Kris Bowers at Bohemian Caverns

At 25, Kris Bowers is rather expected to infuse his jazz pianism with the hip-hop and R&B he grew up with. And indeed, his quartet set at Bohemian Caverns on Friday night was anything but straight-ahead jazz. But Bowers's taste and knowledge run deeper than his childhood; so convincing were the heavy funk, quiet storm and even modern rock stylings in the music that this writer was moved to Google Bowers's age in the middle of the set. Surely, it seemed, this was a child of the '80s.