performing as a s…

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Keigo Hirakawa Trio 57:31

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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…

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Andy Bianco Trio 57:31

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New York City based jazz artist/composer/educator/advocate Andy Bianco has performed with Kandace Springs, Bob Moses and Deborah Cox. When he’s not busy touring, he’s an educator and an advocate through the establishment of scholarships through the Phillip Bianco Memorial Scholarship Fund. He took time out of teaching at the New York Jazz Workshop …

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Moises Borges and Ava Preston 57:31

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Moises Borges takes pride in delighting audiences with influences born from Brazilian rhythms. Experimenting with bolero, baiao, frevo, and forro he performs both as a solo act and with musicians throughout Northeast Ohio. An eleven time Downbeat Student Music Award winner, Ava’s vocal abilities will very quickly become apparent for those of you wh…

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Nate Yingling and Friends 1:05:16

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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 b…

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Altin Sencalar 1:00:06

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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, an…

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Oz Noy 57:31

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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 A…

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Live at the Bop Stop's Best of 2024 1:57:28

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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 Abo…