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BOP STOP
BOP STOP at The Music Settlement is Cleveland's premier listening room: an intimate, acoustically pristine performance venue with sweeping views of Lake Erie.
June 12 from 8:00pm - 9:15pm
Howie Smith and Chip Stephens have maintained personal and musical contacts since Chip’s studies at CSU, and during the past 14 years they have played together on concerts with Jazz Sextet: the Champaign Connection. This is their first performance as a duo. The two perform a livestreamed concert in front of a limited audience!
To access the stream, visit BOP STOP's Facebook page at showtime. Accessing the stream is free but donations are encouraged and appreciated. They can be made here: https://givebutter.com/HowieAndChip
In addition, we have a very limited number of tables available to attend the show in person. Ticket buyers must purchase an entire table and each table seats up to four guests. The BOP STOP bar will be open and small snacks will be available. Feel free to bring your own food. Masks required.
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Howie Smith has presented concerts and workshops throughout the United States, Canada, South America, Europe and Australia, and has worked with musicians, composers and ensembles as varied as Lester Bowie, Anthony Braxton, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Gary Burton, John Cage, Dizzy Gillespie, Mark Dresser, Tony Oxley, Elvis Presley, Pauline Oliveros, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, and the Tone Road Ramblers. His recorded performances are equally diverse and his catalogue of compositions includes works for conventional big bands and combos; for string, wind and percussion ensembles; for electronics; and for mixed media. Smith is a Professor Emeritus at Cleveland State University, where he was the coordinator of jazz studies from 1979 to 2006 and served as chair of the Art Department from 2003 to 2007. He has been associated with Yamaha as an artist/clinician since 1971.
Jazz pianist and native Ohioan Chip Stephens has performed on numerous Grammy and Emmy Award winning recordings. Sought after for his hard-swinging, powerful and lyrical pianism, Stephens can be heard on nearly 80 records and compact discs as a sideman and band leader. He has performed on 4 continents with some of the most prestigious names in jazz and his performing credits are many and include: Eden Atwood, Michael Brecker, Jerry Brown, Kenny Burrell, John Fedchock, Maynard Ferguson, Curtis Fuller, George Garzone, Greg Gisbert, Benny Golson, The Woody Herman Orchestra, Charlie Haden, Conrad Herwig, Milt Hinton, Red Holloway, Denise Irwin, Javon Jackson, Ingrid Jensen, Randy Johnston, Steve Kirby, Bill Kirchner, Ernie Krivda, Ralph Lalama, Tony Leonardi, Joe Lovano, Charles McPherson, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Keith Oxman, Tito Puente, Nelson Rangell, Arturo Sandoval, Bobby Shew, Frank Sinatra Jr., Howie Smith, Clark Terry, Frank Tiberi, Roseanna Vitro, The Jim Widner Big Band and Glenn Wilson. He has a BM degree from the University of Akron and an MM from Cleveland State University. He is currently a full professor of Jazz Piano at the University of Illinois.
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