The Wooten Brothers

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Rooms go quiet in a particular way when musicians who have played together since childhood start doing the thing where nobody appears to be leading. Four brothers, raised as a band before any of them were old enough to choose it, one of whom is routinely named among the best bass players alive by people who do not hand out that phrase lightly. What you are actually buying a ticket for is the interplay - the moment a groove shifts underneath itself and every one of them lands on the far side together without a glance. Bring somebody who plays an instrument; they will not recover. Worth knowing: this is a listening crowd, not a dancing one, and the good spots are the ones with a sightline to the hands. A Sunday evening in mid-December, when the rest of the city is doing Christmas errands. Seventh Street, downtown.