Programme
The complete guide to this month's gigs
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Special events
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Big
& Small
Sunday 20 May
10.30am to 1.00pm
Creative music workshop at the Vortex
Team up with a musician friend or relative
Create music with an experienced workshop leader
For all ages and abilities
See Big & Small for full details and
booking
Tots Tunes
at The Vortex
Songs from around the world for parents and 0-5s
See Tots Tunes for more details
Welcome to The Vortex Jazz Club
25th anniversary year
What's on this week...
Gigs start at 8.30pm unless otherwise shown
Indicates
no members' discounts
- Wed 16 | 8.30pm
- £10
- Book online
Gypsy / East European Night
She'koyokh
She'koyokh
has gone from busking in Columbia Road to selling out some of Europe's most
prestigious venues, travelling and studying with the masters of Balkan and
Gypsy music they have become one of the most entertaining and accomplished
Balkan/Gypsy/Klezmer bands in London.
Their performances are full of fun, warmth and dazzling musicianship – marrying an easy virtuosity with the charm and joyfulness they've retained from their busking days.
They have been nominated "Best Group" in the Songlines Music Awards 2012. Beautiful music – don't miss it.
- Thur 17 | 8.30pm
- £12
- Book online
Deco Heart featuring Evan Parker
Working
at the edge of jazz, contemporary classical and New York downtown improv,
Deco Heart is a duo featuring legendary violist Mat Maneri and the acclaimed
Transylvanian expat pianist Lucian Ban.
With special guest saxophonist Evan Parker.
”Mat Maneri has changed the way the jazz world listens to the violin
and viola” (AllAboutJazz). “One of the most gifted pianists
to move to New York in
the past decade...“ (Bruce Lee Gallanter).
We
are grateful for the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute London
- Fri 18 | 8.30pm
- £7.50
- Book online
Peasant
Damien DeRose, the talented singer and songwriter behind Peasant, will release his third and most complete album "Bound for Glory" later this year.
The follow up to the critically acclaimed and fan favourite "Shady Retreat", "Bound for Glory" is a collection of deep and diverse tracks that reveal new layers in this prolific artist.
Along with Spin Magazine, Daytrotter, CMJ and others, NPR raves, “when armed with a guitar, DeRose makes music that beckons and calls out, as if demanding to be heard. DeRose also has a secret weapon: a voice that seems to expose his very soul.”
"Bound for Glory’s" sharp observations and thought-provoking lyrics are addictive, when mixed with its easy, lush, and dreamy instrumentation.
DeRose, now 25, has been actively releasing records for the last four years and has previously toured with the likes of Cursive, Deer Tick, Albert Hammond Jr. and Steve Earle.
- Sat 19 | 7.30pm
- £10 adv / £12 door
- Book online
Emulsion Festival
Iain Ballamy, Trish Clowes’ Tangent
Rory Simmons’ Fringe Magnetic
Ensemble Amorpha
Emulsion
is a new platform for composition and improvisation. For this year’s
mini-festival Iain Ballamy will be guest of honour.
Funded by the PRS for Music Foundation, four new commissions from Iain Ballamy, Trish Clowes, Rory Simmons and Luke Styles (Glyndebourne Young Composer in Residence) will be premiered alongside existing music from contemporary jazz groups Tangent and Fringe Magnetic and contemporary classical group Ensemble Amorpha.
You can expect to experience a different way to listen to the music from these groups, showing how the use of electronics, improvisation and contemporary art music can exist in the same space and/or interact with each other.
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Thur 24 & Fri 25 May
Mary Halvorson
residency
Brooklyn-based guitarist Mary Halvorson – “NYC’s least-predictable improviser”
Saturday 26 May
Julian Argüelles Band
One of Europe's finest saxophonists, Julian Argüelles returns to the Vortex with a new quartet Kit Downes, Sam Lasserson and James Maddren.
Wednesday 30 May
Ana Silvera
Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Ana Silvera performs material from her debut album 'The Aviary'. "...a poet who wraps her words in a style of music that is as personalised as the stories she tells..." (Bearded Magazine).
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The Vortex Jazz Club gratefully acknowledges financial support
from
the PRS for Music Foundation
The Vortex is a member of
the Europe Jazz Network
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