Can’t make it to the Vortex?
Join us online for tonight’s first set live-streamed from the club.
Line-up
Rick Simpson – Piano
Riley Stone-Lonergan – Tenor Sax
Oli Hayhurst – Bass
Will Glaser – Drums
About
Rick Simpson is based in London playing a wide variety of music, and leads his own group playing original jazz music. Rick is a regular performer at Ronnie Scotts, the 606 Jazz Club, Pizza Express Dean Street, The Vortex, The Bull’s Head, and he has appeared at larger UK venues such as the Royal Festival Hall and the Purcell Room.
UK-based Irishman Riley Stone-Lonergan’s primary focus as a music creator is improvisation, the element of Jazz that brings him the most joy. Riley’s entire life and career is driven by the desire to both improvise and hear other people improvise, it is the highest level of creativity and artistic expression.
Oli Hayhurst has been one of the busiest bass players on the London jazz scene since graduating from the Royal Academy of Music in 2000. He is involved in a wide range of music playing with stars of jazz, classical and world musics. He has been featured on over 60 albums and toured extensively.
Since Graduating from Guildhall in 2014, Will Glaser has become a highly in demand sideman to a vast array of the British Jazz scene; performing with broadly ranging musicians such as Soweto Kinch, Dame Cleo Laine, Stan Sulzmann, Kit Downes, Nikki Iles, Dinosaur, Alex Garnett, Martin Speake, Josephine Davies, Yazz Ahmed, Eddie Parker, Freddie Gavita, Henry Lowther, Babelfish, Liam Noble, Rick Simpson, and Sam Leak to name a few.
How to watch online – please read
Click on PLACE YOUR ORDER below to get your ticket. Please note: this is a live streamed event. It will start immediately at 7.30pm, and will last approximately an hour. It will not be available on-demand so if you are late to sign-in and watch the performance, you will miss it and not be able to replay the video. We cannot offer any refunds for missed performances
Read about how to access the live stream once you’ve bought your ticket: CLICK HERE