Monday Rant: Very Jazzy

I was at Stone Villa Winery yesterday for yet another family venture. I distinctly recall the last time I was at Stone Villa by the way I felt the following morning. I wasn't in position to drive during the last visit which enabled me to take a few liberties in the wine I tried. This time I was doing much of the driving and had to remain in control.

A couple family members enjoy following a local jazz quartet and Stone Villa is one of the places in which they frequently play. This explains why we go to the winery on multiple occasions. 

While sitting on the winery's patio I recognized a few jazz standards that I enjoy listening to and thought to myself how I'd really love it if I was doing the very same thing at a local brewery. Luckily, we have a really cool place here in Pittsburgh that has jazz nights on Sundays in James Street Gastropub and Speakeasy.

I really want to make it back to James Street on these nights. It's really been a while. The last time I was there doing a jazz report for a college class. We're coming up on it being two years/ James Street has both jazz and great beer covered as it features a ton of local craft offerings.

I know I'm probably going out on a limb here, but I'd love to see a little more jazz infusion around town. It would be cool to hear some more Take Five by Dave Brubeck and slower versions of Traffic's The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys like I did yesterday at the winery.

I want to get out to the new Rivertowne brewery to see the set-up out that way. Penn Brewery on the North Shore has an excellent beer garden for some jazz concerts. Hell, I'd even come down to James Street to meet you on a Jazz night as I don't know any people that are as interested in Jazz as I am (I'm very far from an expert, though).