The week ahead, 29 August 2025
We are delighted to draw your attention to the Vortex’s programme of gigs for November’s EFG London Jazz Festival. Our own “festival” is a self-contained series, celebrating our approach to […]
Past recent newsletters – July and August 2025
These newsletters have interesting concepts that they cover.. Be it AI, the relation to quantum physics, needs and wants of musicians of audiences. If you’ve hit this by chance do […]
The week ahead, 22 August 2025
We are enormously proud of our strong links to the community of London jazz musicians. They so often come to help us out when necessary. This week is a great […]
Cleo Laine
Oliver Weindling writes: Cleo Laine, who has died at the age of 97, brought jazz singing in the UK right up-to-date, when working mainly with her husband John Dankworth. And […]
Sonny Blacks
Oliver Weindling writes: If you met Sonny Blacks, you immediately felt you were in the presence of calypsonian royalty! He came to England in 1960 and brought the first steel […]
The week ahead. 20 June 2025
The death of drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo has hit us hard at the Vortex. Originally from South Africa, he came as a member of the Blue Notes to London in 1965 […]
Dill Katz
Dill sadly died on the same day as Louis. He’s remembered for his involvement with bands such as Paraphenalia and Nucleus, on bass. In fact he was known latterly as […]
Louis Moholo-Moholo (1940-2025)
Oliver Weindling writes: Going right the way back to our foundation in 1987, David Mossman built relationships with some of the most influential musicians on the UK scene. Not least […]
The Week Ahead, 23 May 2025
Earlier this year, the Vortex received further international recognition when it was named one of the 45 best jazz venues by Downbeat magazine in the world outside the USA—a prestigious […]
Weekly newsletter 16 May 2025;
In Tuesday’s edition of the Metro newspaper there’s a map of London Grassroots music, including bands, styles, label and venues, based around the tube map. The Vortex is one of […]
Whirlpool at Inntoene
We’re excited that Whirlpool has been invited to perform at Inntoene (www.inntoene.com) for a 3 day residency in 18-21 July. Sam Eastmond Rebecka Edlund Kasper Rietkerk Ashley Bonfante Julian Woods […]
The Week Ahead. 4-12 April
We are lucky that the Vortex has so many musicians continue to come back and play the club, even when they can also play bigger venues. Clearly smitten by our […]
The week ahead. 14-22 March
The Vortex is proud to have been chosen by Downbeat magazine, possibly the most prestigious jazz magazine, as ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT JAZZ VENUES 2025. Outside the USA, there […]
What’s on: 21 February-1 March
A few of the extra special gigs to come! For so many musicians, the Vortex is a place where they feel inspired and give their all. The positive engagement of […]
Howard Riley 1943-2025
We have been extraordinarily lucky, and thus privileged, to have had most of the influential pianists of the improvised scene in London play at the Vortex since it started in […]
The Vortex for the week ahead: 14-23 February 2025
To adapt TS Eliot: “February is the cruellest month.” This month is certainly living up – or is it down – to it. No Spring yet here, damp, grey, with […]
Vortex 2022-2023
This information gives a more formal flavour of how the club operated in 2022-2023. The more formal element is in our company accounts, with a link below. ———————————— The year […]
Vortex newsletter 31 January. What’s coming to club
An attraction of being in London and being able to come to a place like the Vortex is the special way that European, and especially British, musicians “bring their different […]