A Night of Jazz and Joy: Boots and Cats and Boots and Cats Bring Live Music to the WZLY Airwaves

Concert Coverage
Written By Elizabeth Greer

By Kaurvaki Bajpai ‘27

On November 14, WZLY’s Music Director Committee hosted the inaugural “MD Hour: Live From the Studio” featuring the Boots and Cats and Boots and Cats, a BlueJazz Combo consisting of students from Wellesley and Olin.

  • Angelica Mendoza-Garcia on Vocal 

  • Darian Jimenez on Electric Bass

  • Victoria Huang on Flute

  • Lila Cooper on Drums

  • Vera Kim on Violin

  • Mark Hamilton, Director and Trombone

Boots and Cats and Boots and Cats did a spectacular job. Their skill and passion was clear from the very beginning. Josie Kim ‘29 described the experience as, “At once excited, but kind of calm as well. The smoothness and ease… casual fun yet extremely polished.” 

Everyone: sitting, standing, cheering, clapping… were in awe of the mesmerizing sounds and rhythms of the night.

The BlueJazz combo played a variety of music and in various languages like Portuguese and French.

The setlist included…

  • Red Baron by Billy Cobham

  • Autumn Leaves by Joseph Kosma, arranged by Mark Hamilton

  • Fee Fi Fo Fum by Wayne Shorter

  • Essa Moça Tá Diferente by Chico Buarque, adapted from a version by Roberta Sá 

  • All About Ronnie by Joe Greene

  • The Chicken by Pee Wee Ellis

Violeta Salazar ‘28 shared, “I love live music, and I think it’s a very stressful time in the world and at school, and it’s good to have a community-wide event centered around the arts.” MD Hour’s live music event was a huge success. Stay tuned for more in the future! 

Elizabeth Greer
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