My Other Girlfriend.

Yesterday I got a call while on my way to work from the sassiest woman in jazz...Sally of Sally's Place, a record shop in Westport, CT.

She was calling to inform me that the new Jim Rotondi album I wanted was in and that she was going to put it in the mail for me (free of shipping charge of course). Upon purchase confirmation, I asked her: "Sally, do you have "Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet?" Now stupid me, I knew she had it but apparently thought I needed to shoot myself in the foot.

Sally quickly shot back "Do I have Cookin'? Are you asking if I have Cookin'? Of course I have Cookin' and you know that I would send it to you without shipping." Of course I knew this, this was Sally I was dealing with, not some FYE amateur. But of course I had to take my lecture from her in always a constant reminder of her supremacy in my music acquiring life.

Sally was true to her word and my CDs soon arrived. She is a doll and one of the most educated people on the jazz scene. She once lectured me about a remark I made about Sonny Rollins (it was a good remark! Apparently not good enough)

She is always quick to give you a little sass and upon my first trip to her store as a gift from my wonderful girlfriend I received my first of many moments of Sally's charm. The nice part about it was the consolation prize was a free Monk album. My girlfriend commented on the car ride home how she is my kindred spirit.

Anyway I want to promote her and her business to you all as probably the best place in CT to get any sort of jazz CDs (amongst every other genre as well).

Here's her info

Sally's Place

She doesn't have much of a Website but check this out.

http://westport.patch.com/listings/sallys-place

Photos III

Sonny Rollins.

Tuesday Album Cover

Power Hours, The Devil, and More.

So many ways to make music effective in your life, I have found power hours to be enjoyable and a great way to show off your CD collection.

Power Hours can be the ultimate mix tape. When you take time to splice together different songs at 60 second intervals you can get pretty creative. I have experienced power hours paying homage to different decades or even the original versions of songs that are sampled by rap and hip hop artists.

Either way you look at it, when you mix beer and music it is always a good time, but every once in a while you need to go above and beyond.

i salute you Power Hour.