Jazz Connective in London – some thoughts
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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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 […]
How does one assess the long-term prospects for a jazz label? Running a label myself (indeed I almost wrote “being”!), and also being actively involved in a live music venue […]
It’s a sh@t subject. But I have been to some meetings about it with Department of Culture. The outlook, especially in the case of a no deal, is certainly horrible […]
Jazz has always been a music form which has led in terms of encouraging tolerance and respect. In line with this, we have no willingness to consort with those who […]
Aurelie Freoua has become more and more engrossed in the inspiration of improvisation of musicians into her art, which, as we have seen at a number of gigs, is itself […]
REPORT by AJ Dehany: Jazz Connective – Slovenia. The first meeting of our Jazz Connective project The Slovenian national anthem Zdravljica is unusual—instead of glorifying one country it appeals to […]
Grass Roots is a monthly late night event brought to you by Soulsa DJ and promoter Mr Boogie. Serving as a platform for young, up and coming bands to ‘polish […]
On the website www.allaboutjazz.com, there has been a poll for the best jazz venue in the world. It ends on 15 April. https://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/poll_result.php?id=21 The Vortex came in at number 7 […]
As a music venue, we are offering Gilad a musical platform, not a political platform. He is an accomplished and well-respected saxophonist who has performed at the Vortex on a […]
Through our charity, the Vortex Foundation, we have set up a Mossman Fund, in memory of Vortex founder, David Mossman. The aim of the fund is to raise funds in […]
Jazz Alloy is a project organised jointly where Swedish and British musicians meet and create, starting and developing new work across the two countries. The first so far have led […]
On 25 January, we are going to have a 24 hour celebration for David Mossman – Vortex founder (as well as black cab driver, mountaineer and bookseller). Starting at 6pm […]
From Billy Jenkins: Tribute to David Mossman Nearly twenty years have passed since I had the pleasure of working with and for David. Looking back and realising we had ten […]
Dick Wag is a project of Fred Thomas – known for his imaginative breadth and his ability to take all styles of music into new dimensions. This project is no […]
JAZZ ALLOY — a Swedish & UK Music Mixer. The first in a series of six collaborations in which Swedish and UK-based musicians will create and perform new live music […]