Music is timeless. Be it Bach or Beethoven, Gilbert and Sullivan, Lennon and McCartney, Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti. If it delivered the goods then, then, as sure as Cox made Orange Pippins, it's a fair bet the appeal won't have diminished.
It was the latter duo who took centre stage at this increasingly popular monthly lunchtime venue. In the more than capable hands of Emma Fisk and James Birkett the duo recreated the music of Lang and Venuti who were, in my opinion, the undisputed first great jazz stringsters and, today, Fisk and Birkett are surely comparable with any other duo working the same side of the street.
The sold out room, judging by their applause, concurred.
A mix of standards, Venuti/Lang quirky titled originals plus a composition by Birkett - Eddie's Lament - made for a varied programme by two players at the top of their game.
It was pure magic. Lance
Sunday; Cheese and Crackers; Sunshine; Eddie's Lament; Sweet Georgia Brown; Black and Blue Bottom; Hiawatha's Lullaby; A Little Love, a Little Kiss/Pardon me Pretty Baby; Kickin' the Cat; Someone to Watch Over me; Ragging the Scale.
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