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Both the audience and the musicians share in the discovery of a music as it happens, making for a uniquely rewarding experience. An international cast of musicians will be playing […]
This is our provisional programme. 29 bands over 10 days and rising!!!!! 11 November Clark Tracey Quintet Late Downstairs – Adam Glasser South African Jazz Jam (tbc) 12 November Julie […]
The Vortex is delighted to be hosting a festival of the innovative and well-established label Intakt in 2017. oolondon aPril 2017 VorteX Jazz club Vortex jazz club london Sunday, april […]
MARTIN SPEAKE QUARTET (featuring Bobo Stenson) – TWO-DAY RESIDENCY Thursday 28th April 2016 | 8:00pm – 11:00pm Tickets: £22 MARTIN SPEAKE QUARTET (featuring Bobo Stenson) – TWO-DAY RESIDENCY Friday 29th […]
While the programme of the club is ongoing, there are always a few highlights and connections that seem to spring out every month.This month, the programme is topped and tailed […]
Oliver, who is programming director here, is now regularly updating his blog with information about what is going on here, as well as his views on the scene in general […]
All musicians interested in the Vortex are invited to an open meeting at the club on 23 March at 4 p.m. The aim is to update all on the state […]
Minardi loves to re-invent the musical past and, in this, he shows an affinity with the arch neo-classicist, Igor Stravinsky. https://www.jazzviews.net/maurizio-minardi—interview–album-launch.html
The following was published in the Guardian on 20 January: “The jazz venue that, rich in community spirit, is perfect for the purist but also gracious to the merely curious” […]
Taking inspiration from the Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd School Days band from the early 1960s, Thelonious explore the entire Monk repertoire with both childlike curiosity as well as forensic attention to detail.Through collective learning of […]
We were fortunate that Kenny played regularly at the club, both in Church Street and in Dalston; and in various formats, up to including big band, as well as […]
Three minutes and five seconds. The average length of a song played on the radio in the UK. Also, the time it takes to walk, at a fairly leisurely stroll […]
Here’s another great review for Philip Catherine & John Etheridge, and Igor Gehenot Trio’s EFG London Jazz Festival gig at Vortex. “By the end the players were enjoying one another’s company […]
Sebastian Scotney reviews Philip Catherine & John Etheridge’s show at Vortex on 23rd November 2013 as part of this year’s EFG London Jazz Festival. “The British-born, Belgian-based guitarist’s phrasing and melodic […]
High praise from Something Else! for November’s episode of Evan Parker’s monthly Vortex residency: “Evan is genius — and I do not use the word often or lightly — but […]
On November 15th we had our last of this year’s City Sessions at Bishopsgate Institute. Here’s what All About Jazz had to say: “What is it that makes the Italian […]
Another glowing review for Brother Face from The Arts Desk. “These new compositions were both technically innovative and emotionally engaging. Remarkably bold in their constantly shifting, swirling rhythm, which was […]