Paul Dunmall & Sophia Domancich Quartet
Paul and Sophia have been playing together in various combinations for over 30 years. She is one of the leading pianist in France leading her own trios and quartets. Tonight the quartet has the superb rhythm section of James Owston (bass) and Miles Levin (drums).
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £18 / Vortex Members £16 / Students & UC beneficiaries £14
Vortex Lates: Will Glaser
“Vortex Lates” is a new series of events taking place in our downstairs bar from 10-1am every Friday or Saturday. A new late-night jazz hang for Dalston where you can grab a drink and listen to some of the best improvised musicians from around the city.
Time: 10 - 1AM
Standard £6 / Vortex Members £5
London Jazz Orchestra Vortex Sessions
The LJO returns to the Vortex for a new season of up-close-and-personal Sunday afternoon concerts.
Time: 3 - 5.30PM
Standard £12.50 / Vortex Members £10 / Students & UC Beneficiaries £8
Vortex Jam Session with Jas Kayser
A weekly session on Sunday evenings, the jams will be hosted by four of London’s finest: drummer Jas Kayser, pianist Rick Simpson, tenor saxophonists Helena Kay and Riley Stone-Lonergan (+ a few guests), each one hosting one session on rotation.
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £5 / Free entry for Vortex members & participating musicians
Empirical ‘Wonder is the Beginning’ Vinyl Launch feat. Ivo Neame & David Preston
Join the multi award-winning UK jazz ensemble Empirical for the launch of their first ever vinyl release of their latest album Wonder is the Beginning, out on on Whirlwind Recordings. The show will feature special guests Ivo Neame & David Preston.
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £17.50 / Vortex Members £15 / Students & UC beneficiaries £12.5
Harry Christelis Quartet
Immersive and thought provoking original contemporary jazz by a quartet of highly acclaimed musicians, led by guitarist Harry Christelis.
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £12.50 / Vortex Members £6.25 / Students & UC beneficiaries £5
Maddalena Ghezzi, Ruth Goller, Maria Chiara Argirò
Emerald with Maria Chiara Argirò and Dolomite with Ruth Goller are the most recent releases part of Maddalena Ghezzi’s series Minerals. At the Vortex Emerald “delicate world in osmosis with nature and humans” is meeting Dolomite “quixotic moments” in a trio concert that will see Ghezzi, Goller and Argirò merging the two works.
Time: 6.30 - 8.30PM
Standard £10 / Vortex Members £10 / Students & UC beneficiaries £10
Irini Arabatzi
Irini Arabatzi is a singer/songwriter from Greece based in London. With a rich background in jazz (Guildhall School of Music) and world music from Brazil to Middle Eastern music, Irini’s recent EP “Songs for them” released in June on Albert’s Favourites, showcases her unique sound, blending haunting melodies with vibrant beats.
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £15 / Vortex Members £12.5 / Students & UC beneficiaries £10
Olivia Murphy Jazz Orchestra (1st Show)
Multi-award winning composer Olivia Murphy conducts this large ensemble made up of 20 of the most exciting emerging improvisers and musicians from both the London and Birmingham creative music scenes – two cities that have been integral to her musical development so far.
Time: 7.30 - 9PM
Standard £17.50 / Vortex Members £15 / Students & UC beneficiaries £12.50
Olivia Murphy Jazz Orchestra (2nd Show)
Multi-award winning composer Olivia Murphy conducts this large ensemble made up of 20 of the most exciting emerging improvisers and musicians from both the London and Birmingham creative music scenes – two cities that have been integral to her musical development so far.
Time: 9.30 - 11PM
Standard £17.50 / Vortex Members £15 / Students & UC beneficiaries £12.50
VORTEX LATES: DALSTON SONG CLUB W/ CASPER JAMES
Our monthly late night series brings songwriters together to perform in the round, hosted by Matthew Herd.
Time: 10 - 1AM
Standard £6 / Vortex Members £5
Henry Spencer
Henry Spencer launched his new album ‘The Defector’ (“A masterpiece” – Jazz in Europe) following international touring, TV and radio broadcasts and the increase of audiences and followers worldwide.
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £17.50 / Vortex Members £15 / Students & UC beneficiaries £12.5
Vortex Lates: Tom Barford (w/ David Ferris & Jonathan Silk)
“Vortex Lates” is a new series of events taking place in our downstairs bar from 10-1am every Friday or Saturday. A new late-night jazz hang for Dalston where you can grab a drink and listen to some of the best improvised musicians from around the city.
Time: 10 - 1AM
Standard £6 / Vortex Members £5
Future Standards & Downstairs Jam
Twice a month, join us on a journey to extend standard jazz repertoire for the 21st century.
Time: 3 - 7.30PM
Free Entry
Vortex Jam Session
A weekly session on Sunday evenings, the jams will be hosted by four of London’s finest: drummer Jas Kayser, pianist Rick Simpson, tenor saxophonists Helena Kay and Riley Stone-Lonergan (+ a few guests), each one hosting one session on rotation.
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £5 / Free entry for Vortex members & participating musicians
Midweek Downstairs Jam
Welcoming and relaxed, come for a drink, sit back and enjoy the music, or bring your horns, sticks and strings to join in during the second set.
Time: 7 - 10.30PM
Free Entry
Tomorrow’s New Quartet
Led by drummer / composer Rod Oughton, this band features several young heavyweights from the next generation of British jazz, namely George Crowley on Sax, Deschanel Gordon on piano and Flo Moore on electric bass.
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £12.50 / Vortex Members £6.25 / Students & UC beneficiaries £5
Mike De Souza’s Chrysalis Group
Guitarist Mike De Souza leads his quintet on a tour celebrating his latest album Chrysalis (Fresh Sound New Talent). Written post-lockdown, the title alludes to the emergence from a state of isolation, having changed in a positive way, just as a butterfly emerges transformed from its chrysalis state.
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £15 / Vortex Members £12.5 / Students & UC beneficiaries £10
Smiodair + Bize + Outhouse
Smiodair is an international trio, which reunites three leading improvisers that share a long musical history: Dave Smith, Robin Finker & Simon Jermyn. For this evening the trio will be joined by French flute virtuoso Sylvaine Helary, in addition to renowned London based musicians, tenor saxophonist Tom Challenger and bassist Johnny Brierley.
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £15 / Vortex Members £12.5 / Students & UC beneficiaries £10
VORTEX LATES: CURIOSITIES – WILL GLASER
Will Glaser presents a night of experimental and genre bending artists. Ranging from songwriters to improvisors and the electronic to acoustic, this night is for the satisfaction of the sonically curious.
Time: 10 - 1AM
Standard £6 / Vortex Members £5
Tom Ollendorff Quartet featuring Will Vinson
Guitarist Tom Ollendorff embarks on a European tour with a quartet featuring the highly regarded saxophonist Will Vinson, drummer David Ingamells and bassist Viktor Nyberg.
Time: 7.30 - 9PM
Standard £20 / Vortex Members £18 / Students & UC beneficiaries £16
Vortex Lates: Dee Byrne
“Vortex Lates” is a new series of events taking place in our downstairs bar from 10-1am every Friday or Saturday. A new late-night jazz hang for Dalston where you can grab a drink and listen to some of the best improvised musicians from around the city.
Time: 10 - 1AM
Standard £6 / Vortex Members £5
Mopomoso / October
Come & join us for another special Mopomoso featuring Yoko Miura (piano), Viv Corringham (voice) & Lawrence Casserley (electronics) + Julian Woods (guitar) & Terry Day (drums) + Adam Bohman (objects), Pascal Marzan (guitar) & Neil Metcalfe (flute)
Time: 2 - 5PM
Standard £12 / Vortex Members & Concession £8
Vortex Jam Session
A weekly session on Sunday evenings, the jams will be hosted by four of London’s finest: drummer Jas Kayser, pianist Rick Simpson, tenor saxophonists Helena Kay and Riley Stone-Lonergan (+ a few guests), each one hosting one session on rotation.
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £5 / Free entry for Vortex members & participating musicians
The Jonny Ford Jazz Orchestra
Bringing his Jazz Orchestra to the Vortex for the first time, Jonny Ford is one of the rising stars of the UK jazz and big band scene. Throughout the evening you’ll be taken on a journey through intricate layers of orchestral jazz, infused with vibrant energy, exceptional skill, and unwavering passion.
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £17.50 / Vortex Members £15 / Students & UC beneficiaries £12.50
Whirlpool – opening night
A new series of monthly Whirlpool concerts begins at the Vortex, with a new cohort of imaginative musicians. They are all recent graduates of the main London music conservatoires and…
Farida Amadou / Caius Williams & Mark Sanders (Double Bill)
The Vortex Jazz Club presents a special double bill featuring the Brussels-based bassist Farida Amadou and Caius Williams.
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £15 / Vortex Members £12.5 / Students & UC beneficiaries £10
Leo Richardson Quartet
Without a doubt, Leo Richardson is widely recognised to be one of the UK’s leading Jazz Tenor Saxophonists, best known for his honest, straight-ahead, contemporary hard-bop style. Tonight, the quartet will be performing select pieces from their most recent record “Move” along with new material.
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £17.50 / Vortex Members £15 / Students & UC beneficiaries £12.5
VORTEX LATES: The Downstairs Living Room – Rebecka Edlund & Immy Churchill
Converting Vortex Downstairs into their very own living room, vocalists Rebecka Edlund and Immy Churchill invite you to a night of storytelling through music. With their shared love for songwriting and improvisation, the singers intertwine their unique voices with some of the most exciting musicians in the UK.
Time: 10 - 1AM
Standard £6 / Vortex Members £5
Jazz and Wine Special! Cantina Le Pietre Ft. Phelan Burgoyne
Our Jazz and Wine event, hosted by Liv Kessler, is in collaboration with Italian winery Cantina Le Pietre with winemaker Andrea Cavallari. Music is by the Phelan Burgoyne Trio. We…
Time: 6 - 9PM
Standard £40 / Vortex Members £30 / Students £25
Coltrane and Hartman on Impulse! feat. Denys Baptiste and Marvin Muoneke
Revisiting the famous album when John Coltrane teamed up with vocalist Johnny Hartman to explore their favourite romantic standards, tenor sax boss Denys Baptiste is joined by the extraordinary vocalist Marvin Muoneke and a top-flight rhythm section of Gary Crosby (bass), Alex Webb (piano) and Alfonso Vitale (drums).
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £17.50 / Vortex Members £15 / Students & UC beneficiaries £12.5
Vortex Lates: Rick Simpson
“Vortex Lates” is a new series of events taking place in our downstairs bar from 10-1am every Friday or Saturday. A new late-night jazz hang for Dalston where you can grab a drink and listen to some of the best improvised musicians from around the city.
Time: 10 - 1AM
Standard £6 / Vortex Members £5
Future Standards & Downstairs Jam
Twice a month, join us on a journey to extend standard jazz repertoire for the 21st century.
Time: 3 - 7.30PM
Free Entry
Vortex Jam Session
A weekly session on Sunday evenings, the jams will be hosted by four of London’s finest: drummer Jas Kayser, pianist Rick Simpson, tenor saxophonists Helena Kay and Riley Stone-Lonergan (+ a few guests), each one hosting one session on rotation.
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £5 / Free entry for Vortex members & participating musicians
Jack Banjo’s Snackwall
jack banjo’s snackwall peddle their unique brand of avant rock-jazz, echoing jazz rock, scandi-jazz, traditional musics and art-rock along with reference to the powerful energies and grooves that have driven the uk jazz scene in recent years.
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £12.50 / Vortex Members £6.25 / Students & UC beneficiaries £5
TLJO / Michael Formanek – The Distance (1st Show)
The Trinity Laban Jazz Orchestra conducted by Otto Kampa returns to the Vortex with American bassist and composer Michael Formanek, in a rarely heard exploration of the large scale music from the 2016 ECM album The Distance.
Time: 7.30 - 9PM
Standard £17.50 / Vortex Members £15 / Students £12.50
TLJO / Michael Formanek – The Distance (2nd Show)
The Trinity Laban Jazz Orchestra conducted by Otto Kampa returns to the Vortex with American bassist and composer Michael Formanek, in a rarely heard exploration of the large scale music from the 2016 ECM album The Distance.
Time: 9.30 - 11PM
Standard £17.50 / Vortex Members £15 / Students £12.50
Devin Gray – Melt All the Guns
Brooklyn-Berlin based American drummer-composer Devin Gray’s latest release Melt All the Guns II (Out October 4th) features Ralph Alessi on trumpet & Myslaure Augustin on piano. This exciting new batch of politically leaning songs arrives at a time where global democracy is on the line, allowing Gray to express concerns through his music.
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £17.50 / Vortex Members £15 / Students & UC beneficiaries £15
Vortex Lates: Contemporary Folk night w/ James Patrick Gavin
The new series of late-night gigs on Friday brings in artists from the contemporary folk and songwriter scenes in London and beyond, as well as small groups with exploratory approaches to songs and music from the outer edges of the jazz world.
Time: 10 - 1AM
Standard £6 / Vortex Members £5
Vortex Lates: George Crowley (w/ Will Glaser & Caius Williams)
“Vortex Lates” is a new series of events taking place in our downstairs bar from 10-1am every Friday or Saturday. A new late-night jazz hang for Dalston where you can grab a drink and listen to some of the best improvised musicians from around the city.
Time: 10 - 1AM
Standard £6 / Vortex Members £5
Vortex Jam Session
A weekly session on Sunday evenings, the jams will be hosted by four of London’s finest: drummer Jas Kayser, pianist Rick Simpson, tenor saxophonists Helena Kay and Riley Stone-Lonergan (+ a few guests), each one hosting one session on rotation.
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £5 / Free entry for Vortex members & participating musicians
Midweek Downstairs Jam
Welcoming and relaxed, come for a drink, sit back and enjoy the music, or bring your horns, sticks and strings to join in during the second set.
Time: 7 - 10.30PM
Free Entry
Whispered Tales
Chiara Spigariol is an Italian drummer and composer based in London. Her project is a concept album that mixes jazz with folk music and is a collection of stories based on books, myth, theatre and art.
Time: 6.30 - 8.30PM
Standard £10 / Vortex Members £10 / Students & UC beneficiaries £10
Tullis Rennie: Safe Operating Space
Composer, electronic musician, improviser and field recordist Tullis Rennie launches his new album Safe Operating Space (Efpi Records) – a vivid hybrid of club music-influenced analogue electronics and free improvisation.
Time: 6.30 - 8.30PM
Standard £10 / Vortex Members £10 / Students & UC beneficiaries £10
Reiss Ellis Beckles Group
Join us for an unforgettable evening of music at Vortex Jazz Club as Reiss Ellis Beckles Group embark on a UK Tour featuring music from their upcoming album ‘World’s Apart’.
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £17.50 / Vortex Members £15 / Students & UC beneficiaries £12.5
VORTEX LATES: DALSTON SONG CLUB W/ CATRIN VINCENT
Our monthly late night series brings songwriters together to perform in the round, hosted by Matthew Herd.
Time: 10 - 1AM
Standard £6 / Vortex Members £5
Vortex Lates: Huw V Williams
“Vortex Lates” is a new series of events taking place in our downstairs bar from 10-1am every Friday or Saturday. A new late-night jazz hang for Dalston where you can grab a drink and listen to some of the best improvised musicians from around the city.
Time: 10 - 1AM
Standard £6 / Vortex Members £5
Vortex Jam Session
A weekly session on Sunday evenings, the jams will be hosted by four of London’s finest: drummer Jas Kayser, pianist Rick Simpson, tenor saxophonists Helena Kay and Riley Stone-Lonergan (+ a few guests), each one hosting one session on rotation.
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £5 / Free entry for Vortex members & participating musicians
Midweek Downstairs Jam
Welcoming and relaxed, come for a drink, sit back and enjoy the music, or bring your horns, sticks and strings to join in during the second set.
Time: 7 - 10.30PM
Free Entry
Skylla + Training w/ Ruth Goller (double bill)
Don’t miss this double bill curated by bassist / vocalist Ruth Goller featuring her personal project Skylla w/ Alice Grant (voice / mini keyboard), Lauren Kinsella (voice) and Max Andrzejewski (drums) + a collaboration with Berlin based duo TRAINING
Time: 7.45 - 10.30PM
Standard £15 / Vortex Members £12.5 / Students & UC beneficiaries £10