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.

Warm, reflective, open-hearted and lyrical jazz. A Hologram Maze is led by pianist/composer David Austin Grey.

Five of the UK’s finest improvisers, all close friends, who bring a deep sense of understanding and common purpose to each composition.

Davis/Lockheart/Williams is a trio that shifts moment to moment, stitching together original compositions, and well known songs alike, with music that simultaneously offers explorative grace and the darkest depths of dirge.

The History of Cardenio is a symphonic poem whose characters go through betrayal, madness, loneliness and impossible love. Composed for trumpet, drums and double bass, the work retraces musically one of the stories contained in Cervantes’ Don Quixote, whose plot was brought to the stage by William Shakespeare.

Award-winning saxophonist and recorder player Tom Ridout returns to the Vortex with his quintet featuring Billy Marrows (guitar), Harry Ashworth (piano), Conor Chaplin (bass) and Rod Oughton (drums).

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.

Saxophonist Jean Toussaint presents a special edition of his quartet JT5

For this project, world renowned tuba player and improvisor Oren Marshall takes us on a journey east to his Arabic roots and invites a jazz drummer and a master violinist from India to join him in spontaneous musical and cultural exchange.

Elchin Shirinov is a jazz pianist, composer and arranger, originally from Azerbaijan. Most recently he was included in All About Jazz’s December 2022 poll of the top 200 favourite living pianists in the world. From 2018 to Oct 2022 he was a member of the famous jazz double bassist Avishai Cohen’s trio.

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.

John Etheridge’s reputation in the jazz world cannot be overstated. A genuinely virtuosic fusion guitarist, Etheridge is one of a handful of players who can claim to have helped shape the character of modern jazz guitar.

Tonight, Sam Leak premieres new music—his first new compositions since 2020—with a new band featuring bassist Tom Farmer (Empirical) and NYC-based drummer Jason Brown (Cedar Walton).

Finnish jazz guitarist Olli Soikkeli returns to the Vortex for an evening of gypsy jazz with his trio featuring Eleazar Ruiz (double bass) and Steve Brown (drums).

Berlin-based saxophonist Phillip Dornbusch joins three of the most exciting and engaging musicians in the UK for a special concert.

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.

Join MOJO and singer Catherine Lima for another fantastic mix of classic and contemporary big band tunes!

Known for her powerful technique, wide-ranging imagination and exuberant performance, she has become a highly sought-after musician on the international jazz scene.  A MOBO Award winner, Mercury Prize nominee and Ivor Novello Impact Award winner, Zoe is a unique presence in the British music industry.

Playing a mixture of original compositions written by each member of the trio

Julian Woods and Caius Williams present a new improvising quintet, featuring Steve Beresford, Tom Challenger and Theo Guttenplan.

After his ‘sold out’ debut concert at last year’s London Jazz Festival, pianist/composer Basil Hodge returns to The Vortex with his popular and powerful quartet featuring sax ace Riley Stone-Lonergan

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.

Three thrilling improvisers come together to explore standards, original material and collective improvising in an intimate, one off night of music.

Rachael Cohen presents her international Trio featuring Joe Downard on double bass and New York drummer Jason Brown. Their unique sound is crafted around Cohen’s original music, with carefully selected standards making an appearance shrouded in cleverly written arrangements. A rare opportunity to see this outstanding trio.

Exciting, playful and inventive; saxophonist Art Themen has been a beloved character of the British jazz scene for over 60 years, famously combining his role as a consultant orthopaedic surgeon with saxophone duties in the bands of Alexis Korner and Stan Tracey among many others. Described by The Observer as “One of the tiny handful of undeniably perfect jazz musicians”, he remains as brilliant and inimitable as ever.

Stablefolk plays warm, tonal music, with a strong sense of home. This contemporary jazz band is fronted by James Pettinger, who draws sounds from folk, singer-songwriters, and music that falls between the cracks.

Exceptionally no jam session this week due to football distractions, we’ll be back on Sunday 21st July. Tickets available soon.

An exciting organ jazz trio led by veteran, multi award-winning UK guitarist, Jim Mullen

Described by Jazzwise as an “inexhaustable creative powerhouse” leading bassist and composer Ferg Ireland brings a new specially assembled Quartet to the Vortex for this debut performance.

ONe_Orchestra New is a large group of improvising musicians brought together by Caroline Kraabel and made up of women and trans/non-binary people.

More info coming soon

For this special night at the Vortex Jazz Club, Niklas Lukassen merges his talents as a composer, bassist and vocalist to debut some entirely new compositions in a line up that promise to reveal striking musical depths.

Coco Mbassi returns to the Vortex with a quartet featuring French and UK jazz musicians performing some of her latest songs!