Tammy and I enjoyed The New Standards Valentine’s Concert at The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis tonight. The emcee introduced this as a hopeful first show to become a tradition for Valentine’s day. We’ve seen The New Standards so many times and we’ve even seen them at the Woman’s Club, however it was in the theater and this was a more intimate setting in the dining room. The performance was good but the sound was a bit lacking. I felt the speakers and amplification was too small for the room, and I didn’t see a sound person working the dials. It also seemed like Chan was “off” in some way, he wasn’t his typical witty self.

Jazz trio performing in an ornate dining room bathed in purple light, with a double bass player standing center stage and seated guests at candlelit tables.Table 31 reserved for Thingelstad at a candlelit dinner event with two platters of crackers nuts and chocolate-dipped treats and a red rose vase