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  • ZONICA

    Zonica: Dee Byrne / Gareth Lockrane / Elliot Galvin / Pat Davey / Ed Riches / Tom McCredie

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Zonica is an improvising ensemble interested in cosmic exploration. Aural narratives are created within fluid frameworks, leaving textures and compositions entirely free and undetermined. Prepare yourself for a spontaneous electro-acoustic cocktail of epic proportions! Dee Byrne – alto sax/effects Gareth Lockrane – flutes/effects Elliot Galvin – piano/keyboard/effects Ed Riches – guitar/effects Tom McCredie – electric […]

  • Gypsy/Eastern European Night – Kuma Lisa

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

      Kuma Lisa is an international trio based in London. The group combines the Eastern European vocal traditions of Bulgarian-born Mariana Bogdanova with Western folk/pop & jazz sensibilities of British born Rupert Gillett and Dutch-born Rob Stutterheim. The music that results from this unlikely clash of cultures is a fresh, fascinating fusion with toe-tapping beats and […]

  • Vein & Greg Osby

    Vein & Greg Osby

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Michael Arbenz piano, Thomas Lähns bass, Florian Arbenz drums plus Greg Osby saxophone Swiss group Vein are driven by their boundless curiosity and desire to experiment. Their self-composed songs are elemental to the band’s sound, with their debut album “VEIN- VEIN” (2006), “VEIN-Outstage” (2008) and their latest CD “VOTE for VEIN” exclusively made up of their own […]

  • Ian Shaw

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    One of Britain’s most inventive jazz vocalists, Shaw’s remarkable vocal range and mesmerising style has seen him breathe life into pop tunes and standards, reinventing even the most maudlin show-tunes with sparkling wit. “a masterly vocalist… one of the finest singers in contemporary music interprets some of the greatest songs of the last 50 years” […]

  • Michael Chapman

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Celebrating the 2014 release of ‘Live At Folk Cottage 1967′ on Treehouse Records. Blues and Rock n’ Roll covers performed live in Cornwall circa 1967, secretly recorded at the time and never heard until now. The album will be available on CD and Vinyl. “Just as John Fahey and Robbie Basho were belatedly sainted by […]

  • Michael Wollny Trio

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Michael Wollny, one of the world’s most unique, creatively limitless pianists, returns with a new trio, a new album and a string of UK tour dates in 2014. Michael Wollny’s trademark unpredictability and an unquenchable thirst for invention and reinvention have set him apart from his peers. One of the world’s most unique pianists, he […]

  • Kristian Borring

    Kristian Borring Quartet

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Kristian Borring is launching his second album as leader, following up on his impressive debut album from 2011, Nausicaa, which received widespread acclaim. The new album, Urban Novel, released on Jellymould Jazz, features once again Kristian’s quartet, the outstanding talents of Arthur Lea (p), Mick Coady (b) and Jon Scott (d). The new compositions, is a […]

  • Led Bib – 3 night residency: Night 1

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    In April 2014 Led Bib celebrate 10 years of being together and creating melodic improvised music. The band celebrate this amazing achievement with two new releases: a live vinyl only album & a new studio album on CD & download, and THREE live dates at the Vortex. Led Bib are one of the original torch bearers […]

    £12.50

  • Led Bib – 3 night residency: Night 2

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    In April 2014 Led Bib celebrate 10 years of being together and creating melodic improvised music. The band celebrate this amazing achievement with two new releases: a live vinyl only album & a new studio album on CD & download, and THREE live dates at the Vortex. Led Bib are one of the original torch […]

    £12.50

  • Led Bib – 3 night residency: Night 3

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    In April 2014 Led Bib celebrate 10 years of being together and creating melodic improvised music. The band celebrate this amazing achievement with two new releases: a live vinyl only album & a new studio album on CD & download, and THREE live dates at the Vortex. Led Bib are one of the original torch […]

    £12.50
  • Mojo

    Moderately Optimistic Jazz Orchestra

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Mojo (moderately optimistic jazz orchestra) are an exciting 17 piece jazz big band based in north London, made up of great musicians from all over the capital. With a repertoire including laid back & up tempo swing, Latin and funk and playing a wide ranging variety of charts from the traditional (Buddy Rich, Count Basie, […]

  • Bureau of Atomic Tourism

    The Bureau of Atomic Tourism: Nate Wooley / Teun Verbruggen / Hilmar Jensson / Andrew d’Angelo / Jozef Dumoulin / Tim Dahl

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Andrew d’Angelo: Alto saxophone and Bass clarinet (USA) Nate Wooley: Trumpet (USA) Hilmar Jensson: Guitar (ICELAND) Jozef Dumoulin: Fender Rhodes (BELGIUM) Tim Dahl: Bass (USA) Teun Verbruggen: Drums and electronics (BELGIUM) This powerful band the Bureau of Atomic Tourism – or The BOAT – is an avant-garde free jazz outfit led by drummer Teun Verbruggen. […]

  • Chris Wood

    Chris Wood

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    “Wood is one of our finest songwriters, a brilliant exponent of the topical troubadour form, and rarely on better form than he is with None the Wiser. The title track alone is a masterpiece” Andy Gill – INDEPENDENT ★★★★★ 2 night booking – 6th & 7th May Criticised by an art school lecturer as having […]

    £14.00
  • Chris Wood

    Chris Wood

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    “Wood is one of our finest songwriters, a brilliant exponent of the topical troubadour form, and rarely on better form than he is with None the Wiser. The title track alone is a masterpiece” Andy Gill – INDEPENDENT ★★★★★ 2 night booking – 6th & 7th May Criticised by an art school lecturer as having […]

  • The Kandinsky Effect credit Jim Rosemberg

    The Kandinsky Effect + Matt Stevens

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    The Vortex is delighted to welcome back The Kandinsky Effect “The young Paris-based trio offers an invigorating approach to modern jazz and improvisation…” LA Times Conceived on Paris’s cosmopolitan jazz scene, forged on the road in America, and informed by international currents in electronic music, The Kandinsky Effect is a jazz power trio for the […]

  • Kit Downes & Lucy Railton’s Tricko Tareco + MOTIF

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Kit Downes & Lucy Railton’s Tricko Tareco Having met playing with composer Thomas Strønen, UK pianist Kit Downes and Norwegian bassist Ole Morten Vågan are touring their two ensembles together in the UK and Norway. Tonight’s show will feature one set from each, plus some collaboration. Diving into the space between the organised and the […]

    £13.00

  • Juwon Ogungbe and the Life Force Band

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    British-Nigerian pianist/singer Juwon Ogungbe’s current CD “Life Force Music” covers all bases – African grooves, soul stirring songs and funk licks are effortlessly mixed together. In the first set of tonight’s concert Juwon plays solo and in the second set he leads his skin tight 7-piece The Life Force Band as they play from the CD […]

    £12.50

  • Tony Malaby / Olie Brice / Jeff Williams

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Playing a very special show, joined by the formidable rhythm section of Olie Brice (bass) and Jeff Williams (drums), we welcome sax supremo Tony Malaby. TONY MALABY Originally from Tucson, Arizona, Tony Malaby has been permanently based in New York since 1995 and has been a member of many notable jazz groups including Charlie Haden’s Liberation […]

    £10.00

  • Blow the Fuse 25th Birthday

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Blow the Fuse celebrates its 25th birthday with the musicians from their very first night back in 1989 Louise Elliott sax/flute Cheryl Alleyne drums With special guests Josefina Cupido and Ruby Thompson Hosting, toasting and playing – Deirdre Cartwright and Alison Rayner Expect an evening of exuberant playing, Latin and African influences mixed with blues […]

  • Bokani Dyer

    Bokani Dyer with Soweto Kinch / Seb Rochford / Chris Williams / Neil Charles

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Bokani Dyer – piano Chris Williams – alto Soweto Kinch – tenor Neil Charles – bass Seb Rochford – drums We’re delighted to present the first London concert for this formidable young talent, who will be joined by an equally exciting group of UK musicians. Botswana-born pianist Bokani Dyer has recorded two alums under his […]

  • Fofoulah

    Loop Club Night: Fofoulah / Strobes / Soundspecies DJ

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Loop Club Night London’s most dynamic and cutting edge collective Loop presents the next in their series of Club Nights: Dan Nicholls’ collaboration with New-York visual artist Stephen Byram merges big beats and electro-improv with stunning, highly integrated visuals. London-based group Fofoulah mix Senegalese voice and west African rhythms with dub basslines, sci-fi synths, raw […]

  • Yazz Ahmed Ensemble: Ahmed Family Hafla

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Hafla: an Arabic word, meaning a friendly social gathering, a relaxed meeting of minds, over coffee and dates; a party; a concert. Yazz Ahmed warmly invites you to spend an afternoon with her extended musical family, as she combines her electric quintet and vibraphone quartet for the very first time. Featuring: George Crowley, bass clarinet/sax Lewis […]

    £7.00
  • Mopomoso Collage

    Mopomoso

    Mopomoso presents an evening featuring four established duos from the finest in free improvisation Phil Minton / John Russell Chris Burn / Matt Hutchinson SQ: Paul Pignon /Thomas Bjelkeborn Jim Dvorak / Harrison Smith Phil Minton (voice) / John Russell (guitar) duo Phil Minton is deservedly acclaimed around the world for his remarkable use of the voice, […]

  • Royal Academy of Music: Jazz Final Recitals

    As the culmination of their studies at the Royal Academy of Music, jazz students perform their final recital programmes in one of London’s top jazz venues. This is a chance to hear the jazz stars of tomorrow present their ensembles in a 45 minute set, these are always exciting and energising musical nights and a […]

  • Elevation

    ELEVATION: Lucian Ban / Abraham Burton / John Hebert / Eric McPherson

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Lucian Ban – piano Abraham Burton – ten sax John Hebert – bass Eric McPherson – drums This is the London show of the group’s European release tour. A powerhouse quartet, ELEVATION presents four of the most creative jazz musicians today working at the forefront of contemporary jazz. The NYC based band epitomizes new jazz […]

    £10.00
  • Eleni Mylona

    Feed Your Soul present Eleni Mylona + Lateefah + Anya Chaika + Savannah Dumetz

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Feed Your Soul present a night of new up and coming artists hosted by award winning vocalist Marcia Escoffery. Eleni Mylona is an acclaimed artist whose career started in Athens as a vocalist and expands today as a performer and songwriter based in London. The stage is a familiar territory to Eleni Mylona, with truth […]

  • Chris Brokaw

    Chris Brokaw

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    As part of left-field London promoter Damnably’s 8th birthday celebrations we bring you Chris Brokaw for a solo electric guitar set encompassing recent works. Chris Brokaw is a drummer, guitarist, singer/songwriter and a founding member of two of the most influential US post-punk bands: COME (Matador) & Codeine (Sub Pop). He’s played in an incredible number […]

  • Francois Carrier Trio

    François Carrier / Michel Lambert / John Edwards

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    We’re delighted to welcome back this trio, promoting their new album “The Russian Concert” on FMR Records, out in April. They’ll also play music from their “Overground to The Vortex” album (Not Two Records). Tonight’s performance will be recorded for release later this year. François Carrier – sax Michel Lambert – drums John Edwards – […]

    £9.00
  • Laura Jurd Quartet

    Laura Jurd Quartet + Tandem

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Laura Jurd Quartet The Laura Jurd Quartet return to the Vortex with their first official London date of 2014! Featuring first-class improvisers Laura Jurd – trumpet, Elliot Galvin – keyboards, Conor Chaplin – electric bass and Corrie Dick- drums the band play original, groove driven music with lashings of folk-like melodies and memorable themes. Whether […]

  • Huw Warren

    Tails For Wales: Huw Warren / Mark Lockheart / Maria Lamburn / Huw V Williams

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Huw Warren – Piano, Composer Mark Lockheart – Saxophones Maria Lamburn – Viola/Bass Clarinet Huw V Williams – Bass TBC – Drums Tails for Wales is a new project from internationally acclaimed pianist Huw Warren featuring saxophonist Mark Lockheart and an ensemble combining established players with some of the brightest young prospects on the Welsh jazz […]

    £12.00
  • Dunajska Kapelye

    Dunajska Kapelye

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Piotr Jordan – violin Jez Cook – guitar Zac Gvirtzman – piano accordion/clarinet Raph Mizraki – double bass Great favourites Dunajska Kapelye are back with their unique blend of Gypsy, Balkan and Gypsy Swing led by the ever-surprising violin virtuoso Piotr Jordan. Beautiful, traditional Gypsy and Balkan tunes shot through with incomparable jazz improvisation from […]

  • The Fontanelles

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    “A terrific 12 piece band who intensify the music’s seductively repetitive rhythms” The Independent “The on stage band works up a storm as they pound through Fela Kuti’s hits to electrifying effect” The Metro In 2011 the groundbreaking Broadway production, FELA! arrived at London’s National Theatre. Telling the life story of the Nigerian icon Fela […]

  • Monica Vasconcelos 2

    Monica Vasconcelos

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    We welcome back Mônica Vasconcelos in celebration both of the release of her DVD ‘London Bossa’, filmed at the Vortex last summer, and of the 2014 Rio World Cup! São Paulo born Brazilian singer songwriter Mônica Vasconcelos has been living in the UK for over two decades & has recorded seven albums to date. Her […]

  • Ian Shaw

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    One of Britain’s most inventive jazz vocalists, Shaw’s remarkable vocal range and mesmerising style has seen him breathe life into pop tunes and standards, reinventing even the most maudlin showtunes with sparkling wit. “a masterly vocalist… one of the finest singers in contemporary music interprets some of the greatest songs of the last 50 years” […]

  • Vocals at Vortex

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Open mic night hosted by Romy Summers and the Bob Stuckey Trio: Bob Stuckey (piano), Jerome Davies (bass), Cheryl Alleyne (drums) Doors and singing list open at 7pm… come down early if you’d like to sing.

  • Nick Malcolm

    Nick Malcolm Quartet – Album Launch

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Nick Malcolm is an original, exciting and heart-felt improviser. His quartet play original music, mixing a love of free improvisation with more structured playing, merging and deconstructing rhythm, melody and all the points between. The result is an interactive, intense and thrilling performance. Tonight they launch their brand new album. Nick Malcolm – Trumpet Alexander Hawkins […]

    £9.00
  • Michelson Morley

    Michelson Morley

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Melodic, exciting and beguilingly atmospheric music led by Get The Blessing saxophonist Jake McMurchie and featuring Will Harris on bass, Mark Whitlam on drums, with special guest Dan Messore on guitar. Electronics and acoustic instruments combine with a minimalist, evolutionary approach to improvisation. At times dark, subtle and movingly beautiful, at others powerful and raw, […]

    £9
  • Live Junction

    Desert Island Discs Live

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Tonight, Live Junction’s Holly Cullen-Davies will interview doctor Alex Salam about his extraordinary 13 month trip to Antarctica where he was employed to do research for the European Space Agency. Here Alex will talk about his experience and how music affected him and got him through temperatures of -80 degrees and months of complete darkness. […]

  • Gilad Atzmon

    Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble – Two Night Residency

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    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    ‘A formidable improvisational array…a jazz giant’ The Guardian. ‘The best musician living in the world today’ Robert Wyatt 20 years after landing in the UK, saxophonist and composer Gilad Atzmon has become an intensely creative presence on the European scene. As well as leading successive editions of his Orient House Ensemble, he has developed new […]

  • Gilad Atzmon

    Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble – Two Night Residency

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    ‘A formidable improvisational array…a jazz giant’ The Guardian. ‘The best musician living in the world today’ Robert Wyatt 20 years after landing in the UK, saxophonist and composer Gilad Atzmon has become an intensely creative presence on the European scene. As well as leading successive editions of his Orient House Ensemble, he has developed new […]

  • LJO

    London Jazz Orchestra

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Directed by Scott Stroman, the London Jazz Orchestra is “as fine a band as you can find anywhere” (Independent) and these up-close-and-personal sessions showcase great writing and soloing from a band that includes many of London’s top musicians, as well as new talents.

  • Hans Koller

    Hans Koller / Francois Theberge / Jeff Williams / Percy Pursglove

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    François Théberge Tenor saxophone Hans Koller Piano Percy Pursglove Bass Jeff Williams Drums For this special Vortex date, Chasing the Unicorn (Francois Theberge Hans Koller Percy Pursglove and Jeff Williams ) celebrate the music of Thelonious Monk. Since the band’s inception in 2006 they have played and recorded the compositions of Hans Koller & a […]

  • Academy Jazz Final Recitals

    As the culmination of their studies at the Royal Academy of Music, jazz students perform their final recital programmes in one of London’s top jazz venues. This is a chance to hear the jazz stars of tomorrow present their ensembles in a 45 minute set, these are always exciting and energising musical nights and a […]

  • Alexander Hawkins

    Alexander Hawkins / Neil Charles / Tom Skinner

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Alexander Hawkins is a pianist who is ‘unlike anything else in modern creative music’ (Ni Kantu) and whose recent work has reached a ‘dazzling new apex’ (Downbeat). Whist audiences are perhaps more familiar with his Ensemble – ‘one of the most distinctive in modern jazz’ (The Jazzmann) – this evening presents a relatively newer formation: […]

  • Eddie Prévost / Guillaume Viltard / Nat Catchpole / Jamie Coleman

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Eddie Prévost, With Respect Nathaniel Catchpole—Tenor saxophone Jamie Coleman—Trumpet Guillaume Viltard—Double bass Eddie Prévost—Drums In a spirit of adventure, a spirit of of improvising encounters, tonight Prévost presents a group of his younger colleagues. All have been associated with a weekly workshop Prévost first convened fifteen years ago. The workshop philosophy initially reduces music to […]

  • Ollie Howell

    Ollie Howell Quintet

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Barely into his mid-twenties, Ollie Howell is a multi-award winning drummer, composer, bandleader and international recording artist. Now signed to Whirlwind Recordings, Ollie’s debut album, ‘Sutures and Stitches’, was released in September 2013. Recorded in London, and mixed and mastered by New York based, 4-time Grammy nominee Tyler McDiarmid, ‘Sutures and Stitches’ contains a collection […]

  • Occupation 12

    Darren Hayman’s Occupation: The Essex Trilogy

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Popside and The Vortex Present Darren Hayman’s Occupation – Show Twelve – The Essex Trilogy Darren Hayman’s Occupation is a series of monthly shows here at The Vortex. Occupations have revolved around a mix of sets showcasing different albums, themes and special guests. This is not your standard gig. And so we come to the final Occupation […]

  • John Etheridge credit Doreen Pallier

    John Etheridge’s Blue Spirits

    Led by guitar legend John Etheridge, the Blue Spirits Trio includes Pete Whittaker (organ) & Mark Fletcher (drums). Drawing on a vast reservoir of musical experience spanning 43 years ,Etheridge distills the bluesier side of his musical world in a repertoire that manifests intensity and emotion as it’s main quality, with subtlety, fluidity and interaction […]

  • Mopomoso

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    In a break from their usual programming Mopomoso presents an intriguing concert in two halves, with the first half from the Portfolio Improvisers group and the second featuring three fine guitar players from the UK, France and Canada. Part One – Portfolio Improvisers Seth Bennett (bass) / Shaun Blezard (electronics) / Anton Hunter (guitar) / […]