If there was ever proof that jazz as a musical form transcends generations, it was evident last Tuesday when Marlow Jazz Club played host to Jim Mullen, long established as Britain's finest guitarist, and Vasilis Xenopoulos, the rising young tenor player from Athens.

Superbly backed by the Frank Toms Trio, which itself spans the generations (with Frank on piano, his son Elliot Toms on drums and newcomer Spencer Brown on bass), Jim and Vasilis created an evening of fine jazz which ranged from Charlie Parker's Au Privé to Sigmund Romberg's Softly as in a Morning Sunrise, immortalised by John Coltrane. The pairing of Jim and Vasilis is a very pleasing one, and the chemistry between them is readily apparent.

Jim played with the elegance and wit we've come to expect from his performances, weaving seemingly effortless solos around such tunes as One Note Samba and the latin tempoed I Remember April. Who else could mischievously slip a riff from Barry Manilow's Copacabana into a standard such as that one?

Vasilis's playing has a richness and maturity to it that belies his years. Here's a player not blindly wedded to the Be-Bop "the more notes the better" credo but who can change pace and rhythm to hold the listener's attention as he did in Dexter Gordon's upbeat Fried Bananas or the ballad My One and Only Love.

If Jim is one of the Kings of Jazz in this country, Vasilis is certainly a Crown Prince waiting in the wings.

Ian Berrido