Income from two releases on Loz Speyer’s Spherical Records label will go directly to help musicians in Santiago de Cuba. https://spherical-records.bandcamp.com/album/roots-en-route-raices-en-viaje https://spherical-records.bandcamp.com/album/clave-sin-embargo This is because, as a result of the […]
Oliver Weindling writes: Charlie Watts was a jazz drummer at heart. Apparently, he only started as a drummer with R&B band The Rolling Stones to fill in only until something […]
Although the government is lifting Covid restrictions from Monday 19th July, the Vortex is taking a gradual approach to re-opening. Like everyone else we want to get back to business-as-normal […]
Brian was a volunteer and a night manager at the Vortex for several years. Very thoughtful and always encouraging. We knew that he had taught at London Met and was […]
Since April 2020, Nicki Heinen has been organising monthly Words and Art online. Poetry from Nicki and special guests, with art created simultaneously by Aurelie Freoua. Here is some of […]
It was our good fortune at the Vortex, and mine too, to meet Sonia Slany, who died recently, initially through Paul Clarvis. A calming influence on the exuberant? Perhaps she […]
Oliver Weindling pays tribute to John Russell For more than a decade, John Russell’s Mopomoso have been stalwarts of the Vortex. Curated on shoestring (as he frequently reminded one), every […]
Echo In The Bones (composer: Renell Shaw, producer: Kathianne Hingwan) At the height of lockdown this summer, in the brave new world of zoom and remote recording, Renell Shaw’s […]
Given the restrictions on music venues imposed as part of the new national lockdown, the Vortex will not be able to continue with live performances at the club in front […]
The Vortex Jazz Club is both delighted and relieved to have been awarded a grant from the Culture Recovery Fund administered by the Arts Council England on behalf of the […]
New Vortex Jazz Club Limited Covid-19 Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan (Updated July 2021) The Vortex is committed to providing a Covid-safe environment. We have caried out an updated […]
We are happy to announce the start of Vortex podcasts. Oliver Weindling has informal conversations with people who organise and are involved behind the scenes in the jazz world. The […]
Windrush Day marks the historic voyage of 492 West Indians on the HMT Empire Windrush arriving at the Port of Tilbury in Essex on 22 June 1948. It honours […]
Oliver Weindling writes: One of the great privileges of involvement at the Vortex is that one gets to know some of the great musicians. And Keith was no exception. Gigs […]
Little Notes on Crisis Karma Where darkness falls, are we to turn off the inner light and shuffle into sleep? Life cares only for itself, resolute and whole. Get out […]
Don Weller was one of a cohort of British saxophonists who were mainstays of the Vortex in its early days in the 1990s. Don, Alan Skidmore, Bobby Wellins as well […]
It is very sad to hear of the death of John Cumming. I first came across him during my earliest days on this scene, in the early 90s, having heard […]
The Windrush Suite 22 June 2020 8PM Watch on Youtube or on our Facebook page Tip Jar In time to mark the occasion of National Windrush Day we present a new body […]
UPDATE: Alina Bzhezhinska HipHarp Collective streamed live here With the final conference and showcase now streamed online, we are happy that there is a chance to hear Alina’s group live […]
Check out the Vortex Jazz Club’s New Spotify Playlist here! We are currently living in unprecedented times, and in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, The Vortex Jazz Club had […]