Warriors international presents – Freedom: The Art of Improvisation loft Jam session. The monthly open-minded Freedom Improv session. Curated this month by harpist Tori Handsley plus DJ Paul Bradshaw. There’s an opening short…
Our London Jazz Sessions are taking a break until 10 September
Basil Hodge (piano) Larry Bartley (double bass) Winston Clifford (drums) “Basil Hodge whether it’s his quintet, quartet or trio,have thrilled audiences throughout the UK with his charming compositions and emotional…
How do you survive in the World? How do you survive in the Labyrinth? Mind Games is a unique community, performance-based installation investigating personal and social responses to Mental Health and…
The Vortex welcomes back this tremendously influential quartet Chris Laurence, double bass Martin France, drums John Parricelli, guitar Frank Ricotti, vibraphone Bassist Chris Laurence has been a fixture on the…
How do you survive in the World? How do you survive in the Labyrinth? Mind Games is a unique community, performance-based installation investigating personal and social responses to Mental Health and…
After his mesmerising study of Charlie Parker, the charismatic Gilad Atzmon now turns his attention to John Coltrane.
The trio debut of three of Oxford and Bristol’s most exciting improvisers (Pat Thomas, Dom Lash and Tony Orrell). The musical relationships between these three musicians are hugely varied and…
A fabulous improvising quartet! These four great musicians explore the cusp where melody, improvisation and rhythm meet. Each time they have played at the Vortex we have all left in…
A Saturday late night hang featuring live soulful jazz, reggae and rocksteady, led by pianist Bruno Heinen. No booking required just turn up.
A day in tribute and happy memorial to Retro Dom. Starting in the afternoon in Gillett Square with a live show including Zoe and Zara, and continuing inside Vortex Downstairs…
Fete Quaqua is the 3 day festival out of our monthly Mopomoso sessions. Curated by John Russell, expect extraordinary sets from a group of like-minded musicians
Fete Quaqua is the 3 day festival out of our monthly Mopomoso sessions. Curated by John Russell, expect extraordinary sets from a group of like-minded musicians
Our London Jazz Sessions are taking a break until 10 September
Mopomoso – presenting the best in free improvisation Fête Quaqua 2017 Every year the guitarist John Russell puts together a project involving a group of highly creative and individual musicians…
A Saturday late night hang featuring live soulful jazz, reggae and rocksteady, led by pianist Bruno Heinen. No booking required just turn up.
A mesmerising saxophonist – thoughtful and emotional. No wonder he was a regular with the likes of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and was specially invited by Kirk Lightsey to be…
A mesmerising saxophonist – thoughtful and emotional. No wonder he was a regular with the likes of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and was specially invited by Kirk Lightsey to be…
After Lunch is a brand new series of great music specially programmed for charities / voluntary organisations / schools /etc to bring their clients, participants and staff along to. The…
With melodies collected over the past 5 years of travels in and out of the jungle that is London, Mikele’s debut album will take you from hectic space storms through…
Soulful DESOLA is a new British-Nigerian soul singer-songwriter. Her new CD “REST” show cases an unique talent whose musical range covers Naija grooves, soul, funk and R&B. Her combination of…
Hailed as the ‘Diva of the Sudanese desert’ (BBC World News) Sudanese-Italian singer Amira Kheir has been enchanting audiences around the world with a sound inspired by traditional music from…
An afternoon of skateboard events to raise money for a skate park in Palestine.
A Saturday late night hang featuring live soulful jazz, reggae and rocksteady, led by pianist Bruno Heinen. No booking required just turn up.
Huw V Williams – a young welsh bassist and composer, and one of our favourite musicians and a great bassist, invites us on a new journey with Berlin-based Canadian saxophonist,…
The acclaimed Duduvudu cd is a celebration of the enduring musical spirit of Dudu Pukwana. Duduvudu, is a project under the direction of renowned London-born, San Francisco-based flautist Chloë Scott.…
A great chance to hear David Murray, one of the most important saxophonists and band leaders, in an intimate space. Here he re-creates a project from the late 80s, where…
British-Nigerian guitarist Toby Foyeh enjoys massive success in USA where he is now based. His music is a musical melting pot created out of a unique fusion of traditional Nigerian Yoruba…
A Saturday late night hang featuring live soulful jazz, reggae and rocksteady, led by pianist Bruno Heinen. No booking required just turn up.
Popular vocalist on the London jazz scene, performing regularly at The 606 Jazz Club, The Vortex, The Spice of Life, Pizza Express Dean st. Jagz. Wakefield Jazz, FleeceJazz, Art House Crouch…
The return of a New York special! A chance to hear saxophonist Gilad Atzmon with guitarist Saul Rubin, frequently in the band of Sonny Rollins and visiting from New York.…
Maestro Kit Downes is an expert in inviting special guests to the Vortex. In this case, it is master drummer Colin Stranahan from New York. Colin Stranahan was one of…
Vocalist of the Jazz FM Awards 2016 and the Mercury Prize nominee pianist collaborate for this occasion, where empathy, experimentation, unusual techniques and a highly personal repertoire taken from across…
A Saturday late night hang featuring live soulful jazz, reggae and rocksteady, led by pianist Bruno Heinen. No booking required just turn up.
Following his previous sold out shows at the Vortex, we’re thrilled to welcome back this formidable young talent for two nights, the first for a late night show. Botswana-born pianist…
”Dyer’s music has an emotional depth and lyricism that one imagines any newcomer wanting to embrace.” Kevin Le Gendre, Jazzwise
Martin Speake revives a partnership with Ethan Iverson (best known for his work as a member of Bad Plus) that goes back over a decade. So it’s a pleasure to…
One of the most imaginative African musicians returns to the Vortex. Sensitive guitar playing and dreamy, voice with distinctively textured, self-created loops and rhythms. The music has an airy, poetic…
The return of one of the very talented younger pianists. BBC Young Musician of the Year, member of Camilla George Quartet. And mesmerising. Sarah Tandy is one of the U.K’s…
Electric bassist Emmanuel Adeniran and his band The Afrocentrics play the sounds and rhythms of the African diasporas taking in jazz, funk, afrobeat, salsa, reggae and adding a modern twist.…
Our monthly residency continues for a big band initiated by bassist Calum Gourlay, known for his great work with Thelonious, an award-winning solo album and more. “I want it to…
Round up your weekend with the fabulous Moderately Optimistic Jazz Orchestra bringing its candid sound to the Vortex once more. They’ll be playing you big band jazz and soul music…
A Saturday late night hang featuring live soulful jazz, reggae and rocksteady, led by pianist Bruno Heinen. No booking required just turn up.
Heartfelt prize-winning vocalist brings her quartet. Originals blend with new and old standards. Miriam Ast: I am a German jazz singer, saxophonist and composer. I have been living in London since…
Line up: John Edwards (bass) Paul Lytton (drums)
Line-up: Klaus Bru: C-Tuned E-Saxophones Martijn Vanbuel: Downtuned Fret Bass Pietro Valente: 4 Limb-Drums I Have A New Band Now was founded in 2010 by European expats then living Taipei…
This gig is cancelled Alabaster dePlume is part performance poet, part jazz saxophonist and part singer/songwriter. He also has an enviable ability to bring the right guests at the right…
More Powerful – UK Album Launch. George Colligan has a prolific output with over 100 albums, with many of the jazz greats of today, such as Cassandra Wilson and Don Byron.…
James O’Sullivan (guitar) / Chris Prosser (violin) duo The New Zealand based violinist and London based guitarist renew their partnership in a duo that promises to further enlarge upon their…