TWO giants of the north east jazz scene play the music of hot club jazz pioneers Venuti and Lang in an evening of virtuosic guitar and violin.

James Birkett and Emma Fisk bring together their shared knowledge and love of early jazz styles at Levens Village Institute, next Thursday, November 22 (8pm), celebrating the music of Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang, who pioneered hot violin and guitar jazz in the 1920s and 30s until cut short by Lang’s untimely death in 1933. Tickets on 015395-60534.