Featuring 4 of the UK’s most extraordinary improvisers ‘Total Vibration’ is a double-trumpet ensemble that dives head-first into repertoire old and new. Hailing from acclaimed bands such as Loose Tubes,…

The core team consists of Orphy Robinson, Cleveland Watkiss, Tori Handsley and Paul Bradshaw who are joined by an array of guests. You never know who’s going to drop in.…

Jacky Naylor’s Sextet was formed to premiere Naylor’s ‘Industrial’ Suite, commissioned by Lancaster Jazz Festival in 2019. Raised in West Yorkshire, he wanted to capture different elements of the Industrial…

This trio brings together a two year project aiming to focus on the effect a musicians personality, and combinations of personalities, can have on improvised music and Jazz. After working…

Evan Parker (born in Bristol, 1944) took up the saxophone at the age of 14. Early influences included Paul Desmond, Eric Dolphy, and above all John Coltrane. After witnessing the…

2011’s ‘The King of Limb’s was Radiohead’s eighth studio LP. Tonight Rick Simpson’s Quintet (Julian Siegel, Tori Freestone, Dave Whitford and Will Glaser) will perform the album and its b-sides,…

Bobhowler [bɒb’aʊle] [noun. Black Country dialect] – a very large moth Bobhowler is a collaborative trio featuring Andrew Woodhead (piano/electronics), Alicia Gardener-Trejo (baritone saxophone/flute) and Tom Mills (theremin). Andrew Woodhead…

My Iris is an intense and thrilling band that represents the front rank of the contemporary UK jazz scene. Lauded for her imaginative approach to improvisation and composition, saxophonist Trish…

Mixing elements of electronic, jazz and classical music Red Kite is a sextet led by Danish pianist Esben Tjalve. The band features some if the best musicians playing on the…

One new piece of music every month written specially for this unique large ensemble. More info coming soon…

Carol Grimes is a towering presence in the UK music scene; from busking in the streets as a teenager to touring internationally with contemporary classical group The Shout and her…

Robert Mitchell is an award-winning pianist, keyboard player, composer, songwriter, poet, and author. At the Vortex Robert Mitchell presents his new CD, “The Rainbow Mountain/Can We Care”. This is his…

Harry Baker, Jasper de Roeck and Oren McLoughlin’s new piano trio is a musically innovative and conceptually ambitious ensemble. Inspired by both the expansive sound-worlds of legendary ECM records as…

Chanda Rule is a magical vocalist from the south side of Chicago, deeply rooted in Southern Church music, as well as contemporary groove Music. With her feet rooted in gospel, a heart filled with soul, and a voice touched with jazz, singer and songwriter Chanda Rule has been weaving stories through song, humming melodies, and bending words since her childhood.

The Paul Dunmall qrt is one of the finest qrts playing free jazz anywhere. Paul Dunmall, Mark Sanders are know for their many years playing with most of the known…

Co-founder and original bassist Lester Batchelor leads the band who recreate the excitement and intrigue of Atmosfear’s own brand of experimental intergalactic British Jazz Funk with a new recording entitled…

Something of a UK super group, Out Front formed to play the music of two of Jazz’s greatest ‘inside-outside’ masters; Booker Little and Andrew Hill. Drawing on a wealth of…

The grand opening of the inaugural Gypsy Jazz Festival of London, hosted by the London Django Collective. London Django Collective LDC are the young lions of the UK scene. A…

Jas Kayser is a 24-year-old drummer, composer, band leader and Paiste Cymbals/Natal Drums artist from the UK, previously based in Boston and New York, and currently based between London and…

Taking a breath from the successful BvR Flamenco Big Band, Van Rossum presents his debut Quartet album Trampoline. The feeling of hanging in mid-air: that’s what saxophonist and composer Bernard…

This special performance will include brand new music as well as music from the album, ‘The Reasons Don’t Change‘, just before the band head off for a European tour. Henry…

Internationally renowned harpist Alina Bzhezhinska has a strong reputation for innovation. This time she creates a unique sound on the harp with electronics and loop pedals, supported by Mikele Montolli…

Lukas Oravec is a world-renowned, phenomenal trumpet player from Slovakia. He has played and recorded with many famous jazz artists from around the globe such as Aaron Goldberg, Bob Mintzer, Vincent…

Known for his jaw-dropping intensity, phenomenal technique, and visionary perspective, drummer Ari Hoenig is one of the most original, Innovative and influential jazz musicians of his generation. Joining Ari on…

Brigitte Beraha’s ‘Lucid Dreamers’ premiered at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London as a trio (Beraha/ Crowley / Giles) in November 2019 as part of the London Jazz Festival and is…

Transport yourself to Brazil with the charismatic sounds of Luna Cohen and her band. At once joyful and sultry, their music celebrates the diversity of Brazilian culture, incorporating the colourful…

WTB is the new trio from critically acclaimed composer and guitarist Chris Montague (Troyka, Squarepusher). It brings together the pianist, and ECM recording artist, Kit Downes and renowned electric bassist,…

Bruno Heinen brings his newly formed trio featuring Andrea Di Biase (Kenny Wheeler) and Gene Calderazzo (Pharoah Sanders) to perform his suite ‘Out of Doors’. It is an original work,…

A rip-roaring musical ride through Eastern Europe and beyond – from plaintive Gypsy ballads to tub-thumping Romanian dance tunes, with a smattering of tango, Hot Club and klezmer – all…

Mobile since her birth in Singapore, composer and saxophonist Caroline Davis lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her music covers a wide range of styles, which is owed to her shifting…

Fini Bearman is a much respected London based singer, composer & multi-instrumentalist, who’s ‘rare sense of melody running through her eclectic compositions’ has led her to become a recognised voice…