I am not aware of any meaningful relationship between sausages and jazz. I do, on the other hand, have a strong association between the sort of mass-produced sausage that has been charred to near extinction on a barbecue and jazz that is being played at the same event with brash over-enthusiasm or dull ineptitude. In other words, both jazz and sausages can be indifferent, leaving a dull nagging desire for something better at the end of an evening.

Tuesday night at the Big Bang Restaurant, on Walton Street, was quite the opposite experience. The sausages, the restaurant's speciality, were exceptional and served with the friendly efficiency so often missing in more pretentious places. The music from Luis D'Agostino on guitar, with Mark Doffman on drums and Paul Jeffries on bass, was played with elegance and drive. The intimacy of the venue was well suited to Luis's understated but extraordinarily warm intricate style. He is a musician who can make even the simplest melody sing with unexpected richness and depth and whose technical prowess and fluency allow him to produce solos that flow with the smooth fascination of fast water over stones.

It is music that cannot fail to capture, whether it's a smooth ballad or a more choppy number like Miles Davis's All Blues. The venue also allowed Luis to indulge in several extended intros where he could display the full breadth of the harmonic inventiveness of his quitar playing. The guitar was also much enhanced by the rhythm section. Jeffries plays bass with assurance and precision, accompanied by a full rich tone which together give the solidity that every front line player wants. He also played some fine economical solos, particularly on Body and Soul. Mark Doffman, whose playing is well-known from his work at the Spin, has the enviable ability to provided drive and energy without ever being overpowering. His solos also make highly intelligent use of rhythm and momentary silences rather than a wild whirring of sticks.

There is a full programme of fine talent every Tuesday at the Big Bang for the rest of the year. It is a venue well worth investigating.