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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20180623T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20180623T230000
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SUMMARY:Enzo Zirilli Zirobop
DESCRIPTION:Hailing from Turin Drummer/Percussionist Enzo Zirilli arrived in London in 2004 to become one of the most sought after drummers on the London scene and beyond\, working with the likes of Jim Mullen\, Stan Sulzmann\, John Etheridge\, Tom Harrell and Jason Rebello\, to name but a few.\n\nIn 2014 he formed the band “ZiroBop” with Italian guitar maestro Alessandro Chiappetta and two English rising stars; guitarist Rob Luft\, who has toured with Dave Holland’s Youth Big Band\, and bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado\, who has recently won the Kenny Wheeler prize for composition and arrangement and is now a BBC New Generation Artist. Zirilli is said to have that Paul Motion-like rare skill of allowing the space and subtle energy to do the hard work\, playing with an economy that makes every percussive beat and brushstroke count double in its meaning and intensity.\n\nWith such a line-up\, you might think that it's an updated gypsy jazz group. Musically\, the answer is 'No Way'\, but in terms of energy\, enthusiasm and fun\, it could well be.\n\nTonight Enzo and the band will be playing music from their second ZiroBop album "Ten to Late"\, with a mix of classic jazz standards\, World music and originals by and from all the members of the band. "Enzo and his great band approach a wide range of material with such creativity\, taste and soulfullness" Larry Goldings; "4 exceptional musicians! A unique and varied repertoire beautifully rendered by this special group. Fantastic guitar....an amazing foundation of different grooves....Everyone here is playing on the highest leve...shows the maturity and adventurousness of all involved!" Peter Bernstein; “Luft…an extraordinary talent!” BBC Radio 3\n\nPlease note: the concert by Bruno Heinen is being rescheduled soon. Watch the web site.\n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/Ave3gKowXkw[/embed]
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/enzo-zirilli-zirobop/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20180623T230000
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SUMMARY:Vortex Late Nights Presents: Seddik Zebiri's The Seeds of Creation (Cancelled due to Illness)
DESCRIPTION: \n\nTHIS GIG HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WE APOLOGISE FOR ANY THE INCONVENIENCE\n\n \n\nSeddik Zebiri – Vocal\n\nMandol Oli Arlotto – Sax\n\nDominic NToumos – Trumpet\n\nNick Linnick – Guitar\n\nYaz Fentazi – Bass\n\nAyoze De Alejandro Lopez – Drums\n\n \n\nSeeds Of Creation offer a distinctive take on jazz\, drawing on Arabic and Afro-blues influences. The six-piece create an absorbing\, compulsively danceable sound\, drawing on the Algerian roots. Expect a fusion of traditional North African combined with jazz\, blues\, funk\, reggae and beyond.\n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/6VV__DThJeI[/embed]
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/vortex-late-nights-presents-seddik-zebiris-the-seeds-of-creation/
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SUMMARY:Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Presents... (Afternoon Session)
DESCRIPTION:A special one day festival showcasing the very best in Welsh jazz from the RWCWD and featuring current student ensembles\, alumni and tutors.
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/royal-welsh-college-of-music-and-drama-presents/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20180624T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20180624T200000
DTSTAMP:20180623T210143
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SUMMARY:Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Presents...(Evening Session)
DESCRIPTION:A special one day festival showcasing the very best in Welsh jazz from the RWCWD and featuring current student ensembles\, alumni and tutors.
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/royal-welsh-college-of-music-and-drama-presents-evening-session/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20180626T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20180626T233000
DTSTAMP:20180623T210143
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SUMMARY:Loz Speyer's Inner Space
DESCRIPTION:\n\nLoz Speyer’s Inner Space\n\nLoz Speyer - trumpet\, flugelhorn\nChris Biscoe - alto sax\, alto clarinet\nRachel Musson - tenor sax\, soprano sax\nOlie Brice - double bass\nGary Willcox - drums\n\nLoz Speyer’s Inner Space plays jazz of a rare warmth and immediacy. Combining rhythmic changes with references that synthesize New Orleans\, Bebop and Free Jazz\, each piece of music evolves its own form\, its own balance of structure and freedom\, its own atmosphere. There are audible echoes of Mingus\, Monk\, Ornette and beyond - but as is always vital in jazz\, the key is live\, in the immediacy of these five highly distinctive musicians\, working it all out in the here and now.\n\n**** “The integrity they bring to the emerging free jazz push-pull structure of ’Space Music’ pilots the musicians further towards destinations unknown.” Philip Clark\, Jazzwise\n\nThis summer\, Inner Space take their 2017 album “Life on the Edge” on the road\, along with new compositions and collectively composed music\, for an 11 date tour of the UK - starting at the Verdict\, Brighton on 12 April and finishing at the Vortex London on 26 June 2018 – with Arts Council support.\n\nFor the new music commissioned for the tour\, Loz Speyer is writing a series of “portraits” dedicated to particular Jazz innovators - John Stevens\, Steve Lacy\, Sun Ra; and\, in a new direction for Inner Space\, there will be music collectively composed by the whole band\, assembled and developed in rehearsal and evolving during the tour.\n\nThe tour is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.\n\nwww.lozspeyer.com\n\n[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8ipaili298[/embed]
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/loz-speyers-inner-space/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20180627T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20180627T230000
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SUMMARY:Speckles Brass + Alexander Hawkins
DESCRIPTION:Alexander Hawkins - piano\nMatt Gough\, Aaron Diaz\, Mike Soper\, Laura Jurd – trumpets\nKieran McLeod\, Rich Foote\, Raph Clarkson\, Yusuf Narcin – trombones\n \n\nThe Great British Brass Band – but not as you know it! Speckles Brass play freely improvised music drawing on a hodgepodge of influences as diverse as the musical interests of its members – poetry\, art\, dance\, new sounds\, classical harmony\, grungy blues and more – it’s all in there! Established by Raph Clarkson and Kieran McLeod in January 2016\, Speckles have thus far collaborated with unique and creative improvisers including Joe Wright (sax)\, Julie Kjaer (sax\, bass clarinet and flute) Sarah Gail Brand (trombone) and Mia Marlen Berg (voice). Their work has also encompassed projects with dancers and visual live-score systems for improvising\, and they are currently developing community projects exploring the possibilities of improvising and conversing through sound with nursery-age children. Here\, they play with the extraordinary Alexander Hawkins\, whose enormous range of musical expression and language is sure to spark an exciting\, surprising and richly textured collaboration.\n\n \n\n[embed]https://soundcloud.com/speckles-brass[/embed]\n\n \n\n 
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/speckles-brass-keith-tippett/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20180628T200000
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SUMMARY:Cameron Pierre
DESCRIPTION:\nCameron Pierre guitar\nPete Whittaker\, Organ\nYusuf Ahmed\, drums\n \n\nBorn in London\, Cameron was raised on the Caribbean island of Dominica. Like most of his peers\, Cameron's early musical influences were Bob Marley\, Burning Spear\, Jimmy Cliff\, and a host of artists from that era of popular Jamaican music\, . At seventeen he taught himself to play the guitar\, and it was within the reggae genre that he first established himself\, working with Jamaican artists including Clint Eastwood & General Saint\, Barrington\, Levy\, Al Campbell\, Wayne Marshall\, Dennis Brown\, Tipa Ire\, Micheal Prophet et al. Then came the slow discovery of George Benson and Charlie Christian\, and through them\, Wes Montgomery\, Miles Davis and Charlie Parker. Since then Cameron has gone on to work with Courtney Pine\, Pee Wee Ellis\, Orphy Robinson\, Mighty Sparrow\, Ernest Ranglin\, David Rudder\, Andy Narell\, Alex Wilson\, Mario Conange\, Sarah Jane Morris\, Byron Wallen\, Jazz Jamaica\, Dennis Rollins\, Ormar Puente\, Junior Walker\, Joe Cocker\, and numerous others. A stalwart of the British jazz scene since the 80s\, Pierre has been Saxophonist Courtney Pine’s guitarist for 25yrs. With 6 solo recordings to his name he continues to forge his own path. His last release\, "Radio Jumbo" sees Cameron teaming up with French virtuoso pianist Mario Canonge.\n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/5HHPX5ag49E[/embed]\n\n 
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/cameron-pierre-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20180628T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20180628T220000
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SUMMARY:Words & Jazz (Downstairs)
DESCRIPTION:Poets: Bobby Parker Maria Apichella Ash Dickinson Joel Auterson\n\nMusicians: Rachael Cohen (sax) + band\n\nCome and celebrate the start of Summer with Words & Jazz! 'An outstanding summit between contemporary artists and musicians' (The Independent) The freshest\, most exciting poetry alongside top jazz musicians\, in the cosy\, intimate space of the newly refurbished Vortex bar. This month we have the brilliant Bobby Parker launching his new collection 'Working Class Voodoo' and many other fantastic poets. Music is by London's own Rachael Cohen\, supreme saxophonist\, with her band.\n\n'An outstanding summit between contemporary poets and musicians' (The Independent)\n\nhttp://www.nickiheinen.com\n\n \n\n 
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/nikki-words-jazz-downstairs/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20180630T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20180630T230000
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SUMMARY:Soft Machine and more - a benefit for Keith Tippett
DESCRIPTION:\nLine up so far...\nSoft Machine - John Etheridge\nPaul Dunmall\nGary Husband\nGeoff Eales\nPianist Keith Tippett\, composer\, big band leader and educator\, the father of what some have call 'postmodern jazz\, suffered a heart attack exacerbated by complications arising from pneumonia. Some dear friends and musicians have got together to raise some cash for him to help him through this difficult time while he is unable to work. All proceeds go to Keith Tippett.\n\nHeadlining will be Soft Machine. Acclaimed as one of the greatest UK avant/jazz-rock bands of all time their work continues to be name-checked by today's hip experimentalists.\n\n \n\n[gallery ids="15291\,15292\,15293"]\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqGclvDIouY
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/benefit-for-keith-tippett-soft-machine-paul-dunmall-gary-husband-jeff-eales-and-others/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20180702T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20180702T230000
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SUMMARY:AARON PARKS & LITTLE BIG (2-NIGHT RESIDENCY)
DESCRIPTION:Aaron Parks – piano\nGreg Tuohey – Guitar\nDJ Ginyard – Bass\nTommy Crane – Drums\n \n\nPianist Aaron Parks released his Blue Note debut “Invisible Cinema” at the age of 25 following three Blue Note releases with trumpeter Terence Blanchard. The BBC declared it “one of the great albums of 2008.” JazzTimes hailed him as “a new visionary.” The San Jose Mercury News named his “Alive in Japan” release as their 2013 Top Jazz Album of the year. He has released two albums on ECM including a solo piano album and a trio record featuring Billy Hart and Ben Street.\n\nLittle Big\, the new band from pianist/composer Aaron Parks\, could in some ways be seen as a continuation of the trajectory set on his 2008 record “Invisible Cinema\,” with a deeper commitment to melodic songwriting\, modern rhythms\, and immersive storytelling. With members Greg Tuohey (guitar)\, DJ Ginyard (electric bass)\, and Tommy Crane (drums) bringing their experiences not only from jazz and improvised music but also electronica\, R&B\, indie pop\, alt-country\, and much more\, this is genre-fluid music which creates a world of its own.\n\nParks has performed and recorded with Kurt Rosenwinkel\, Dhafer Youssef\, Terri Lyne Carrington\, Ambrose Akinmusire\, Gretchen Parlato\, Kendrick Scott\, and Marcus Miller\, among others. He is also a founding member of James Farm with Joshua Redman\, Matt Penman and Eric Harland. His latest project “Aaron Parks & Little Big” will debut in 2018.
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/aaron-parks-little-big-2-night-residency/
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SUMMARY:Tom Smith's Queertet (DOWNSTAIRS)
DESCRIPTION:Vocals - Tbc Tom Smith\nTenor Sax Matthew Herd\nAlto Sax Peter Lee\nPiano Stephen Street - Bass\nJustin Tambini - Drums\n \n\nQueertet brings together a collection of London’s finest LGBTQI+ musicians to present a unique evening celebrating everything queer about jazz. As part of their 'Pride and Joy' tour\, which brings Queertet to venues around London during Pride in London week\, they will explore the works of LGBTQI+ composers and musicians throughout the year (such as Cole Porter\, Billy Strayhorn and Ma Rainey)\, and will shine the spotlights on this often overlooked part of their lives. It promises to be an evening filled with joy\, fun\, community and togetherness – a unique party not to miss!\n\n"Whether playing the standards songbook or their accomplished originals\, the Queertet bring discerning playing\, individuality and swinging group dynamics\, with great charm and likeableness" - London Jazz News\n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/YyNnAxX8peU[/embed]
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/queertet/
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SUMMARY:AARON PARKS & LITTLE BIG (2nd-NIGHT)
DESCRIPTION:Aaron Parks – piano\nGreg Tuohey – Guitar\nDJ Ginyard – Bass\nTommy Crane – Drums\n \n\nPianist Aaron Parks released his Blue Note debut “Invisible Cinema” at the age of 25 following three Blue Note releases with trumpeter Terence Blanchard. The BBC declared it “one of the great albums of 2008.” JazzTimes hailed him as “a new visionary.” The San Jose Mercury News named his “Alive in Japan” release as their 2013 Top Jazz Album of the year. He has released two albums on ECM including a solo piano album and a trio record featuring Billy Hart and Ben Street.\n\nLittle Big\, the new band from pianist/composer Aaron Parks\, could in some ways be seen as a continuation of the trajectory set on his 2008 record “Invisible Cinema\,” with a deeper commitment to melodic songwriting\, modern rhythms\, and immersive storytelling. With members Greg Tuohey (guitar)\, DJ Ginyard (electric bass)\, and Tommy Crane (drums) bringing their experiences not only from jazz and improvised music but also electronica\, R&B\, indie pop\, alt-country\, and much more\, this is genre-fluid music which creates a world of its own.\n\nParks has performed and recorded with Kurt Rosenwinkel\, Dhafer Youssef\, Terri Lyne Carrington\, Ambrose Akinmusire\, Gretchen Parlato\, Kendrick Scott\, and Marcus Miller\, among others. He is also a founding member of James Farm with Joshua Redman\, Matt Penman and Eric Harland. His latest project “Aaron Parks & Little Big” will debut in 2018.\n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/pYC1_bHsYL8[/embed]
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/aaron-parks-little-big-2-night/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20180704T200000
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SUMMARY:Giles Thornton's Debut Big Band Album Launch
DESCRIPTION:Giles Thornton's Big Band will play arrangements and original compositions that are on the album\, entitled "Be In Today"\, which will be released on the gig. The Big Band will comprise of some of the U.K's finest Jazz Musicians\, with some special guests.\n\nGiles is a composer/arranger who has recently worked with Liane Carroll on her newest album launch ("The Right To Love") as a conductor and arranger. He has also worked as a copyist for the Metropole Orkest at their 2017 BBC Prom\, "Beneath The Underdog : Charles Mingus Revisited".\n\nGiles is a 4th year Jazz arranging/ composition student at Guildhall School Of Music And Drama \, where \, last year\, he conducted the Guildhall Big Band \,with Mike Walker and Iain Dixon\, in a concert of their music \,as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival. \n\nThe new album with feature original compositions and arrangements \, written by Giles for Big Band. This will include collaborations with different singers. The big band will be made up of some of the most exciting young musicians in the U.K.\n\nGiles' original compositions are influenced by Vince Mendoza\, Maria Schneider\, Gill Evans and Mike Walker\, among others. By having a big band\, Giles has a large number of different textures and colours at his disposal. From delicate woodwind writing\, to more modern rich big band writing.\n\n
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/giles-thorntons-debut-big-band-album-launch/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20180705T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20180705T200000
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SUMMARY:The Afrocentrics
DESCRIPTION:EMMANUEL ADENIRAN (electric bass)\, OGO AJALA (vocals)\, FRANCIS OVIE (keyboards)\, SEGUN IDOWU (guitar)\, SOJI IJADUOLA (drums)\, JOSEPH OYELADE (saxophones)\n\nElectric bassist Emmanuel Adeniran and his band The Afrocentrics play the sounds and rhythms of the African diasporas taking in jazz\, funk\, afrobeat\, salsa\, reggae and adding a modern twist. Emmanuel Adeniran has a prestigious history starting his career with King Sunny Ade and then playing a crucial role in the turning the Yoruba Women Choir into one of the best choirs in the world. The Afrocentrics is an extension of his love for the music of the African diasporas and an ideal becomes a reality with this concert.\n\n \n\n 
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/the-afrocentrics-3/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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SUMMARY:Grand Union Orchestra  - Trading Roots
DESCRIPTION:Zhu Xiao Meng (gu zheng – Chinese harp)\,\n\nRuijun Hu (dizi\, xiao – Chinese flutes)\n\n \n\nFeaturing gu zheng (Chinese harp) virtuoso Zhu Xiao Meng and Ruijun Hu on dizi and xiao (Chinese flutes)\, the third in a series of monthly Friday night performances with outstanding improvising musicians from around the world supported by a 5-piece Grand Union ‘house band’. Hear them in action here on the ballad-like Picking Betel Palm and an uptempo version of The Song of Four Seasons.\n\n[embed]https://soundcloud.com/grandunionorchestra/picking-betel-palm[/embed]\n\n[embed]https://soundcloud.com/grandunionorchestra/song-of-four-seasons[/embed]\n\nGrand Union has created a ground-breaking programme of monthly Friday night performances\, exchanging and combining different musical traditions\, featuring internationally-celebrated artists supported by GUO core musicians. These are followed by open workshops on Saturday mornings for local musicians to meet and work with them\, exploring how their tradition can link to jazz and improvisation\, finishing with a short public performance.\n\nOther Grand Union musicians include: Louise Elliott (tenor saxophone\, flute)\, Gerry Hunt (guitar\, soprano sax\, violin); Andres Lafone (bass guitar); Paul Clarvis (percussion); composer/director Tony Haynes (piano\, trombone); and special guest Kevin Robinson.\n\n \n\nFriday July 6th  GRAND UNION ORCHESTRA – TRADING ROOTS\n\nGu zheng (Chinese harp) virtuoso Zhu Xiao Meng and Ruijun Hu on dizi and xiao (Chinese flutes)\, the third in a series of monthly Friday night performances with outstanding improvising musicians from around the world.\n\nSaturday July 7th  GRAND UNION ORCHESTRA – OPEN WORKSHOP\n\nPractical hands-on workshop exploring techniques of Chinese traditional\, folk and ancient court music\, for reasonably able musicians of all ages\, led by Zhu Xiao Meng as part of Grand Union’s Trading Roots residency.\n\nTime: 11am – 2pm (open public performance 1.30pm)   Participation free\, bring an instrument\n\nThis programme aims to bring together and demonstrate the wide range of music and musicians flourishing in East London today. Most of the musicians involved in Trading Roots are first generation migrants\, with unique skills in music from around the world to share and pass on to others; hence the title\, suggesting also voyages of discovery. This is an important part of Grand Union’s mission\, and to put this principle into practice we have set up the Second Generation Orchestra. Each of these gigs therefore will feature also a guest young musician.\n\nLondon Jazz News features the project in a preview/interview by Duncan Heining: http://www.londonjazznews.com/2018/04/preview-grand-union-orchestrs-what.html\n\n…and here is a taster of what to expect from this exciting\, eclectic combination...\n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/B9woiS1Brbo[/embed]\n\nFULL PROGRAMME:\n\nFriday May 4th\, 8.00pm – Carnatic violinist Jyotsna Srikanth and North Indian classical singer Mahamaya Shil\, with Yousuf Ali Khan (Bangladesh) on tabla\nSaturday 5th\, 11am–2pm: open workshop in Indian classical music\n\nFriday June 1st\, 8.00pm – steel pan virtuoso Daniel Louis (St Lucia) and South African trumpeter Claude Deppa\nSaturday 2nd\, 11am–2pm: open workshop in Caribbean and township music\n\nFriday July 6th\, 8.00pm–Zhu Xiao Meng (gu zheng – Chinese harp) and Ruijun Hu (dizi\, xiao – Chinese flutes)\nSaturday 7th\, 11am–2pm: open workshop in Chinese traditional and court music\n\nFriday August 3rd\, 8.00pm – series finale featuring musicians from What the River Brings and the GUO Summer School with Ricardo Axé (Brazil)\nSaturday 4th\, 11am–2pm: open workshop in South American music\n\n 
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/grand-union-orchestra-trading-roots-4/
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SUMMARY:GRAND UNION ORCHESTRA – TRADING ROOTS WORKSHOP
DESCRIPTION:Following Friday night’s gig\, bring along an instrument and join gu zheng (Chinese harp) virtuoso Zhu Xiao Meng in a practical workshop exploring folk and classical Chinese music in relation to the Western tradition\, jazz and improvisation. Here are two Grand Union tracks illustrating unexpected directions the music might take – Picking Betel Palm and Song of Four Seasons.\n\n[embed]https://soundcloud.com/grandunionorchestra/picking-betel-palm[/embed]\n\n[embed]https://soundcloud.com/grandunionorchestra/song-of-four-seasons[/embed]\n\n \n\n 
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/grand-union-orchestra-trading-roots-workshop/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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SUMMARY:WARRIORS INTERNATIONAL PRESENT FREEDOM
DESCRIPTION:The core team consists of Orphy Robinson\, Cleveland Watkiss\, Tori Handsley and Paul Bradshaw who are joined by an array of guests. You never know who's going to drop in. In essence the team strive to bring improvised music out of the shadows and into the limelight.... and so the monthly open-minded Freedom Improv session continues. There’s an opening short set from an adhoc ensemble\, swiftly followed by constantly shifting sets of soul stirring improv sessions open to all… So tune in and get involved.\n Voted by the Evening Standard one of the Top 6 UK jam sessions.\n\n\n 
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/warriors-international-present-freedom-9/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20180711T200000
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SUMMARY:Helena Kay's KIM Trio
DESCRIPTION:Line up:\n\nHelena Kay - tenor saxophone\n\nDavid Ingamells - drums\n\nFerg Ireland - double bass\n\n \n\nKIM Trio is led by tenor saxophonist Helena Kay (Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year 2015)\, and features Ferg Ireland (Kansas Smittys) on double bass and David Ingamells (Yamaha Jazz Scholarship 2013) on drums. The trio have performed at the London Jazz Festival\, Glasgow Jazz Festival\, played live on BBC Radio 3’s Jazz Now\, as well as various other gigs in London and the UK. Inspired by greats such as Sonny Rollins and Antonio Carlos Jobim\, and by contemporary names like Melissa Aldana and Larry Goldings\, the trio enjoy playing a varied mixture of Helena’s originals and tunes from the jazz canon.\n\n‘Bobby Wellins would have heard a kindred spirit in the unhurried gracefulness of Kay’s improvising… the marvellously self-possessed Kay’s sheer musicality\, sure tone and beautifully expressed flow of ideas that stood out above all in a literally winning performance.‘ Rob Adams\n\n‘[S]ublime music that stirs the senses and emotions‘ Glasgow Herald\n\nhttps://www.helena-kay.com
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/helena-kays-kim-trio-2/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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SUMMARY:Evan Parker - Barry Guy Duo
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nTwo long time collaborators and friends...\n\nEvan Parker\n\nEvan Parker returns for his monthly residency at the club. A major force in European improvising\, Parker has collaborated with everyone from Cecil Taylor\, Paul Bley & Anthony Braxton\, to Scott Walker\, Robert Wyatt and Squarepusher. He is one of Europe’s most innovative and intriguing saxophonists\, which is why he keeps audiences coming back for more.\n\n“If you’ve ever been tempted by free improvisation\, Parker is your gateway drug.” Stewart Lee\n\nBarry Guy\n\nBarry Guy is an innovative bass player and composer whose creative diversity in the fields of jazz improvisation\, chamber and orchestral performance and solo recitals is the outcome both of an unusually varied training and a zest for experimentation\, underpinned by a dedication to the double bass and the ideal of musical communication.\n\nHe is founder and Artistic Director of the London Jazz Composers Orchestra and the BGNO (Barry Guy New Orchestra) for which he has written several extended works. His concert works for chamber orchestras\, chamber groups and soloists have been widely performed and his skilful and inventive writing has resulted in an exceptional series of compositions.\n\n \n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/4VI1IY5iJ-Q[/embed]\n\n\n\n
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/evan-parker-barry-guy-duo/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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SUMMARY:Howard Riley\, Barry Guy\, Lucas Niggli TRIO
DESCRIPTION:Howard Riley (piano)\n\nBarry Guy (double bass)\n\nLucas Niggli (drums)\n\nThe working association of Howard Riley with Barry Guy started back in the 1960s. It may be relatively little known\, but is of vast significance. Riley and Guy have been involved for many years in a deep exploration of the piano trio and how it can be redefined. “Reinventing the piano trio” was how Duncan Hei- ning described this process in an in-depth article about Riley.\n\nRiley and Guy worked together consistently\, and led their innovatory evolu- tion jointly and from the front\, but they always knew they wanted to work with different drummers. Riley and Guy have also played together in other groups\, such as the London Jazz Composers Orchestra. Indeed Riley even wrote several compositions for the LJCO. For their Vortex concert the huge energy and vitali- ty of Swiss drummer Lucas Niggli will be powering the Howard Riley Trio – a very exciting prospect!\n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/XVGERPBdy0U[/embed]\n\n 
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/howard-riley-barry-guy-lucas-niggli-trio/
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SUMMARY:Ian Shaw
DESCRIPTION:Long-time Vortex favourite\, pianist Ian Shaw\, returns to the club with his solo show sizzling with wit and dazzling with new songs from his new album “Shine Sister Shine”\, a celebration of women songwriters with songs from Peggy Lee through to Joni Mitchell\, Carly Simon\, Rickie Lee Jones and Tanita Tikaram. Shaw is one of the most distinctive\, original and creative jazz singers that the UK has produced\, as well as being a talented pianist\, songwriter\, presenter and record producer. Twice voted “Best Jazz Vocalist” at the prestigious BBC Jazz Awards\, his recorded output includes three US releases and he regularly performs in Canada and the Far East as well as the Continent. He can be heard weekly on Jazz FM presenting the Ronnie Scott’s Radio Show which is also syndicated worldwide. This consummate showman is much in demand for performances with his regular piano trio and as a featured soloist with big bands and orchestras both in the UK and abroad\, alongside his powerhouse one-man-shows where his razor-sharp comedy and skills as a raconteur particularly shine.\n\n“the redoubtable Ian Shaw … a consummate interpreter” Evening Standard\n\n"a brilliant vocal chameleon" Telegraph\n\n"one of the giants of British Jazz” Jamie Cullum\n\n[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hav1ElH45OY[/embed]\n\n 
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/ian-shaw-16/
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SUMMARY:MOPOMOSO PRESENTS: THE AFTERNOON SESSIONS
DESCRIPTION:A continuing series featuring some of the best from the world of free improvisation.\n\nMore info to follow
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/mopomoso-presents-the-afternoon-sessions-4/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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SUMMARY:Calum Gourlay's Big Band
DESCRIPTION:Bassist Calum Gourlay’s big band is a band of energy and joy\, having developed over the course of over a year at the Vortex. He brings stunning arrangements and a stellar band from a pool including the likes of James Allsopp\, Sean Gibbs\, Mike Chillingworth\, Rick Simpson\, James Maddren and many more.
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/calum-gourlays-big-band-3/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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SUMMARY:Jean-Michel Blais:  Dans ma main
DESCRIPTION:Jean-Michel Blais \n\nDans ma main\n\nDans ma main\, the sophomore release by pianist and composer Jean-Michel Blais\, is an expansive album of post-classical piano with strands of electronic detail. Blending his conservatory skill and precise pop sensibility with synthetic accompaniment\, Blais creates unique environments where the piano’s intimacy can be subtly disrupted at any time.\n\nGrowing up in rural Quebec\, Blais began writing original compositions by age 11\, and by 17 was invited to the Trois-Rivières Music Conservatory. However\, the constraints of formal training drew Blais off this musical course\, putting aside his piano until years later\, settling in Montreal\, he rediscovered his love.\n\nDans ma main explores an everyday life awash in spirituality\, stemming from Blais’ interplay with music as therapy. Compelled by the cathartic air that audiences exude in his pin-drop performances\, Blais considers how music has served as a tool of wellness in his own life. From his prior career in special education\, to the role classical and ambient music played soothing the Tourettic symptoms he experienced as a child\, Jean-Michel’s new compositions subconsciously call upon these periods of his life\, reimagining a serenity he had only experienced seated at the piano.\n\nLargely composed in one week of open exploration\, Blais comes closer to the improvisational source of his writing\, painting impressionistic stories within the fluid\, indefinite outlines of dreams. Dans ma main rolls like clouds of nostalgic fog blown away on a clear wind\, at once recalling and signifying the end of Il\, his critically acclaimed 2016 debut album.\n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/WNlhDmfjQcU[/embed]\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n 
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/jean-michel-blais-dans-ma-main/
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SUMMARY:Sorin Zlat Trio-“The Land of Dreams”
DESCRIPTION:Sorin Zlat-Piano\n\nMikele Montolli-Doublebass\n\nAndy Trim-Drums\n\nSorin is a very accomplished jazz pianist\, classical clarinetist\, and composer. He is the winner of over 20 national and international awards\, including the Grand Prize and Prize of the Public at the 2013 Monaco Jazz Competition\, the Grand Prize at the 2011 Europafest Jazz Competition\, and a finalist of the 2015 Montreux Jazz Competition\, just to quote a few. In 2015\, he travelled to the United States where he won the Jacksonville Jazz Piano competition. After being selected from 200 applicants worldwide\, as part of a 5 finalists group\, Sorin won the competition with an amazing rendition of John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps” and by playing two of his own compositions.\n\nSorin Zlat Trio is currently performing at various venues across Europe with a project that promotes his debut album\, Endurance\, launched in 2015. The album contains original compositions\, re-orchestrated standards from some of the jazz greats such as John Coltrane\, Dizzy Gillespie\, and Thelonious Monk\, and Romanian folklore rewritten on jazz rhythms. The project has been debuted in Europe and the United States in the fall of 2016 and it was received with great acclaim by the audience and jazz critics. Several venues we already have concerted at are: United States (New York - Birdland\, Smalls\, Houston\, Austin\, New Orleans) and Europe: Paris (Goethe Institute)\, Brussels (Music Village\, Jazz Station)\, Budapest (Music Center)\, Berlin( B Flat\, Schlot)\, London (Vortex\, King’s Place)\, Romania (Garana Jazz Festival\, Johnny Raducanu Jazz Festival\, Bucharest Jazz Festival). In 2017 Sorin was invited to play on the same stage and in the same evening with artist like Chick Corea and Joey Alexander at " Jacksonville Jazz Festival" S.U.A\n\n \n\n \n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/-hzJnBHvYcM[/embed]
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/sorin-zlat-trio-the-land-of-dreams/
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SUMMARY:Tom Ridout Quintet
DESCRIPTION:Tom Ridout - Tenor and Soprano Saxophones and Recorder\nBilly Marrows - Guitar\nWill Barry - Piano\nFlo Moore - Bass\nRod Oughton - Drums\n \n\nAward winning saxophonist Tom Ridout (23) was predicted by Jazzwise Magazine in 2012 as an upcoming jazz musician to watch out for. He is a recent graduate from the prestigious Royal Academy of Music\, finalist in the BBC Young Musician Jazz Award 2016 and a current member of NYJO. Tom formed his Quintet when he was studying at The Royal Academy of Music\, to showcase his growing catalogue of compositions. The Quintet has performed at major venues and festivals including Ronnie Scotts\, The 606 club\, The Vortex and The Bear Club. Influences on Tom’s playing include Dexter Gordon\, John Coltrane\, Wayne Shorter\, Mike Brecker\, Eddie Harris and influences on Tom’s compositions include Wayne Sorter\, Joni Mitchell\, Traditional English Folk\, John Scofield\, Led Zeppelin\, Charlie Haden. Tom recently released his debut album “No Excuses”\, which features a 13 piece band including traditional jazz instrumentation with a string quartet and brass trio. The album had a fantastic launch at The Vortex to a sold out audience in Janurary. Tracks from the album have been played on Jazz FM many times\, as well as on The Jazz Report\, TNGC Radio\, Sennhesier Sunday Jazz Session and Radio 3’s ‘Jazz Now’ show accompanying an interview with Tom.\n\n“Names to note: … the very persuasive Tom Ridout on tenor” (Peter Vacher – London Jazz News)\n\n“Tom Ridout on virtuosic recorder” (Mike Collins- London Jazz News)\n\n“fiery\, focussed soloing by impressive tenor saxophonist Tom Ridout” (Selwyn Harris- Jazzwise)\n\n“His debut album is a fantastic showcase of the versatility of his writing\, ability and imagination" (Grace Scott Deuchar - Recorder Magazine)\n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/gbwbU7sjuk8[/embed]\n\nhttps://tomridoutmusic.com\n\n 
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/tom-ridout-quintet/
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SUMMARY:Perpetual Motion Machine
DESCRIPTION:Sam Dunn: guitar\nJamie Taylor: guitar\nRiley Stone-Lonergan: tenor sax\nBen Lowman: tenor sax\nSpencer Brown: bass guitar\nSteve Hanley: drums\n \n\nThe Perpetual Motion Machine blends improvisational rock with jazz\, surrounding the listener with its stereoscopic twin guitar/twin tenor sound.\n\nFollowing a 16-date UK tour last Autumn\, in support of the debut album “Ignition”\, the Leeds-based Perpetual Motion Machine brings its distinctive brand of improv to The Vortex on Monday 23rd July. The essence of PMM is its unusual lineup of twin guitars and twin tenor saxophones\, creating a cinemascopic sound that surrounds the listener. Sam Dunn's intricate post-bop lines on stage left meet the art-rock inflections of his guitar partner Jamie Taylor to stage right. Likewise\, the saxophone pairing of Riley Stone-Lonergan and Ben Lowman\, which delivers everything from ferocious free jazz and funk\, through to exquisitely poised melody whenever the machine engages its slower gear. Bassist Spencer Brown and drummer Steve Hanley not only underpin the above with febrile grooves\, but feature equally prominently throughout as solo voices.\n\n“Keep an eye on the Leeds jazz scene – so much adventurous and interesting music coming to the surface just lately. Case in point\, the Perpetual Motion Machine" Stuart Nicholson February 2018\n\n“At one end\, chicken-scratch guitar that sounds like the work of some disgustingly lecherous space cockerel. At the other end\, gently propulsive ostinati and the grandfatherly [sampled] voice of poet ‘Skylark’ Durston. In between...feral free improv\, all wailing saxes and face melting guitars. I’m genuinely excited to hear what PMM comes up with next.” Thomas Rees\, Jazzwise May 2018\n\n"Perpetual Motion Machine utterly ripped the JATP rug here. Only the second night of their "Ignition" tour and there's flames lickin' out the back already. Only God knows what they'll be like by the time they reach Aberdeen but it will have to be super-special if the JATP gig is any measure. Stunning - a MUST see!" Martin Powell\, Jazz At The Priestley\, Bradford\, September 2017\n\n"With a line-up like this\, the risk is that the music will be of the ‘wall of sound’ variety. But these are jazz musicians after all; it is a special musical treat to see the musical differences between two instrumentalists played out in an improvisatory setting." J.Whitman\, Wakefield Jazz\, April 2018\n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/KXvY47AdSxU[/embed]\n\n 
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/perpetual-motion-machine/
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DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20180726T230000
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SUMMARY:Maurizio Grondona Group
DESCRIPTION:Maurizio Grondona - Guitar\n\nNicky Belviso - Bass\n\nGiuseppe Grondona - Drums\n\nDave Browning - Keys\n\nInfluenced by numerous American jazz greats including Wes Montgomery\, Pat Metheny and Al Jarreau\, Maurizio also counts among his mentors hip-hop\, soul acts such as Grammy winners The Roots (Jimmy Fallon's House Band)\, the late renowned producer J Dilla\, De La Sou\, Busta Rhymes and Erykah Badu. The result of such a diverse musical education is cosmopolitan American jazz with a decidedly Mediterranean flavor. The Maurizio Grondona Group has been featured at numerous well regarded jazz festivals and showcases including Milan SIM\, Jazz for Amnesty International\, Vieste Festival\, Golden Lion in Venice and was highlighted in Los Angeles at Thursday Night Vibes (past performances include Al Jarred\, Marcus Miller\, Paul Jackson Jr). In addition the group has appeared at the prestigious Los Angeles Indie Music Film International Summit. Their performance at The Vortex will be their second show in London.\n\n \n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/-VAVrypwIIQ[/embed]
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/maurizio-grondona-group/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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SUMMARY:Annie Whitehead's  World Music Workshop Band
DESCRIPTION:Exciting sounds of jazz\, afrobeat\, blues and latin tunes.\nLead by trombonoist Annie Whitehead and featuring a rhythm section of Dierdre Cartwright on guitar\,  Andy Lafone on bass and Mark Huggett on drums.\n\n 
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/annie-whiteheads-world-music-workshop-band/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20180731T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20180731T230000
DTSTAMP:20180623T210143
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LAST-MODIFIED:20180614T110527
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SUMMARY:JM y Juanin: Los Cracks del Puerto
DESCRIPTION:These gentlemen are the real deal\, 75 and 83 years old\, they are the historic legacy of the boleros and vals peruanos in Chile\, our buena vista ... great performers. The singer is electric and the guitarist has one of the sweetest voice on the planet.\n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/nnQSCsISET4[/embed]
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/jm-y-juanin-los-cracks-del-puerto/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20180803T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20180803T230000
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SUMMARY:GRAND UNION ORCHESTRA – TRADING ROOTS
DESCRIPTION:The final in a series of monthly Friday night performances featuring outstanding improvising musicians from around the world. featuring musicians from What the River Brings and the GUO Summer School\n\nUnder the direction of composer\, pianist\, and trombonist\,  Tony Haynes\, Grand Union has created a ground-breaking programme of monthly Friday night performances\, exchanging and combining different musical traditions\, featuring outstanding improvising musicians from around the world with a 5-strong Grand Union ‘house band’. These are followed by open workshops on Saturday mornings for local musicians to meet and work with them\, exploring how their tradition can link to jazz and improvisation\, finishing with a short public performance.\n Saturday August 4th  GRAND UNION ORCHESTRA – OPEN WORKSHOP\nPractical hands-on workshop exploring aspects of South American music\, for reasonably able\nmusicians of all ages\, led by candomblé exponent Ricardo Axé as part of Grand Union’s Trading\nRoots residency.\n\nTime: 11am – 2pm (open public performance 1.30pm) Participation is free\, don’t forget to bring an instrument. For more information: www.grandunion.org.uk\n\nThis programme of events aims to bring together and demonstrate the wide range of music and musicians flourishing in East London today. Most of the musicians involved in Trading Roots are first generation migrants\, with unique skills in music from around the world to share and pass on to others; hence the title\, suggesting also voyages of discovery. This is an important part of Grand Union’s mission\, and to put this principle into practice we have set up the Second Generation Orchestra. Each of these gigs therefore will feature also a guest young musician.\n\nTony Haynes’s music blog: www.tonyhaynesmusic.wordpress.com\n\n 
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/grand-union-orchestra-trading-roots-5/
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SUMMARY:Veryan Weston's : As You Hear
DESCRIPTION:Pei AnnYeoh - violin\nVeryan Weston - piano\nBei Bei Wang - percussion\n \n\nMalaysian violinist - Pei AnnYeoh\, pianist - Veryan Weston and multi-percussionist - Bei Bei wang meet to perform contemporary improvisations reflecting their broad cultural origins.\n\nBeibei Wang is a international soloist with both Chinese and British music education background. She has such ability of doing a variety of performances\, including traditional\, classical\, conceptual and visual music performance. Her repertoire is covering diversity music\, including classical\, contemporary\, jazz\, rock\, exotic and Chinese traditional music. Pei Ann Yeoh started musical endeavours at the age of 4\, received her Fellowship Diploma from Trinity College London in both Solo Piano and Violin Performance. Active performances in jazz clubs and at the Conservatoire work with renowned musicians such as Dave Holland\, Chris Potter\, Jean Toussaint\, and Frederic Rzewski. Veryan Weston – has had longstanding partnerships with Lol Coxhill\, Trevor Watts and Hannah Marshall. Collaborations with Phil Minton giving song recitals from a large and broad repertoire and composed for variously sized ensemble projects. Included in over thirty CD releases and the recent “Tessellations” projects on pentatonic scales.\n\n'Veryan Weston should have had the marquee to himself' - John Fordham (Guardian)\n\n[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppy4QJzn5ic[/embed]\n\n 
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/veryan-westons-as-you-hear/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20180822T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20180822T230000
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SUMMARY:Kjetil Mulelid Trio (NO)
DESCRIPTION:Kjetil Mulelid - piano\nBjørn Marius Hegge - double bass\nAndreas Winther - drums\n \n\nKjetil Mulelid Trio consist of some of Norway's most interesting jazz musicians involved in projects like "Hegge" (Norwegian Grammy Award winner 2017)\, "Megalodon Collective" (Norwegian Grammy Award nomination 2016\, and winner of JazzIntro 2016)\, "Wako" and the "Trondheim Jazz Orchestra". KMT play modern acoustic jazz\, and the music is a mixture of compositions written by Mulelid and pure collective improvisations. "The music is simple\, beautiful and well composed tunes which goes in and out of expressive improvisations" (Olav Opsvik\, NO). "The compositions reflects Mulelid's rich and melodic play" (Eyal Hareuveni\, IS). Kjetil Mulelid Trio consist of some of Norway's most interesting jazz musicians that are involved in projects like "Hegge" (Norwegian Grammy Award winner 2017)\, "Megalodon Collective" (Norwegian Grammy Award nomination 2016\, and winner of JazzIntro 2016)\, "Wako" and the "Trondheim Jazz Orchestra". They play modern acoustic jazz\, and the music is a mixture of compositions written by Mulelid and pure collective improvisations. "The music is simple\, beautiful and well composed tunes which goes in and out of expressive improvisations" (Olav Opsvik\, NO). "The compositions reflects Mulelid's rich and melodic play" (Eyal Hareuveni\, IS).  The trio have since 2016 toured three times in West-Europe and played concerts on some of Norway's biggest jazz scenes\, recorded some great live videos and released their debut album "Not Nearly Enough To Buy A House" on the record label Rune Grammofon in October 2017. The album got honoured world wide by critics! Mulelid himself has during the last years played concerts and toured with his own music / projects in most of Europe. He has played and worked with many great musicians as Arve Henriksen (City of London Festival)\, Barry Guy\, Ola Kvernberg and Eirik Hegdal.\n\n"Best of the year" - Jez Nelson\, Jazz FM (UK)\n\n"It took me several listens to fully realise just how magical this album is" - Andy Hamilton\, The Wire (UK)\n\n"They mixes together sparse zen-funk and folk song-based vernaculars" - Selwyn Harris\, Jazzwise (UK)\n\n“Mulelid leads his young trio in a program with a maturity that contradicts their age” - All About Jazz (US)\n\n"Mulelid and his two equally young colleagues reveals timeless quality" - Volkmar Mantei\, Baby Blaue (DE)\n\n“Unbelievable that the musicians in the trio are all between 25 and 30" - Dick Hovenga\, Written in Music (NL)\n\nhttps://www.facebook.com/kjetilmulelidtrio\n\n[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3meWZWXeb8[/embed]\n\n 
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/kjetil-mulelid-trio-no/
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DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20180911T230000
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SUMMARY:Matt Carmichael Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Matt Carmichael - Tenor Saxophone\n\nFergus McCreadie - 20 year old pianist who has just released his debut album 'TURAS'. Jazzwise 'One to watch' and Peter Whittingham Jazz Award Winner. Ali Watson - Emerging talent on the London Jazz Scene\, 18 year old bass player studying at Guildhall. Tom Potter - UK young drummer of the year winner\, begins studies at Guildhall this September.\n\nMatt Carmichael is a 19 year old Scottish saxophonist with performing highlights including The Newport Jazz Festival\, Royal Albert Hall\, Edinburgh Jazz Festival and Aberdeen Jazz Festival. He currently plays with the Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra\, National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland\, The Mark Hendry Octet and Fat-Suit. Music from his recently released debut EP was recently played on BBC Radio Scotland which features Fergus McCreadie (Jazzwise ‘One to Watch\, Peter Whittingham Award Winner)\, Tom Potter ( UK Young Drummer of the Year winner) and London bass player Ali Watson.\n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/ih3X0vB2W7A[/embed]\n\n \n\n \n\n 
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/matt-carmichael-quartet/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20180916T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20180916T223000
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SUMMARY:Moss Freed
DESCRIPTION:Moss Freed - guitar\nChris Williams - alto\nFinlay Panter - drums\nLiran Donin - bass.\n \n\nDescribed by the Guardian as 'an electrifying live band whose grooves could wake the dead'\, Let Spin are known for morphing creative individuality into an idiosyncratic and cohesive group sound.\n\nFormed in 2013 as a happy accident\, Let Spin have toured extensively ever since\, playing many of Europe's top venues and festivals\, and gaining support from BBC Radio 3 and BBC 6Music on several occasions. Their eponymous debut was released in 2014 with a follow up\, Let Go\, released in 2015\, and a third record on the way. The band is best defined by its collective spirit that explores both individual and group aesthetics in composition and performance\, alongside a group empathy that gives them a rare ability to move effortlessly between thrashy punk\, wistful reflection and more complex\, quirky territory.\n\n \n\n“An original identity that promises to be one of UK jazz’s best… A significant new force” - Guardian\n\n“British Punk Jazz with a wiry electrical crackle” - Uncut\n\n“A prog-jazz supergroup” - Jazzwise\n\n"Eclectic\, impassioned and mind-blowing"  - London Jazz\n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/FPeLAyLc6_g[/embed]\n\n \n\n 
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/moss-freed/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20180918T230000
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SUMMARY:Dimitri Howald ILJA
DESCRIPTION:Dimitri Howald - guitar & composition\nMichael Gilsenan - tenor sax\nLeoni Altherr - vocals\nTom Millar - piano\nJames Krüttli - double bass\nTobias Schmid - drums\n \n\nSwiss composer and guitarist Dimitri Howald has\, with his band ILJA\, created a six-headed mythical beast\, a fantastic\, romantic creature whose limbs reach out in all imaginable harmonic directions. Yes\, this thing sprints at 180 miles per hour\, barefoot\, straight as an arrow\, light and free. Its voice a mixture of horn and guitar\, its claws drum\, tap\, brush\, until the song fades out\, and night closes in over the tundra. Howald sends his six-headed\, twelve-handed being\, sometimes veering off course\, sometimes singing as one\, out into the wilderness - a godforsaken place whose bland emptiness is waiting to be filled with delicate poetry\, playful rhythms and the harmonies of modern jazz.\n\nhttp://dimitrihowald.ch\n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/nMCOAqiUb9c[/embed]\n\n 
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/dimitri-howald-ilja/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20180925T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20180925T230000
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SUMMARY:Partisans (first night of two)
DESCRIPTION:Phil Robson - guitar\n\nJulian Siegel - tenor sax and bass clarinet\n\nThaddeus Kelly - bass\n\nGene Calderazo - drums\n\n \n\nSince their formation in 1996\, Partisans have been thrilling audiences the world over with their ferociously energetic performances of tightly knit themes and with great freedom coming from their years of playing together. Hailed as breaking the ground for the new wave of British jazz in the late 1990s\, Partisans is co-led by two of the pre-eminent musicians of their generation\, Phil Robson (guitars) and Julian Siegel (tenor sax & bass clarinet)\, the quartet's line-up is completed by Thaddeus Kelly (bass) and Gene Calderazzo (drums). Partisans are a real band – with a cult following in their native UK\, 5 celebrated albums\, including the award winning 'Swamp'\, years of performances around the globe\, and known for bridging the gap between New York Swing\, European Improv and UK Rock. The band has developed a distinctive sound of its own where the combination of each member’s influences feeds a genuine creative spark generating huge excitement and energy. The richly lyrical and strongly melodic compositions written by Robson and Siegel\, provide the framework and starting point\, underpinned by the rock solid\, freewheeling and supercharged rhythm section of Kelly and Calderazzo.\n\n‘Restless\, almost reckless energy..delirious listening...consistently thrilling’ - BBC Music magazine\n\n“These Guys Are Super Badass!” - Ken Pickering\, Vancouver International Jazz Festival\n\n'One of the most exciting all star experimental groups in Jazz today' - BBC Radio Jazz on 3\n\n[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHO4oi_Ws9w&list=PLZuYfgcmwEJXQJwO0NbMDX4qyRjhXt_M2&index=4[/embed]
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/partisans-4/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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SUMMARY:PARTISANS (second night of two)
DESCRIPTION:Phil Robson – guitar\n\nJulian Siegel – tenor sax and bass clarinet\n\nThaddeus Kelly – bass\n\nGene Calderazo – drums\n\n 
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/partisans-second-night-of-two/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20181012T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20181012T200000
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SUMMARY:Tim Berne/Matt Mitchell (Two Night Residency)
DESCRIPTION:Matt Mitchell - piano\nTim Berne - alto sax\n\nThe compositions of iconic saxophonist/bandleader Tim Berne have earned renown for their intensely kinetic\, dizzyingly intricate quality as performed around the world by his various groups over the past four decades. With the album Førage – released digitally and on CD by Screwgun Records on March 31\, 2017 – listeners have the chance to experience Berne’s music as never before\, in versions for solo piano. Virtuoso pianist Matt Mitchell\, a member of Berne’s band Snakeoil\, has explored the full range of the composer’s songbook.As Berne says: “No one knows my music better than Matt. He might know it even better than I do at this point."\n\nBerne was aptly named one of New York City’s essential jazz icons by Time Out New York\, while the UK’s Jazzwise magazine underscored the growing stature of his music by declaring it“suffused with genuine humanity and more than a little wisdom.” The New York Times praised Mitchell as“a pianist of burrowing focus and an indispensable fixture of the contemporary vanguard.”\n\nhttps://timbernemattmitchellduo.bandcamp.com/\n\n \n\n
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/tim-bernematt-mitchell-two-night-residency/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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SUMMARY:Tim Berne/Matt Mitchell (Two Night Residency)
DESCRIPTION:Matt Mitchell - piano\nTim Berne - alto sax\n\nThe compositions of iconic saxophonist/bandleader Tim Berne have earned renown for their intensely kinetic\, dizzyingly intricate quality as performed around the world by his various groups over the past four decades. With the album Førage – released digitally and on CD by Screwgun Records on March 31\, 2017 – listeners have the chance to experience Berne’s music as never before\, in versions for solo piano. Virtuoso pianist Matt Mitchell\, a member of Berne’s band Snakeoil\, has explored the full range of the composer’s songbook.As Berne says: “No one knows my music better than Matt. He might know it even better than I do at this point."\n\nBerne was aptly named one of New York City’s essential jazz icons by Time Out New York\, while the UK’s Jazzwise magazine underscored the growing stature of his music by declaring it“suffused with genuine humanity and more than a little wisdom.” The New York Times praised Mitchell as“a pianist of burrowing focus and an indispensable fixture of the contemporary vanguard.”\n\nhttps://timbernemattmitchellduo.bandcamp.com/\n\n \n\n
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/tim-bernematt-mitchell-two-night-residency-2/
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SUMMARY:Parallel Society
DESCRIPTION:Jan Henrik Rau - composition\, guitar pedals\nYuzuha O'Halloran - alto saxophone/bass clarinet\nLuke Howard - piano/synthesizer\nEoin O'Halloran - bass\nHugh Denman - drums\n \n\nParallel Society was formed in 2017 by german composer and guitarist Jan Henrik Rau and quickly gained attention on the irish jazz and improvised music scene.\n\nThe quintet emerged out of Ireland's most important educational institution for improvised music called Newpark Music Centre. It was Jan Henrik's desire to bring his compositions on stage that led to the bands formation in 2017. The group recorded their Debut EP “RAW” in May 2017 and soon released "The Smock Alley Theatre Live Session" which quickly gained high attention on the Irish jazz and improvised music scene and fascinated listeners and critics alike. The band is currently working on a full length album.\n\n“Their sound invokes wonderfully deep ambiance while at the same time containing thoughtful lyrical lines. Exceptionally well constructed music with a genuine appeal to a broad church of jazz fans.” Dominic Reilly\, dublinjazz.ie\n\n“The talent and intricacy in this EP alone is incredible; we need to hear more from this group!” Red Keane - Founder of Jazz Ireland.\n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/aqgLECSqb7o[/embed]\n\n \n\n 
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/parallel-society/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20181116T200000
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SUMMARY:Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:Nikki Iles is celebrated as one of the finest musicians the UK has ever produced. Her playing highlights in the last couple of years have included The Julian Arguelles Octet\, The Kenny Wheeler Big Band\, Tony Coe and Tina May\, \, ‘Renga’ with Rufus Reid . The Anglo / Canadian Quartet with Martin Speake\,  Anthony Michelli and Duncan Hopkins.\, trio with Jeff Williams\, The Stan Sulzmann Big Band\, Joe Locke and Neil Pursey \, Claire Martin and Dave Holland in the tribute to Kenny Wheeler at this years London Jazz Festival .  . This year  looks to be a very busy year. Following the success of her trio CD\, Hush.\, recorded  in New York with Rufus Reid and Jeff Williams\, she has recently recorded with Norma Winstone and Kenny Wheeler and the London Vocal Project\, “Mirrors” on Edition and most recently has seen the release  of the long awaited Printmakers CD “Westerly “ on Basho records with Norma Winstone\, Mark Lockheart\, Mike Walker \, Steve Watts and James Maddren  and “Stardust ‘ (Jellymould) with long–time friend \, saxophonist\, Stan Sulzmann.\n\nTonight\, she presents for the first time a brand new large ensemble project featuring a handpicked line-up of old friends and new\, to perform works by inspirational female composers.
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/nikki-iles-jazz-orchestra/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20181117T150000
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SUMMARY:Jazz Future: NYJO London
DESCRIPTION:The National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO) is a charity\, whose mission is to promote jazz as an exciting\, engaging and inspirational art form through world-class performances and education work. NYJO delivers inspirational education work wherever it goes. NYJO also operates a weekly Academy\, which offers London-based access to jazz ensembles for young musicians of varying levels and abilities.\n\nThis afternoon\, we showcase some of the talented young musicians working with NYJO Academy and NYJO London under the inspiring leadership of Phil Meadows.
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/jazz-future-nyjo-london/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20181117T200000
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SUMMARY:Perfect Houseplants
DESCRIPTION:Mark Lockheart – soprano & tenor saxophones\nHuw Warren – piano\, accordion & percussion\nDudley Philips – acoustic & electric bass\nMartin France – drums & electric percussion\n\nFormed in 1992 by four of the most distinctive jazz musicians and composers in Britain\, Perfect Houseplants has rapidly achieved a reputation as one of the most innovative and challenging jazz groups to emerge in the 1990s. The group’s unique and colourful compositions and musical interaction has established them as an adventurous but accessible group on the cutting edge of European music. The group has frequently performed and recorded for BBC Radio 3 and has also been commissioned by the BBC on a number of projects.\n\nThe members of Perfect Houseplants have played and recorded with a glittering array of American and European artists including: Dave Holland\, Django Bates\, June Tabor\, Kenny Wheeler\, Manu Katche\, Lee Konitz\, Ralph Towner\, Steve Swallow\, Prefab Sprout\, Radiohead\, Mike Gibbs\, Colin Towns\, Andy Sheppard\, Billy Cobham\, Robert Wyatt and Jah Wobble.
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/perfect-houseplants-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20181119T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20181119T200000
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SUMMARY:Vula Viel & Velvet Revolution
DESCRIPTION:Velvet Revolution\n\nDaniel Erdmann is an active member and co-leader of many bands. But in a decade or so he imagined a certain sound for a trio\, and looked for and finally found the musicians who would allow the anticipated sound to become a reality. French violinist Théo Ceccaldi contributes something from the grand French string tradition\, as well as jazz references and something very contemporary: he can wallow in melody\, but also provide abstract\, percussive action. Daniel knows Jim Hart from a visit to London\, where the vibraphonist\, who now lives in France\, was one of the\ncofounders of Loop Collective. With its luminous sound\, the vibraphone reinforces the chamber music like magic of the trio. Jim Hart brings a rhythmic competence\, which in the case of this trio\, doesn’t even need drums.\n\nVelvet Revolution won the Echo Jazz 2017 (the german version of the Grammy award)\, and the German Record Critics Annual Award 2017.\n\nVula Viel\n\nForward-thinking UK trio Vula Viel release their sophomore album\, ‘Do Not Be Afraid’ on 25th January 2019\, continuing their unique musical journey centred around the Gyil (Ghanaian xylophone). Join them on 19th November for the album's single release including exclusive single streaming with album pre-orders.\nThe band’s new set confidently weaves sparse polyrhythms and intricate rhythm structures around bandleader Bex Burch’s Gyil lines and take the instrument’s sound into new territory\, with bassist Ruth Goller (Acoustic Ladyland\, Melt Yourself Down\, Rokia Traore) and drummer Jim Hart (Cloudmakers\, Ralph Alessi\, Electric Biddle) introducing a rough\, post-punk edge to the band’s sound.\nDescribed as “Ghanaian minimalism”\, with the unassuming ability to blur the lines between atmospheres – Vula Viel’s sound may nod to Steve Reichian jazz\, but influences don’t stop there: one can hear echoes of Bill Laswell and the irresistible energy of Arthur Russel.
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/vula-viel-velvet-revolution/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20181120T200000
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SUMMARY:Cassie Kinoshi's Seed Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Formed in early 2016\,  SEED Ensemble is a ten-piece band led by alto saxophonist and composer Cassie Kinoshi.\n\nThe project presents a stellar line-up featuring some of London’s most up-and-coming young jazz musicians including tuba player Theon Cross and tenor saxophonist Chelsea Carmichael. Combining jazz with inner-city London\, West African and Caribbean influenced groove\, SEED explores a blend of genres through both original compositions and arrangements.\n\n" The richness of the band’s melody\, harmony and solo is something we can attest to and that got the crowd going. Band members cut across race and gender; and original compositions are inspired by the social issues of our times. So a night of music by the people for the people about the people? We like " - www.sqwzl.com\n\n[embed]https://youtu.be/OhUUPWTl9lM[/embed]
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/cassie-kinoshis-seed-ensemble/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20181121T200000
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SUMMARY:Patchwork Jazz Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:Patchwork Jazz Orchestra are a London-based millennial big band that has no leader but a variety of composers using the ensemble as a platform for fresh sounds and ideas. A factory of sound\, materialising the musical fantasies of a new generation of jazz musicians.\n\nWith such a melting pot of influences and characters\, the music ranges from luscious and sweet melodies to broad walls of sound\, from drum and bass to funeral marches\, from fairytale ballads to calypso. The musical glue binding it together are the 17 musicians that power the vibrations and their universal passion for improvisation. Drawing on the wealth of history of the big band format\, PJO have revamped it into a well-oiled machine that embraces a modern day philosophy of music making.\n\nHaving already met through other smaller ensembles and subgroups\, many members of the band had a desire not only to play more large ensemble music\, but to have the opportunity and environment to write for it. Ideas for the band began forming in early 2014\, and in November that year the 17 piece group made its debut to a sell out audience at the London Jazz Festival.\n\nAfter winning the Peter Whittingham Award in 2015\, the band have hosted their own “Patchwork” nights\, engaging new audiences at unusual spaces in London\, and have just finished recording their first album at AIR Studios\, scheduled for release in early 2019.
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/patchwork-jazz-orchestra-2/
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SUMMARY:Noel Langley's EDENTIDE
DESCRIPTION:Noel Langley has been at the forefront of the British music scene for nearly thirty years\, enjoying a multi-faceted career as a performer\, composer\, arranger\, arranger\, producer and bandleader. Here he brings his critically acclaimed project EDENTIDE to the Vortex.\n\nIdentified as an exceptional talent by Leonard Bernstein\, whilst completing his studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1986\, Noel quickly went on to establish himself in the profession. Today he is has been described as one of the finest cross-over trumpet players in Europe\, equally at home in the recording studio\, on the concert platform\, as a jazz soloist or leading a horn section for major rock bands.\n\nHe has led the trumpet section of every major British big band of the last 20 years including those fronted by Sir John Dankworth\, Stan Tracey\, Tim Garland\, Guy Barker\, Julian Joseph and Gwilym Simcock. Noel has also toured with international jazz stars\, including Harry Connick Junior\, Hermeto Pascoal\, Andrew Hill\, Billy Cobham and Georgie Fame.
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/noel-langleys-edentide/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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SUMMARY:Nikki Yeoh Infinitum
DESCRIPTION:Since her emergence on the British Jazz Scene in the mid 90s pianist Nikki Yeoh has proved to be an improviser\, composer and all-round adventurer who has continually sought to broaden her musical horizons. Here she appears with brothers Mark and Michael Mondesir.\n\nb. 23 May 1973\, London\, England. Daughter of an English mother and a Chinese-Malaysian father\, Yeoh began playing piano as a tiny child and proved to be a gifted pianist. While still in her late teens\, she became a professional musician. In 1996\, she won The Independent award for Best Jazz Musician Of The Year and in 1999\, was a semi-finalist in a Montreux jazz piano contest. Yeoh became a very well known session musician\, playing often with leading jazz musicians and also with pop artists. Those with whom she has played include Peter Bengtson\, Phillip Bent\, Neneh Cherry\, Eddie Harris\, Dick Heckstall-Smith\, Joanna MacGregor\, Courtney Pine\, Barak Schmool\, Cleveland Watkiss and Steve Williamson.\n\nYeoh’s composing is highly contemporary in approach and style and she utilizes computers in developing ideas and concepts. She has had compositions commissioned by Oxford Contemporary Music and others. As a solo artist and leading her band\, Infinitum\, she has toured the UK\, Europe\, Latin America and the Far East. In addition to performing\, Yeoh also teaches at London schools.
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/nikki-yeoh-infinitum/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC+0:20181124T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC+0:20181124T170000
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SUMMARY:Jazz Future: National Youth Jazz Collective
DESCRIPTION:NYJC helps develop young musicians their skills\, passion and experience as jazz players by offering support through music education to increase the ability of 8 – 18 year -olds to play by ear in small groups: to learn\, improvise\, compose\, arrange and lead bands.\n\nThis afternoon\, NYJC showcase a number of their combos playing material developed during their year-round courses.
URL:http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/jazz-future-national-youth-jazz-collective/
LOCATION:11 Gillett Square\, London\, N16 8AZ
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