PIANO UPDATE: GREAT MUSIC DESERVES A GREAT PIANO
Work on the piano has already started thanks to you our wonderful supporters. Many people are still contacting us about donating to restore the piano. Donations will be used for […]
‘Going for Gold’ – Campaign nearing end – Spectacular new prize – What you can do to help!
Amidst the excitement of the Olympics, our campaign to help restore the Vortex’s beloved Steinway Grand has rounded the final bend and is within sight of the finish line. The […]
VORTEX CROWD FUNDER REWARDS UPDATE
PLEDGE YOUR DONATION HERE: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/help-restore-the-vortex-jazz-clubs-steinway We are indebted to all of our supporters who donated ‘things’ as rewards to you our donors, to ultimately restore our Steinway piano. They are, in […]
CROWD FUNDER TO RESTORE THE VORTEX STEINWAY: BRUNO HEINEN
PLEDGE YOUR DONATION HERE: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/help-restore-the-vortex-jazz-clubs-steinway As we approach the second week of our piano campaign we have succeeded in raising £1,010. Only £4,000 to go! To help us climb this mountain […]
An August playlist on Spotify
Here’s a playlist of a few artists at the Vortex this month.
Vortex Crowdfunder Goes Live With Elliot Galvin
PLEDGE YOUR DONATION HERE https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/help-restore-the-vortex-jazz-clubs-steinway Check out Elliot Galvin’s new album https://www.elliotgalvin.com We’ve got some cool rewards for supporters of out campaign. Check these out. All donors will have […]
Mopomoso Presents: Fete quaqua 2016 21 – 23 August
Both the audience and the musicians share in the discovery of a music as it happens, making for a uniquely rewarding experience. An international cast of musicians will be playing […]
EFG London Jazz Festival – provisional programme
This is our provisional programme. 29 bands over 10 days and rising!!!!! 11 November Clark Tracey Quintet Late Downstairs – Adam Glasser South African Jazz Jam (tbc) 12 November Julie […]
Intakt Festival 16-27 April 2017
The Vortex is delighted to be hosting a festival of the innovative and well-established label Intakt in 2017. oolondon aPril 2017 VorteX Jazz club Vortex jazz club london Sunday, april […]
Special Offers
MARTIN SPEAKE QUARTET (featuring Bobo Stenson) – TWO-DAY RESIDENCY Thursday 28th April 2016 | 8:00pm – 11:00pm Tickets: £22 MARTIN SPEAKE QUARTET (featuring Bobo Stenson) – TWO-DAY RESIDENCY Friday 29th […]
APRIL AT THE VORTEX
While the programme of the club is ongoing, there are always a few highlights and connections that seem to spring out every month.This month, the programme is topped and tailed […]
Updates on programme!
Oliver, who is programming director here, is now regularly updating his blog with information about what is going on here, as well as his views on the scene in general […]
Open meeting for musicians – 23 March 2015
All musicians interested in the Vortex are invited to an open meeting at the club on 23 March at 4 p.m. The aim is to update all on the state […]
Maurizio Minardi – Album and gig review
Minardi loves to re-invent the musical past and, in this, he shows an affinity with the arch neo-classicist, Igor Stravinsky. https://www.jazzviews.net/maurizio-minardi—interview–album-launch.html
Guardian venue review of Vortex
The following was published in the Guardian on 20 January: “The jazz venue that, rich in community spirit, is perfect for the purist but also gracious to the merely curious” […]
Thelonious
Taking inspiration from the Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd School Days band from the early 1960s, Thelonious explore the entire Monk repertoire with both childlike curiosity as well as forensic attention to detail.Through collective learning of […]
Kenny Wheeler 1930-2014
We were fortunate that Kenny played regularly at the club, both in Church Street and in Dalston; and in various formats, up to including big band, as well as […]
News: Intersect festival sees Vortex teaming up with Cafe OTO and Servant Jazz Quarters for the first time
Three minutes and five seconds. The average length of a song played on the radio in the UK. Also, the time it takes to walk, at a fairly leisurely stroll […]