The Anemone Quartet is a brand new collaboration, featuring four of the most exciting and powerful improvisers on the UK scene, with double bassist Olie Brice; pianist/vocalist Laura Cole; drummer Johnny Hunter; and clarinettist/saxophonist/vocalist Faye MacCalman. The quartet features compositions from each musician, and also draws on free improvisation, photographs, poetry and spoken word.

Lukas DeRungs is an award winning pianist-composer hailing from Mannheim, Germany. His second album ‘Wake’ was released in February 2025 and sees him return to a quintet setting, alongside 4 of his favourite improvising musicians.

Tonight is the launch for James Allsopp’s brand new album “Stars and Sand” which is being released on Vibe Collide records.

About Join us for a fun-filled day of learning and jamming at the Vortex! The Nick Costley-White Trio will be leading interactive workshops for young jazz enthusiasts looking to hone their…

Calum Gourlay’s Big Band makes a return to The Vortex. Playing all original music written over the last year whilst Calum has been working with large ensembles at Trinity Laban.

A weekly session on Sunday evenings, the jams will be hosted by some of London’s finest: drummer Jas Kayser, pianist Rick Simpson, guitarist Nick Costley-White, trumpeter Sean Gibbs and tenor saxophonists Harben Kay and Riley Stone-Lonergan (+ sometimes a few guest leaders) each one hosting one session on rotation.

Based between London & Berlin, guitarist and composer David Preston has been described by the Guardian as “Virtuosic” and TimeOut as “A superb modern jazz guitarist”.

Rachael Cohen, a London-based alto saxophonist and composer, is one of the brightest emerging stars of her generation. Her skills as a composer and improviser have gained her a great deal of attention in the UK and beyond.

ENEMY is the technicolor Berlin/London based piano trio featuring pianist Kit Downes, bassist Petter Eldh and drummer James Maddren.

Orchard return to the Vortex Jazz Club to release their new single, and celebrate the exciting musical journey that their next EP will bring.

Drummer Shaney Forbes is the co-leader of the extraordinary multi award winning quartet/collective ‘Empirical’. Shane has a driving style that is full of textures and cultural influences from all over the world.

Jazz Africa returns to The Vortex after a sell-out debut at the club earlier in the year. This all-star band, led by keyboardist Basil Hodge, will perform a range of music from Africa.

Four renowned composer-improvisers tangle with Ches Smith’s newest compositions. Two highly individualistic guitarists swirl, echo and double-take, squaring off with a bass and drums team that anchors and unhinges through doubling sounds.

Four renowned composer-improvisers tangle with Ches Smith’s newest compositions. Two highly individualistic guitarists swirl, echo and double-take, squaring off with a bass and drums team that anchors and unhinges through doubling sounds.

Houndsbleat is the latest project from the imagination of pianist/composer Olly Chalk. Here, kaleidoscopic grooves, twisting contrapuntal melodies and ferocious group interplay wind their way through a series of new musical labyrinths.

This musical partnership was formed in New York City in 2017 between the highly acclaimed US saxophonist Jed Levy (Jaki Byard, Jack McDuff/, Mike Clark, Tom Harrell etc) and multi-award-winning UK born guitarist Phil Robson (Mark Turner, David Liebman, Billy Hart, Partisans, etc), who was living in NYC at the time.

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

London-based German violinist and singer Johanna Burnheart carves her own niche with a distinctive blend of modal jazz and electronic soundscapes. Deeply influenced by the Berlin techno and house scene as well as modal jazz, Johanna’s music exists at the point where improvisation meets hypnotic rhythm.