Ice clinked in a cocktail shaker behind the bar and forks scraped plates over the chatter of a Thursday night dinner crowd at The Roads Bistro in Virginia Beach.
Standing up front on a cramped stage, the jazz singer flipped her hair and leaned close to the microphone. Her voice was soft and low: “I don’t know if you were expecting music tonight.”
Chloe Youtsey started snapping her fingers. The band picked up the rhythm and began to play a jazz standard, “I’ll Remember April.” Leaning back, she closed her eyes to sing: “This lovely day will lengthen into evening / We’ll sigh goodbye to all we’ve ever had …”…