Band,
Jazz
This hard bop quintet was founded by drummer Danny D'Imperio, taking its name from the nickname for the Royal Roost, a popular Manhattan jazz club of the late 1940s. After a legal issue with the pompous Metropolitan Opera, which considered the name to be an infringement of their copyright, the group was renamed The Bopera House. It disbanded around the time that trumpeter John Marshall left to take a position with the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany.
![]() | John Marshall tr, fh *1952 US |
![]() | Dan D'Imperio dr |
![]() | Dave Shapiro b |
![]() | Gary Pribek ts, as, fl |
![]() | Tardo Hammer p US |
Track list and 30sec audio provided by
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Formidable | The Metropolitan Bopera House | 1987 | Album |
Still Comin' On Up | The Metropolitan Bopera House | 1986 | Album |
The Boperators Jazz Band |