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COOKIN'

We have seen/heard Barbara Cook sing a few times. The first was at the old Carousel Lounge in the Copley Plaza in Boston.

It was a weird room. The center was round and revolved. They blacked the room out and Cook had to enter, then navigate the roundtable and make it to the stage while doing 'Sing a song with me'. It was a thrill to hear the voice out of the dark. One immediately forgot the acrobatics required.

We last heard her here at a big benefit, across a big tented room. The thrill was the same.

Now, she is at the Café Carlyle in New York City, the room that Bobby Short owned. At 77, she apparently can still hold the room and the critics hostage. She is a great talent.