Winter Seed Catalog Moon
To the Dakota tonight with my sweetie. Warren and Sheryl attended this KBEM event, too. The featured performers Charmin and Shapira are an improbable match. He, Shapira, looks like a televangelist who maybe slipped along the line, and plays the guitar at times like Jimmy Hendrix. At other times like a piano. He’s subtle and smooth.
Charmin could be a smaller Billy Holliday with a great range and soulful tone that comes out easily. She sang standards, a nice piece by Thelonius Monk and another I imagine was part of Gershwin’s songbook.
They were backed up a trio with a tenor sax, bass and drums. All of the musicians were excellent. I have a special fondness for the dreamy riffs that come from the saxophone and this guy was good.
The Dakota is a local treasure, a Minnesota Treasure, like the Japanese National Treasure’s. They put out quality food and music.
The wind, must have been 10 mph or so, blasted us as we left and the below or right at zero reading made for punishment. Glad to get to the car.
