The November edition of Grass Roots welcomes Ma – a young musical triumvirate whose influences include jazz, hip-hop and rock with a soupcon of drum & bass. The band’s name […]

In Conversation With…  is a new series of informal chats between a musician and another. Our inaugural conversation kicks off with academic, broadcaster and Radio 4 presenter of Thinking Aloud Laurie Taylor, in conversation with guitarist, composer John Etheridge.

A new suite of music specially created for Black History Month….

This month’s Words and Art, curated by Nicki Heinen and once again with live art from Aurelie Freoua is once again broadcast live on Zoom. Sasha Dugdale Sasha Dugdale has […]

Line-up: Evan Parker – Saxophones John Edwards – Double Bass Mark Sanders – Drums Join us on the 11th October for the Vortex’s return to Sands Films Studio, bringing you a […]

With more limited concerts around (both in terms of size and numbers), and even those honouring musicians who lost gigs during the first phase of lockdown, how do we encourage […]

Rescheduled exclusive set from home featuring: Ingrid Jensen- Monette and Electronics, Kris Davis- Rhodes, Nate Radley- Guitar & Jon Wikan- Drums and percussion. The performance will be followed by a live Q&A.

Pianist, composer and bandleader Rick Simpson plays a set of his own tunes.

A specially recorded set of free solo bass improvisations and experimental multitrack bass recordings created specially for the Vortex.

An open discussion looking at the impact of the pandemic on the future of jazz – as listener, viewer and performer

Straight from the home of one of UK’s leading pianists, join us for this largely improvised live streamed set featuring piano and electronics.

Replay one of the most exciting gigs from 2019 with the Ben Wendel Seasons band. Featuring the talents of Aaron Parks (piano), Gilad Hekselman (guitar), Matt Brewer (bass) and Kendrick Scott (drums), the Seasons band played to two sold out audiences back in July last year. Watch back live on the 18th July, almost a year since, from 20:30 BST on Facebook and YouTube.

Singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Fini Bearman will be giving performing songs from her new record, La Loba, out October 9th.

This new musical partnership is a fortuitous outcome of Josephine and Ben Somers moving in together for lockdown and motivating each other to write new music for saxophone and bass.

Relive this amazing performance from a band we all know very well at the Vortex – Led Bib! A throwback to 2014.

A pre-recorded solo performance with the world which features a rich tapestry of improvisation, electronic soundscapes & a striking imagery from recent Black Lives Matter Protests in the US.

Mopomoso goes digital…

Join us for a live streamed solo piano performance from the home of Andrew McCormack!

Please donate to the club and musicians here Donate to the Abram Wilson Foundation here We are very pleased to welcome back London-based drummer Jas Kayser for a live streamed […]

Donate and help us keep bringing more live streams! All funds raised will be split evenly between the club and the musicians involved.

Donate and help us keep bringing more live streams! All funds raised will be split evenly between the club and the musicians involved.

DONATE AND HELP US KEEP BRINGING MORE LIVE STREAMS! All funds raised will be split evenly between the club and the musicians involved.

An open discussion on the role of the audience and customer, as they have to navigate new ways of hearing music live.

DONATE AND HELP US KEEP BRINGING MORE LIVE STREAMS! 
All funds raised will be split evenly between the club and the musicians involved.

Donate and help us keep bringing more live streams! All funds raised will be split evenly between the club and the musicians involved.

Donate and help us keep bringing more live streams! All funds raised will be split evenly between the club and the musicians involved.

Donate and help us keep bringing more live streams!  All funds raised will be split evenly between the club and the musicians involved.     Watch on Facebook Here or on […]

Donate and help us keep bringing more live streams!   This Thursday 14th May, trumpeter Alex Bonney brings us an exclusive solo set live with electronics. This pre-recorded performance will be […]

On the 12th May at 7PM BST, we will have a live-streaming a pre-recorded performance from Maria Chiara Argiro’s Album launch from the 8th December 2019 via Facebook and YouTube! […]

On the 7th May at 7PM BST, The Vortex Jazz Club is very pleased to present a live-streamed recorded performance from George Crowley via Facebook and YouTube! Since closing our […]

Where do record labels go from here? With so few shops around, the only real ways of selling physical CDs and vinyl are at gigs (unless direct or via Amazon). […]

Live improvisation with visual art, musicians, dancers and poet. All improvising simultaneously from their homes across the world. With Aurelie Freoua, Ley Loosh, Petra Haller, Liran Donin, Hyelim Kim, Mervin […]

Women in Jazz. The first of a series of seminars/informal chit chats (or whatever else you want to call them) while we aren’t open. The topic of Women in Jazz […]