Ah, the magic of outdoor jazz

Finally, something we could agree was outstanding. The Wachovia Jazz Series at Spoleto presents, if the weather cooperates, its jazz performers outdoors at the Cistern on the College of Charleston campus. We've enjoyed the performances we've seen here since we first came to Spoleto. Tonight's Paula West presentation was as excellent as the ones we've seen before. What a voice! What a setting! And even though as seems to happen more often these days, there are idiots who will sit there and talk through even the sensitive songs, as if they were still at home in their bleeping living rooms, it was magical, as it often is. Definitely the highlight to this point in the 2008 stay.