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Tots Tunes
Created and led by Tara Franks
For parents and babies/toddlers (0-5s)
This joy-filled class offers the opportunity for parents to sing, dance and shake along to songs from around the world and original tunes.
Yoga
Yoga classes are available Tuesday mornings and Thursday lunchtimes. If you fancy taking time out to relax and revitalise during your day, why not come and try out a session?
Mon, 3 Jun
- Mon 3 Jun | 8.30pm
- £9
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Alex Roth's Otriad
In 1941, three Jewish brothers went into hiding in Poland's Naliboki Forest to escape capture by the encroaching Nazi troops. By the end of the Second World War, they had led over 1,200 other Jews to safety, establishing a tight-knit community that resisted the Germans on one side and their co-operating Belarussian forces on the other. The Bielski Otriad, as the group became known, defied the fate of so many of their kind by refusing to give up hope even under the bleakest conditions.
It is this strength of community spirit that inspired the formation of Alex Roth's Otriad, itself centred around three brothers of Polish-Jewish ancestry. Nick, Alex and Simon Roth (playing saxophones, guitars and percussion respectively) grew up to the sound of their mother's violin and piano, quickly taking up the instruments that would eventually allow them to develop a unique musical understanding together. This three-way dynamic has been pivotal to each of their careers thus far, forming the core of several groups along the way (including the ten-piece electro-acoustic chamber ensemble Sefroth).
Otriad is completed by two musicians whom Alex has met through studying for his MA at the Royal Academy of Music: James Opstad, who has been the bassist in Alex's trio (with Simon again) since 2010, and saxophonist Joe Wright (half of the electro-acoustic improvising duo Wright/Roth, which has been active for almost two years).
Alex's music for Otriad is an expression of the relationships that have formed between these five musicians, moving between folk-like melodies, free-form improvisation, electro-acoustic soundworlds, complex rhythmic structures and richly evocative harmonies.
Nick Roth – saxophones
Joe Wright – saxophones, electronics
Alex Roth – guitar, effects
James Opstad – electric bass
Simon Roth – drums, percussion
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The Vortex Jazz Club
Live Jazz Award winner in the
2013 Parliamentary Jazz Awards
Highlights
Thu, 15 - Sat, 17 Aug
Keith Tippett
Keith Tippett
3-night residency
featuring
Julie Tippetts &
Elysian Quartet
London African Music Festival
Fri, 13 Sep
Malick Pathé Sow and Bao Sissoko
+ Niran Obasa
Sat, 14 Sep
Adjoa
+ Niran Obasa
Fri, 20 Sep
Lekan Babalola and the Afrobeat Messengers
+ Niran Obasa
Sat, 21 Sep
Tony Kofi's Future Passed Trio
Sun, 22 Sep
Hanisha Solomon
London African Music Festival
Fri, 27 Sep
Gravenhurst
@ Bishopsgate
Vortex City Sessions, in association with The Local, presents Gravenhurst at the Bishopsgate Institute
Fri, 4 Oct
Polar Bear
@ Bishopsgate
Vortex City Sessions presents Polar Bear at the Bishopsgate Institute
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The Vortex Jazz Club gratefully acknowledges financial
support from
the PRS for Music Foundation
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