Words and Art
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 […]
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 – Re-opening for live performances upstairs with an audience This Covid-19 risk assessment has been carried out in consultation with staff […]
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 on 10 December. With the final conference and showcase now streamed online, we are happy that there is a chance to hear Alina’s […]
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 […]
The creation of jazz/improvised music and art is similar. Both start with blank canvases , one aural and the other visual. Which they start to populate with sounds or images. […]
All proceeds go towards keeping this fantastic club going. T-shirts Artwork by Steve Byram 3 colours: White, Grey and Teal (£18) Available sizes: small, medium, large, x-large, xx-large Can […]
Jazzwise recently asked for names to watch out for for 2020. I picked Theo May, Petra Haller and Brian Marsella. But I have also checked with our various fans, volunteers […]
As Brexit looms closer, it is a good moment to assess how the relationship between musicians across Europe, as shown from the UK perspective, have grown and become intertwined over […]