the manhattan transfer

This recent visit to New York City was full of music, and a good portion of it was nothing but legendary tunes. The first serve came from no other than Bettye LaVette, who was celebrating her fifty years on stage. She was in incredibly good shape, and her dramatic voice was tremendously moving.

Colin Stetson provided a solid performance at The Bitter End; there is no question about his extraordinary lungs.

The last part of our Saturday evening was coronated by the great Macy Gray, who delivered a fabulous show at The Iridium club, together with David Murray's big band.

Roger Hodgson -the voice of Supertramp- played on Sunday and he sounded as clear as if we were back in the late 70s. Hits like "Dreamer" or "Breakfast in America" made this gig at the City Winery a memorable one. 

After a refreshing bottle of Gramona cava, Momofuku Ko was waiting for us to enjoy our best meal in town. Joshua took care for us through an extremely well done menu which included Shigoku oysters from Washington state, caviar from Illinois or txakolí from Euskadi.

Back in Ontarian territories, this month of January kept its musical interest with some additional back-to-the-past moments, even if not that far away. All the way from Seattle, Matt Cameron's primary band rocked Toronto. Soundgarden proved to be real grunge heroes. Dinner at Momofuku Daisho afterwards was a nice ending, but far away from the Ko superb show in Manhattan.

Two days ago, January 29, it was Nelly Furtado, all the way from Victoria (BC), playing her cavaquinho at Centre In The Square. A really different show from the one I saw with Lynn during a sunny afternoon in Glastonbury nine years ago...