Mohawk Valley Spotlight: Lynne Mishalanie & Utica Monday Nite

By PJ MALIN

Like a wizard stepping out from behind a curtain, Lynne Mishalanie and her band, Jazz Garden, made a rare appearance recently on a Utica Monday Nite.
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Mishalanie, the founder-promoter-director-bill payer and so on, for Utica Monday Nite, normally keeps a low profile out of necessity while running the eight-week long extravaganza. But in the glowing sunset on June 8, there was Mishalanie belting out a number of tunes accompanied by her sister, her cousin and several friends who comprise Jazz Garden.

She sang a number of old standards, such as “London Town,” “Lover Man (Where Can You Be?)”, and “Come Rain or Come Shine.” But she was at her irrepressible best when she crooned to Van Morrison’s “Moondance.”

Even if it wasn’t October and the leaves aren’t falling, she couldn’t have picked a more “marvelous” night to bring a mellow crowd to King Street Plaza in front of Thornberry’s Restaurant.

In addition, she unveiled one of her own compositions, “Freefall.”

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