Music by Heremeto Pascoal, Guinga, Tom Jobim, Egberto Gismonti, Pixinguinha and more. Award winning eclectic pianist Huw Warren celebrates his lifelong love of Brazilian music in all its diversity with this…
Hosted by Nicki Heinen – poetry, music and maybe even a few cocktails… Mark Waldron Mark Waldron’s first collection, The Brand New Dark, was published by Salt in 2008, his second,…
The very popular music sessions for parents and little ones (0-5 yr olds). Described as “uplifting and energising” and “such a fun, high quality experience“. These interactive, energetic sessions involve learning songs…
With their debut release Aether Drift in April 2014, Bristol-based quartet Michelson Morley announced themselves as one of the most original and exciting new bands to hit the UK scene. The first album as writer…
Mimika Ensemble is multinational London based contemporary 20 piece art ensemble formed in 2010 by the Croatian composer and saxophonist Mak Murtić and fronted by the female vocalist Maja Rivić. Their style has been…
Martin Speake alto saxophone Faith Brackenbury violin/vocals Rob Luft guitar Will Glaser drums/percussion ‘A newly formed project that is a pared-down version of my previous 7 piece group Fever Pitch. This was…
The London Jazz Jam session is hosted every Sunday in the Vortex Downstairs Bar by guitarist Hannes Riepler and features his house band which varies from time to time. Followed…
Emilia Mårtensson – Vocals Janez Dovc – Accordian Adriano Adewale – Percussion ‘Chapter One Hundred and A Dream’ is a body of new work composed and performed by Swedish Vocalist Emilia…
Hans Koller (valve trombone), Martin Speake (alto saxophone), Calum Gourlay (bass), Dave Dyson (drums) Taking inspiration from the Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd School Days band from the early 1960s, Thelonious explore the entire Monk repertoire…
The LJO led by Scott Stroman (conductor) is a band of top-flight professionals, who play together regularly and are totally committed to the music it presents and plays. Musicians in…
Sorin Zlat Jr.-Piano(Romania,Bucharest) is an international award-winning jazz pianist, classical clarinetist, composer, and arranger. He started his performing career at the young age of thirteen when he was featured as a soloist…
Paul Bilson’s joyful music draws on his Ghanaian roots, delivering a high-energy mix of afro-jazz, high-life and soulful funk. Led by Bilson’s passionate, rhythmic trumpet melodies and improvisations, the band…
Tony Kofi (Alto Saxophone), Larry Bartley (Double Bass) & Rod Youngs (Drums) pay homage to the music of Ornette Coleman. TONY KOFI was born in Nottingham to West African parents.…
Welcome to the world of Evidential, the debut release of The Mike Hobart Quintet. The House of Jazz has many rooms. Some bands want to make you dance, some want…
The very popular music sessions for parents and little ones (0-5 yr olds). Described as “uplifting and energising” and “such a fun, high quality experience“. These interactive, energetic sessions involve learning songs…
Jonny Phillips, an exceptional guitarist, infused with the sound of the Mediterranean and South America. His band Oriole has always created a feeling of beauty and wellbeing, as many who have attended…
A welcome return for this quartet, which had all jaws dropping when they played in September. It was the first time that pianist Liam had played with saxophonist Paul in…
The stimulation and fun continues… Known for its wild, totally free evenings of challenging and up-lifting improvisations which have consistently united a cross cultural and cross generational posse of players, Freedom will continue…
The London Jazz Jam session is hosted every Sunday in the Vortex Downstairs Bar by guitarist Hannes Riepler and features his house band which varies from time to time. Followed…
NJANAS An exciting new collaboration bringing together four creative voices from across the UK scene. In their own words: ‘This is a brand new project of female musician/composers Laura Cole, Filomena Campus, Tori…
Led by guitar legend John Etheridge, the Blue Spirits Trio includes Pete Whittaker (organ) & Mark Fletcher (drums). Drawing on a vast reservoir of musical experience spanning 43 years ,Etheridge…
Barry Green Green studied classical and jazz piano at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and now plays regularly in jazz venues all over the UK. It is said of his…
Evan Parker (saxophone), Matt Wright (live sampling, electronics), Hannah Marshall (cello) “Matthew Wright is live sampling sounds and feeding them into a mix – heard in sometimes disconcerting surround sound…
The very popular music sessions for parents and little ones (0-5 yr olds). Described as “uplifting and energising” and “such a fun, high quality experience“. These interactive, energetic sessions involve learning songs…
A new group which guitarist Nick Costley-White uses to explore his own contemporary jazz compositions and arrangements. Nick is fast becoming one of the most in demand young guitarists in…
The big band is the Rolls Royce of jazz. Once heard, immediately a convert! So it’s great to have a welcome return for a stalwart of the old Vortex. Their…
Improvisation lies at the heart of Vole’s music but framed within compositions reflecting these players’ experience of rock,punk, jazz and more. Roland Ramanan (trumpet) Roberto Sassi (guitar) Ricardo Tijero (alto…
The London Jazz Jam session is hosted every Sunday in the Vortex Downstairs Bar by guitarist Hannes Riepler and features his house band which varies from time to time.
Ian Shaw‘s remarkable vocal range and style have seen him breathe new life into pop tunes and standards; he possesses an unfailing ability to reinvent even the most maudlin showtunes.…
Led by one of our favourite drummers, Mark Fletcher, Fletch’s Brew makes a rare appearance outside Ronnie Scott’s where they play weekly. The band plays funky jazz originals and also…
A special duo which has been on the cards for several years. It is now going to happen!
The very popular music sessions for parents and little ones (0-5 yr olds). Described as “uplifting and energising” and “such a fun, high quality experience“. These interactive, energetic sessions involve learning songs…
World music jazz jam. Jazz and Swing led by the incomparable Piotr Jordan and Zac Gvirtzman with guests (inlcuding Violet Moodswing) You are invited to pay what you can to…
Klaus Bru – Electric C-Saxophones Nikos Ziarkas – Guitar Aleph Aguiar – Guitar Derin Bayhan – Drums “Good songs are elastic!” Take this as the motto for the new project…
A new line-up for bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado With Matthew Herd (alto), Sam Rapley (tenor), James Davison (trumpet), Scott Chapman (drums), Liam Dunachie (piano) “Mullov-Abbado couples a melodic gift with a…
Improvising drummer, Terry Day, with pianist Veryan Weston, saxophonist Trevor Watts and bassist Dominic Lash. “A class act”
“Winner of the “Best Jazz Vocalist Category” in the 2013 British Jazz Awards, Wardell is noted for her vocal improvisations and vocalese lyrics to instrumental solos.
JUST ANNOUNCED! A mouthwatering concert! The collaboration of Tina May (“extravagantly gifted” according to Dave Gelly in the Observer) and Tony Coe most recently surfaced in an album with Enrico…
Parker has a long enduring relationship with the Vortex and continues his monthly residency. Always stimulating, complex while beautiful. Tonight Evan Parker performs with: Tony Hymas (piano), known for his…
The very popular music sessions for parents and little ones (0-5 yr olds). Described as “uplifting and energising” and “such a fun, high quality experience“. These interactive, energetic sessions involve learning songs…
What a group! Legends in abundance! Paul Dunmall and Keith Tippett have played together in many ensembles over the last 30 years, but the partnership is best known as being…
By Bruce Lindsay from allaboutjazz, reviewing his album Choices: “Strip out every other musician from the tunes on Choices and Davide Mantovani’s bass lines are impressively attention-grabbing on their own. Put the…
American pianist Andrew Oliver presents a new group performing the music of the great pianist and composer Andrew Hill, whose highly individual and distinctive compositions spanned his long career from…
1st set: Robert Stillman Quartet – Rainbow album launch Robert Stillman (saxophone), Lucy Railton (cello) Kit Downes (piano) Tom Skinner (drums) Rainbow is the new album by Robert Stillman. To the extent…
Now celebrating our 25th year of an unbroken concert series dedicated solely to free improvisation the first concert of this anniversary year features three fascinating duos, each containing one of…
David Bowie started life playing an alto saxophone, influenced by jazz, and his last album is played with jazz musicians. So where more appropriate to celebrate the music than in…
A night of the finest music from those who were at the vanguard of the 1960s London jazz scene. HENRY LOWTHER During the sixties Henry was one of the first…
Trio line up Robert Mitchell – piano Tom Mason – bass Laurie Lowe – drums Robert Mitchell has released eight albums, won awards in both the UK and Europe and…
Penny Rimbaud’s L’ACADÉMIE DES VANITÉS. A show curated by poet, author and erstwhile Crass band founder Penny with poets, musicians, performers and artists. Penny’s shows are performed in an environment…