Sep 11, 2023
All music used with permission by Aiden Plank and Carmen Castaldi
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Circles Around a Pillar - Castaldi
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Everywhere and All The Time - Castaldi
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Forgiveness Is Still - Castaldi
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Song 4 - Castaldi
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Song 5 - Castaldi
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Song 6 - Castaldi
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Single Reverse - Castaldi
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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.
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