David Mossman celebration, 25 January
On 25 January, we are going to have a 24 hour celebration for David Mossman – Vortex founder (as well as black cab driver, mountaineer and bookseller). Starting at 6pm […]
Tributes to David Mossman 17 July 1942 – 8 December 2018
From Billy Jenkins: Tribute to David Mossman Nearly twenty years have passed since I had the pleasure of working with and for David. Looking back and realising we had ten […]
Jazz Alloy – Anglo/Swedish Music Lab 2018/2019.
JAZZ ALLOY — a Swedish & UK Music Mixer. The first in a series of six collaborations in which Swedish and UK-based musicians will create and perform new live music […]
The Dancing Wall, 7 October
The Dancing Wall was a one-off performance in Shoreditch, based from Aurelie Freoua’s mural Misterioso which is gracing a wall on Dereham Place. This was the chance for a first […]
A playlist for October
Here is a playlist of some of the music you can look forward to hearing in October. Go back and get the details on the upcoming events page of our […]
The Shape of Jazz To Come…
The Shape of Jazz to Come is curated by Kathianne Hingwan and Dave Holland The Producer for the series is Kathianne Hingwan The Lucumi Project (Supported by the PRSF […]
Union Division (City University, 11 September)
This is a new live ‘venture’, set up by Moss Freed. He is developing a means of creating group improvisation for a larger-scale line-up. Of course, large improvising ensembles exist, […]
What’s coming up in September 2018 – a Spotify playlist
Here’s a Spotify playlist which can give you an idea of what is happening at the club in September. London African Music Festival is all the way through the last […]
Phaze Theory, 28 August 2018
Phaze Theory has already garnered interest from BBC Radio 3. The core trio (of Christopher Barratt, tuba, Tal Janes (electric guitar), Marco Quarantotto (drums)) was enhanced by Arthur Lea on […]
Aurelie Freoua live event, 3 August
Here is a painting by Aurelie Freoua of her Resonances event last November at the Vortex. The musicians, Albert Palau (piano), Liran Donin (bass) and Simon Roth (drums), improvise to […]
Jazzwerkstatt Peitz, 8-10 June 2018
Julie Sassoon- Willi Kellers (Photo: Paul G Smyth) Jazzwerkstatt 55, Peitz, Germany 8-10 June 2018 Oliver Weindling writes: Having had a wonderful 2 day festival from Jazzwerkstatt at the Vortex […]
Film: “John Jack – I improvised”
John Jack (1934-2017) was a great friend of the Vortex and the music that it promotes. He came several times a month until his death in September 2017. I interviewed […]
OLIVER’S LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL DIARY 2017
Day 1 (11 November) The first day of the festival this year. It coincided with Day 316 of the Vortex’s own festival, a year round event. And indeed we were […]
Evan Parker, Mat Maneri, Lucian Ban (19 October) – REVIEW FROM FINANCIAL TIMES
Evan Parker, Mat Maneri and Lucian Ban in London — scrapes, scampers and ululations The trio performed an evening of through-improvised music at the Vortex Jazz Club (By Mike Hobart) […]
Jazzwerkstatt special 24, 25 November
At this special weekend, the Berlin label Jazzwerkstatt celebrates 6 of its line-ups, ranging from the younger (such as Stefan Schulze and Peter Ehwald) through to the more experienced, such […]
Peter Freeman’s October recommendations
After 8th, because we didn’t put it up earlier! 8 De Beren Gieren (Vortex) 9 Freedom (Vortex) 10 Loz Speyer (Ridley Road Market Bar) 10 Cynthia Monk (Capesto) 11 Leo […]
John Jack – ‘I improvised’ (and funeral details)
So sorry to hear about the death of John Jack, such a great supporter of the jazz scene – as manager, promoter, bouncer, record label and distributor. And covering the […]
(From our friends at Intakt) Trio Heinz Herbert
Trio Heinz Herbert: 2 Day Residency, Iklectik, London Fri 15 & Sat 16 Sep 7PM | £8/6 Trio Heinz Herbert makes music that evokes visions of a starry sky. It […]
Retro Dom
It is with the greatest sadness that we learnt today of the death of Retro Dom, dj and ska expert. He knew more about ska than anyone else, constantly adding […]
Gillett Square stakeholder meeting 22 June
DO YOU CARE FOR GILLETT SQUARE? This is to invite you to a Gillett Square Stakeholder Meeting to be held at the Vortex at 3pm on Thursday 22nd June. The […]