Venuti was one of the earliest jazz violinist and his recordings with virtuoso guitarist Eddie Lang directly inspired the Django-Grapelli collaboration. Venuti was an indefatigable session musician and recorded with a raft of my favorite 20s/30s artists, including the Boswell Sisters and Bing Crosby.
This is a precious concert memory…seeing the legendary Joe Venuti gig at an intimate club in the Orlando area. This may be the venue pictured in the Wikipedia article, the Village Jazz Lounge. He died 6 months later.
