Lucy
Komisar
| "Bonnie Lee Sanders is fanciful and moody at Pescatore cabaret"
Cabaret singer/song-writer Bonnie Lee Sanders is fanciful and moody. She begins rather optimistically at the second-floor cabaret at Pescatore on Second Avenue singing "Spring is Here," but then moves into musical angst, of loves that are gone. She creates an ambiance with songs you haven't heard before. They are dark, sometimes French. Of course, you note a Piaff inspiration. Sanders is inventive, not slick or predictable. I especially liked her "My Tommy, My Bobby And Me" and "Broadway Moon" – both her own smart lyrics She is good at adding accents to create an attitude. She does a nice bit of Billy Holiday with a slightly southern inflection and brings a western nuance to her nostalgic "Old Montauk," about the east end of Long Island. Comin' home from work at night And the sky is out of sight
That's when I dream of old Montauk Where the sea-swept cliffs at dawn In another mood, her "Fever" is jazzy and sultry, with a touch of sweet elegance. Smooth accompaniment is provided by Tom Spahn at keyboard and Bob Desjardins on bass. The cabaret occurs above the main room of Pescatore, an Italian restaurant on Second Avenue at 51st Street.
I liked the Chilean sea bass delicately set on a bed of Farro, which is similar to lentils. And the Orvieto was perfect, fruity. It's so nice to get wine by the glass beyond the by-now boring selections every restaurant offers. Nothing was boring about this evening. About Bonnie Lee Sanders http://www.wizzdom.net/bonnie_lee.htm
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