{"id":12611,"date":"2012-04-10T11:01:10","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T15:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opticality.com\/blog\/?p=12611"},"modified":"2012-04-10T11:02:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-10T15:02:38","slug":"elizabeth-and-the-catapult-at-the-standard-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/10\/elizabeth-and-the-catapult-at-the-standard-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth and the Catapult at The Standard Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elizabeth and the Catapult<\/a> opened a show at The Standard Hotel<\/a> last night. Well, to be honest, there were no catapult<\/em> in sight, so let\u2019s also give credit to her as a solo artist, Elizabeth Ziman<\/a>. She mentioned that last night was her first-ever solo show. A bit hard to believe, but I have no evidence to refute that, so let\u2019s go with it.<\/p>\n

\"ElizabethZimanPreShowPose\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a bit hard to believe that we\u2019ve only seen Elizabeth and the Catapult (E&TC) once before. That was 2.5 years ago, when they co-billed with The Paper Raincoat<\/a> for TPR\u2019s CD Release show at Joe\u2019s Pub<\/a>. Here\u2019s what I had to say about Elizabeth that night:<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Ziman<\/a> is the heart and soul of the group. She has an absolutely extraordinary voice, completely captivating. She plays the piano exceptionally well. She played accordion (well) on one number, and guitar on one other number. Still, even though her piano skills are top notch, it\u2019s the voice, the voice, seriously, it\u2019s the voice!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Every word I said then was true last night (except that she didn\u2019t play an accordion). That said, without any other instruments supporting her, I might tone down the last sentence and tone up the piano skills to mesmerizing<\/strong>. The voice was a good as I remembered it (so I don\u2019t mean to downgrade it), but the piano (actually an electronic keyboard) was an equal match.<\/p>\n

\"ElizabethZiman\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In the opening number, Elizabeth\u2019s fingers were in a constant wave of motion up and down the keyboard throughout the song. This wasn\u2019t just chords, nor constant lead (melody) either, but an actual wave (like you might see going on at a sports stadium). Fast, silky smooth and to repeat myself, mesmerizing.<\/p>\n

Later in the set she played a piece where the piano was straight out of an extraordinary classical piano concerto, yet she was singing jazz-like vocals\/melody over it. Wildly impressive piano play and a cool song to boot.<\/p>\n

Sorry about the quality of this shot, it\u2019s the only one we have of her playing the guitar:<\/p>\n

\"ElizabethZimanGuitar\"<\/a><\/p>\n

She opened the show with Thank You for Nothing. I loved the entire song, and all of the lyrics, but I promised myself I\u2019d remember the following lines (and I did!):<\/p>\n

Thank you for loving me
\nThank you for leaving<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I won\u2019t be able to name the rest of the songs. Not only didn\u2019t Elizabeth have a set list, she seemed to change her mind early on and decided to play a few new songs, including one on acoustic guitar. She also played a cover of a new Greg Laswell number (beautiful song, performed equally well). Elizabeth is opening for Greg on his upcoming tour (starting in about a month).<\/span><\/p>\n

Like I said above, it\u2019s a little surprising that it\u2019s taken this long to catch another E&TC show, even though technically, we caught an E show last night. I won\u2019t let that happen over the next 2.5 years\u2026<\/p>\n

As you can see in some of the photos, the space itself is quite magical. I\u2019ll spend a few more words on that in the next post.<\/p>\n

In addition to Lois capturing photos during her performance, Manish Gosalia<\/a> was right to her left snapping away throughout the set. It seemed only fair for one photographer (with the toy camera) to capture the other one (the professional) with the performer. \"Smile\"<\/p>\n

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