• 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 […]

  • Yomi Bashiru & Naija Grooves

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    We welcome back legendary Nigerian drummer/percussionist Yomi Bashiru (The Minister of Rhythms) and his explosive 9-piece group Naija Grooves create infectious grooves from the fusion of Fuji, Juju and Afrobeat rhythms. Expect heavy duty rhythms from one of Africa’s greatest drummers. Yomi Bashiru’s precise drumming has been used by the likes of King Wasiu Ayinde, […]

  • Mike Hobart’s Urban Jazz Collective

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Mike Hobart is an experienced and soulful saxophonist who has played with the likes of Esther Phillips and Maceo Parker. His first inspirations were the flowing freedoms of Miles Davis’ 1960s quintet and the soulful blues of Ray Charles, but a lot has happened since then. Urban Jazz puts it all together, adds new beats […]

  • Funmi Olawumi NIGHT ONE

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Nigerian singer Funmi Olawumi, the leader and founder of the glorious Yoruba Women’s Choir, performs two very special intimate shows – her only London shows of 2014. Across the two nights Funmi premieres songs from her soon to be released CD ‘Yoruba Soul’, the follow up to the critically acclaimed album ‘Funmi Ti De’ (Joyful […]

  • Funmi Olawumi NIGHT TWO

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Nigerian singer Funmi Olawumi, the leader and founder of the glorious Yoruba Women’s Choir, performs two very special intimate shows – her only London shows of 2014. Across the two nights Funmi premieres songs from her soon to be released CD ‘Yoruba Soul’, the follow up to the critically acclaimed album ‘Funmi Ti De’ (Joyful […]

  • Loop Collective presents REC London: Replay/Remix

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    The last in a series of club nights in various venues curated by Loop Collective brings together an array of Berlin and London’s finest instrumentalists, performing music which will be remixed live as part of the show. Kronecker Beatsy, glitchy new music combined with explosive improv – compositions by Petter Eldh, Dan Nicholls and Tom […]

  • Annie Whitehead World Music Workshop Band

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    An exciting blend of music from twenty horns, featuring jazz, African and Latin grooves, under the leadership of trombone virtuoso Annie Whitehead and supported by the phenomenal bass and drums of Jennifer Maidman and Mark Huggett. The Workshop is a regular rehearsal group with performances from time to time at the Vortex and The 100 […]

  • Kairos 4tet

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    Adam Waldmann reeds Ivo Neame piano Jon Scott drums Sam Lasserson bass “A beguiling mix of soulful jazz-folk songs and kinetic modern jazz.” ★★★★ Jazzwise Returning to The Vortex, MOBO award-winning Kairos 4tet (Best Jazz Act) will be performing music from their critically acclaimed 3rd album Everything We Hold which has received 4- and 5-star […]

  • Arun Ghosh: Winter Rasa

    Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square, London

    ra•sa /ˈrʌsəː/ noun (Sanskrit) translate as ‘divine nectar’, flavour, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of music, dance, and poetry. A celebration of the glorious essence of Winter, musically traversing folk routes from the Holy Land to Andalusia, Eastern Europe and beyond. Warm away the cold with melodies, merriment and mysticism in this […]