Events

The Haffner/Fink Quintet will be bringing exciting original music written by Donovan and Laurel.

As part of the UK jazz scene Annie has worked with Chris McGregor’s Brotherhood of Breath, John Stevens, Dudu Pukwana, Evan Parker, Paul Dunmall Octet (featuring Keith Tippett and Tony Levin) and Elton Dean’s Newsense.

Doors 2:00 PM, Music 2:30 PM About Julian Woods (guitar) & Steve Beresford (piano/electronics) + Susanna Ferrar (violin), Tracy Lisk (drums), Jerry Wigens (clarinet) + Marcio Mattos (bass/cello) & Alex […]

A weekly session on Sunday evenings, hosted by four of London’s finest: guitarist Nick Costley-White, Trumpeter Sean Gibbs, pianist Rick Simpson and tenor saxophonists and Riley Stone-Lonergan, each one hosting one session on rotation.

UK born multi award winner Alexandra Ridout is a trumpeter, bandleader, composer and educator based in Harlem NYC. At only 27 years old Alexandra is already one of the most talented young trumpet players on the international scene.

Welcoming and relaxed, come for a drink, sit back and enjoy the music, or bring your horns, sticks and strings to join in during the second set.

London-based trumpeter and arranger Matt Roberts celebrates his 40th birthday with a nostalgic deep dive into the popular culture of the ’80s and ’90s with his distinctive big band arrangements.

B.A.S.S. “Black Ancestral Sound System”. Is a 360 sonic exploration of Black ancestral sound systems through analogue, ritual, digital futurism, and diasporic voice.

Love songs of Brazil and Cuba from one of London’s favourite vocalists.

Improvised music from a trio of three leading voices of the US, UK, and European avant-garde.

This is now the third edition of Tomorrow’s Warriors BXL x LDN Interplay, a ground-breaking, vibrant, cross-channel jazz collaboration uniting rising stars from London and Brussels, in partnership with Brosella Festival.

Rory Ingham invites one of the most in-demand trombonists in the Netherlands, Maarten Combrink (Metropole Orchestra). Together they explore the sound palette of the trombone, combining influences from different musical scenes.

A weekly session on Sunday evenings, hosted by four of London’s finest: guitarist Nick Costley-White, Trumpeter Sean Gibbs, pianist Rick Simpson and tenor saxophonists and Riley Stone-Lonergan, each one hosting one session on rotation.

Part of Finn Carter’s monthly residency at the Vortex showcasing a new project each month.
This month he is joined by world-renowned musicians Yves Fernandez and Richard Spaven.

The Hectet is the melodious jazz project of Hector McLachlan: a pianist, composer and producer based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, New Zealand.

Award-winning Romanian pianist and composer Sorin Zlat returns to London with his acclaimed Sorin Zlat Trio, presenting music from his latest project Changing Times.

Trumpeter Hugh Pascall returns to the Vortex with his dynamic quintet. Having toured together for several years, they perform music from his acclaimed ’25 album Viewfinder alongside brand-new originals.

Featuring internationally acclaimed pianist Jake Sherman and rising-star drummer Jack Thomas, the trio presents a concert of rediscovered song book melodies refracted through a contemporary lense.

Expect an evening of improvised music from a trio made up of three of the U.K’s most interesting improvisors.

At just 27, Alexandra Ridout stands out as one of the most captivating trumpet virtuosos on the global stage—a prodigy whose bold tone and fearless phrasing redefine jazz’s boundaries.

A weekly session on Sunday evenings, hosted by four of London’s finest: guitarist Nick Costley-White, Trumpeter Sean Gibbs, pianist Rick Simpson and tenor saxophonists and Riley Stone-Lonergan, each one hosting one session on rotation.

Australian pianist/composer Pat Jaffe’s music brings together vivid storytelling, lyrical melodies and expansive chamber-jazz soundscapes.

Welcoming and relaxed, come for a drink, sit back and enjoy the music, or bring your horns, sticks and strings to join in during the second set.

Formed in 2021 by Iranian composer and multi-instrumentalist, Ashkan Layegh, Phemo Quartet aims to broaden the spectrum of live-action interplay through a highly-detailed score.

Saxophonist and chaotic reveller Jamie Harms presents incisive new arrangements of John Zorn’s monolithic MASADA songbook, drawing on snarling post-punk and dreamy sephardic surf.

Expect heavy grooves, lush ambient soundscapes, nuanced improvisation and melodies from the likes of Paul Motian, Ornette Coleman and Marc Ribot from this new ensemble of top UK improvisors.

‘Bird Talk’ is a new album celebrating the eternal beauty of the language of Charlie Parker by producing new compositions based on the dadaist cut up technique used by William S. Burroughs.

Pianist Sultan Stevenson is one of the fastest emerging young artists on the London jazz scene and soon to be Europe.

One of the UK’s most distinctive voices in jazz and improvised music, Mercury-nominated Laura Jurd’s unique approach to the trumpet is celebrated in the work that she creates.

Continuing Laura Jurd’s celebration for Miles Davis’ Centenary, we are very pleased to welcome Trumpeter Klara Devlin and her quartet performing original compositions and arrangements inspired by bebop, blues and free jazz.

On 1 September 1961 Impulse! Records released John Coltane’s first large-scale recording, Africa/Brass, featuring his working quintet including Eric Dolphy, framed by a large ensemble of brass instruments. LJO director Scott Stroman has revisited and expanded the arrangements for jazz orchestra, adding an orchestral version of Coltane’s Naima, recorded around the same time. 

A weekly session on Sunday evenings, hosted by four of London’s finest: guitarist Nick Costley-White, Trumpeter Sean Gibbs, pianist Rick Simpson and tenor saxophonists and Riley Stone-Lonergan, each one hosting one session on rotation.

Venice Jazz Club Quartet bring the spirit of Venice’s late-night jazz scene to the stage, blending timeless standards, refined musicianship and the unmistakable charm of one of Italy’s most atmospheric cities

Jonah Phillips is a London-based drummer, bandleader and arranger. With a background in fine art and film, Jonah is a recent graduate of the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. His work is influenced by the jazz tradition, fused with his interest in alternative songwriting, indie, post-punk, folk and electronica.

The Olga Amelchenko Quartet presents a new repertoire from the upcoming album Touching the Invisible. Contemporary jazz combining memorable melodies, strong grooves and open improvisation.

DOX is a duo with Swiss keyboardist Oli Kuster and UK saxophonist Dee Byrne with special guest Swiss drummer Xavier Kaeser.

Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity is the sound of the chaotic, curious and sleepless mind of a Norwegian drummer and his friends, meeting up in a totally open minded musical setting, without genre limitations!

margomool is a British/Italian musician based in South-East London uniquely fusing jazz-inspired electronic music with hints of folk and soul.

Still Waters was born out a long association and friendship going back 40 years between Henry Lowther and Britain’s premiere bassist Dave Green.

Join a collective of musicians who met through the Vortex jazz club in imagining future standards.

Join us in an evening of varied performances to commemorate the unique South African jazz singer songwriter and composer Estelle Kokot.

Sarost is a trio comprising Mark Sanders Percussion, Paul Rogers Custom 7 String Bass and Larry Stabbins Saxophones and G “Sol” Clarinet.

Celebrating ten years of international touring, the Brazilian bassist Frederico Heliodoro presents a new concert featuring music from his albums The Weight of the News, Máximos Eventos and Gávea Days Compact, alongside recent compositions written in Rio de Janeiro.

Originally from Leeds but now based in Berlin, singer and saxophonist Emma Coates weaves jazz and folk songwriting to create her unique, intimate sound, taking inspiration from the likes of Snowpoet, This Is The Kit and Joni Mitchell.

Awen Ensemble are an alternative folk-jazz outfit hailing from the North of England with roots that extend across the British Isles. Meaning ‘poetic inspiration’ in Welsh, the name Awen outlines the band’s intention to explore folkloric heritage, landscape and emotional processes through their music. 

Georgia Morgan Turner is a guitarist, composer and artist. Through songwriting she tells stories drawn from a rich inner-world of folklore and mythology.

Airborn is the new project led by flutist, multi-instrumentalist and composer Eddie Parker. A founder member of the acclaimed British jazz orchestra Loose Tubes.

This performance brings together three unique voices from the London jazz scene.