Downstairs Kate Taylor-Mighty, Rollo Tomasi Quartet,
Melissa Weikart
Upstairs – The Chicken Slacks
Though originally a four band
bill, Kate Taylor-Mighty made her Bohemia debut followed by one of the Bohemian
favorites, Rollo Tomasi Quartet. The
name Rollo Tomasi, of course, is the invisible assassin from the 1997 film L.A.
Confidential and Boston’s RTQ pretty much has a residency monthly at the club
under the Cantab and the group’s jazz-inspired rock has become popular in
Central Square. This writer has caught
them on many occasion but was only able to catch the third and final act.
It was an evening of pop with
heavy cosmic jazz influence as Melissa Weikart brought a dreamy sound into the Club
Bohemia cavern that is usually noisy and loud.
With Adam Tuch predominant with his smooth and inviting keyboards over
Zach King’s drums and Devon Hurt’s bass, Weikart played to a substantial and
appreciative crowd on a beautiful Thursday night in Central Square.
The diva’s voice reached
amazing heights over Matt Okun’s liquid guitar strums with bass, drums and keys
all generating a symphonic, airy bit of mystery, embracing Weikart’s lyric in a
pleasant and entertaining way. Engaging
renditions of her “Our Room,” White Dress,” “New Normal” and “Broken Records” gave
way to Weikart sitting down at Tuch’s piano to perform solo. “Unconventional, but it’s happening” she
noted as they were able to get the stand-up microphone at the right height for “Humans.” The solo material, in particular, seem
perfect for a new Twilight Zone, odd piano sounds and a vocal sound that went
contrary to the notes she plucked off of the keyboard, quite difficult to pull
off. The audience, all the tables and chairs
filled, but still intimate, kept quiet during the solo portion. Pure artistry at play and a very welcome
change of pace for our cellar full of noise in the cavern under Massachusetts
Ave.
Chicken Slacks upstairs were
downright frighteningly good with a more than average rowdy crowd stomping to
pure rhythm and blues. This writer gets
to see the Slacks almost every week, but this night, April 27, was more intense
than usual. The club was getting filled
to capacity and the room and floor were shaking…with a line of more people
outside. I snapped one video which
captured the craziness, but had to get out of Dodge as it was, “just too many
people” (thank you, Melissa Manchester) for me at midnight…had to get home to catch
the last part of Perry Mason. (Joe Viglione)
iPhone video Mary Weikart 4 27 17 IMG 1168
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