jack banjo’s snackwall peddle their unique brand of avant rock-jazz, echoing jazz rock, scandi-jazz, traditional musics and art-rock along with reference to the powerful energies and grooves that have driven the uk jazz scene in recent years.
A weekly session on Sunday evenings, the jams will be hosted by four of London’s finest: drummer Jas Kayser, pianist Rick Simpson, tenor saxophonists Helena Kay and Riley Stone-Lonergan (+ a few guests), each one hosting one session on rotation.
Twice a month, join us on a journey to extend standard jazz repertoire for the 21st century.
“Vortex Lates” is a new series of events taking place in our downstairs bar from 10-1am every Friday or Saturday. A new late-night jazz hang for Dalston where you can grab a drink and listen to some of the best improvised musicians from around the city.
Revisiting the famous album when John Coltrane teamed up with vocalist Johnny Hartman to explore their favourite romantic standards, tenor sax boss Denys Baptiste is joined by the extraordinary vocalist Marvin Muoneke and a top-flight rhythm section of Gary Crosby (bass), Alex Webb (piano) and Alfonso Vitale (drums).
Our Jazz and Wine event, hosted by Liv Kessler, is in collaboration with Italian winery Cantina Le Pietre with winemaker Andrea Cavallari. Music is by the Phelan Burgoyne Trio. We…
Converting Vortex Downstairs into their very own living room, vocalists Rebecka Edlund and Immy Churchill invite you to a night of storytelling through music. With their shared love for songwriting and improvisation, the singers intertwine their unique voices with some of the most exciting musicians in the UK.
Without a doubt, Leo Richardson is widely recognised to be one of the UK’s leading Jazz Tenor Saxophonists, best known for his honest, straight-ahead, contemporary hard-bop style. Tonight, the quartet will be performing select pieces from their most recent record “Move” along with new material.
The Vortex Jazz Club presents a special double bill featuring the Brussels-based bassist Farida Amadou and Caius Williams.
A new series of monthly Whirlpool concerts begins at the Vortex, with a new cohort of imaginative musicians. They are all recent graduates of the main London music conservatoires and…
Bringing his Jazz Orchestra to the Vortex for the first time, Jonny Ford is one of the rising stars of the UK jazz and big band scene. Throughout the evening you’ll be taken on a journey through intricate layers of orchestral jazz, infused with vibrant energy, exceptional skill, and unwavering passion.
A weekly session on Sunday evenings, the jams will be hosted by four of London’s finest: drummer Jas Kayser, pianist Rick Simpson, tenor saxophonists Helena Kay and Riley Stone-Lonergan (+ a few guests), each one hosting one session on rotation.
Come & join us for another special Mopomoso featuring Yoko Miura (piano), Viv Corringham (voice) & Lawrence Casserley (electronics) + Julian Woods (guitar) & Terry Day (drums) + Adam Bohman (objects), Pascal Marzan (guitar) & Neil Metcalfe (flute)
“Vortex Lates” is a new series of events taking place in our downstairs bar from 10-1am every Friday or Saturday. A new late-night jazz hang for Dalston where you can grab a drink and listen to some of the best improvised musicians from around the city.
Guitarist Tom Ollendorff embarks on a European tour with a quartet featuring the highly regarded saxophonist Will Vinson, drummer David Ingamells and bassist Viktor Nyberg.
Will Glaser presents a night of experimental and genre bending artists. Ranging from songwriters to improvisors and the electronic to acoustic, this night is for the satisfaction of the sonically curious.
Smiodair is an international trio, which reunites three leading improvisers that share a long musical history: Dave Smith, Robin Finker & Simon Jermyn. For this evening the trio will be joined by French flute virtuoso Sylvaine Helary, in addition to renowned London based musicians, tenor saxophonist Tom Challenger and bassist Johnny Brierley.
Guitarist Mike De Souza leads his quintet on a tour celebrating his latest album Chrysalis (Fresh Sound New Talent). Written post-lockdown, the title alludes to the emergence from a state of isolation, having changed in a positive way, just as a butterfly emerges transformed from its chrysalis state.
Led by drummer / composer Rod Oughton, this band features several young heavyweights from the next generation of British jazz, namely George Crowley on Sax, Deschanel Gordon on piano and Flo Moore on electric bass.
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.
A weekly session on Sunday evenings, the jams will be hosted by four of London’s finest: drummer Jas Kayser, pianist Rick Simpson, tenor saxophonists Helena Kay and Riley Stone-Lonergan (+ a few guests), each one hosting one session on rotation.
Twice a month, join us on a journey to extend standard jazz repertoire for the 21st century.
“Vortex Lates” is a new series of events taking place in our downstairs bar from 10-1am every Friday or Saturday. A new late-night jazz hang for Dalston where you can grab a drink and listen to some of the best improvised musicians from around the city.
Henry Spencer launched his new album ‘The Defector’ (“A masterpiece” – Jazz in Europe) following international touring, TV and radio broadcasts and the increase of audiences and followers worldwide.
Our monthly late night series brings songwriters together to perform in the round, hosted by Matthew Herd.
Multi-award winning composer Olivia Murphy conducts this large ensemble made up of 20 of the most exciting emerging improvisers and musicians from both the London and Birmingham creative music scenes – two cities that have been integral to her musical development so far.
Multi-award winning composer Olivia Murphy conducts this large ensemble made up of 20 of the most exciting emerging improvisers and musicians from both the London and Birmingham creative music scenes – two cities that have been integral to her musical development so far.
Irini Arabatzi is a singer/songwriter from Greece based in London. With a rich background in jazz (Guildhall School of Music) and world music from Brazil to Middle Eastern music, Irini’s recent EP “Songs for them” released in June on Albert’s Favourites, showcases her unique sound, blending haunting melodies with vibrant beats.
Emerald with Maria Chiara Argirò and Dolomite with Ruth Goller are the most recent releases part of Maddalena Ghezzi’s series Minerals. At the Vortex Emerald “delicate world in osmosis with nature and humans” is meeting Dolomite “quixotic moments” in a trio concert that will see Ghezzi, Goller and Argirò merging the two works.
Immersive and thought provoking original contemporary jazz by a quartet of highly acclaimed musicians, led by guitarist Harry Christelis.
Join the multi award-winning UK jazz ensemble Empirical for the launch of their first ever vinyl release of their latest album Wonder is the Beginning, out on on Whirlwind Recordings. The show will feature special guests Ivo Neame & David Preston.
A weekly session on Sunday evenings, the jams will be hosted by four of London’s finest: drummer Jas Kayser, pianist Rick Simpson, tenor saxophonists Helena Kay and Riley Stone-Lonergan (+ a few guests), each one hosting one session on rotation.
The LJO returns to the Vortex for a new season of up-close-and-personal Sunday afternoon concerts.
“Vortex Lates” is a new series of events taking place in our downstairs bar from 10-1am every Friday or Saturday. A new late-night jazz hang for Dalston where you can grab a drink and listen to some of the best improvised musicians from around the city.
Paul and Sophia have been playing together in various combinations for over 30 years. She is one of the leading pianist in France leading her own trios and quartets. Tonight the quartet has the superb rhythm section of James Owston (bass) and Miles Levin (drums).
The new series of late-night gigs on Friday brings in artists from the contemporary folk and songwriter scenes in London and beyond, as well as small groups with exploratory approaches to songs and music from the outer edges of the jazz world.
It’s been over 10 years since Ant and his 5tet released their debut album ‘Entanglement’. Join them tonight – for one night only – as the band is reunited to explore the music from that album! Are they older? Yes. Any wiser? Only you can say…
All three musicians have rich and varied backgrounds in free improvisation, the jazz tradition and as composers, and the trio will draw on all of that in an unpredictable and exciting collage.
Cloudy Peaks is a new band formed in 2024 by pianist and composer Lorenzo Bellini together with saxophonist Kasper Rietkerk, double bassist Guy Dempsey and drummer Luke McCarthy.
Composer and improviser Marco Colonna and pianist Alexander Hawkins’ first album as a duo, Dolphy Underlined, focussed on radical reworkings of music by American composer Eric Dolphy.
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.
A weekly session on Sunday evenings, the jams will be hosted by four of London’s finest: drummer Jas Kayser, pianist Rick Simpson, tenor saxophonists Helena Kay and Riley Stone-Lonergan (+ a few guests), each one hosting one session on rotation.
An afternoon of stories from Refugee Tales and music. Readings, Walking Statues and a world/jazz/contemporary trio bringing together folk music from the Mediterranean, contemporary western sounds and an improvisational approach.
“Vortex Lates” is a new series of events taking place in our downstairs bar from 10-1am every Friday or Saturday. A new late-night jazz hang for Dalston where you can grab a drink and listen to some of the best improvised musicians from around the city.
A new inception for London-based guitarist & composer, David has been active on the London scene as both a sideman and bandleader for many years. Known most notably for his work as composer and co-leader for the acclaimed trio ‘Preston Glasgow Lowe’.
Converting Vortex Downstairs into their very own living room, vocalists Rebecka Edlund and Immy Churchill invite you to a night of storytelling through music. With their shared love for songwriting and improvisation, the singers intertwine their unique voices with some of the most exciting musicians in the UK.
An auspicious collaboration between the US and UK improvised music scenes, this quartet brings together two stalwart voices of the New York creative music community alongside a pair of the most in-demand collaborators in the North of England.
A night of mesmerizing, psychedelic grooves from the new incarnation of this top draw ensemble. This is joyous, life affirming music. Deceptively simple, deeply melodic with a healthy dose of the other worldly.
BBC Young Jazz Musician finalist and twice Dankworth Prize winner Reuben Goldmark brings his newly formed piano trio to the Vortex. The group will present a set of original material featuring music that is dynamic and ever-evolving, refusing definition and challenging the performers to create music at their absolute limit.
The multi-award-winning bassist, composer and BBC Young Jazz Musician of the year 2022, Ewan Hastie is fast making his mark on the UK jazz scene, and his trio features two of Scotland’s finest talents, Tom Gibbs (piano) and Stephen Henderson on (drums)