Doors 22:00 PM, Music 22:45 PM – 1 set(s) of music
New Show Added: Django Bates – Distilled.
With the first show selling out quickly, we’re pleased to announce an additional Late solo piano performance by Django Bates at this year’s EFG London Jazz Festival.
This intimate concert at the Vortex Jazz Club offers a rare chance to experience Django’s creative versatility and distinctive sound, this performance promises to be a special highlight of the EFG London Jazz Festival festival – act fast and grab your tickets while you can for the finest late night hang in London
Line-up:
Django Bates – Piano
About
Django Bates makes a welcome return to his spiritual home the Vortex Jazz Club for a solo performance during the EFG London Jazz Festival following spontaneous sold out shows in January this year. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to witness one of jazz’s most innovative artists in the most intimate of settings.
“It was about as perfect as anything could be.” Richard Williams, The Blue Room, January 2024
DJANGO BATES – DISTILLED
“My idea of a good time is people gathering together to enjoy music; live music, in real time, at the very moment of its creation.
When I began writing new piano music two years ago I wanted to simplify everything in my life, and so began a process of distillation.
Emerging compositions such as Flurry In The Desert, Iris, My Idea Of A Good Time, embrace all the ways the piano has been my belovèd friend. From my childhood alone with my favourite toy – a beat-up D’almaine upright (semitone flat) – through my formative experiences in the bands of Dudu Pukwana and Bill Bruford’s Earthworks, to playing the great concert halls of Europe with Anouar Brahem, Dave Holland, and Jack DeJohnette, the piano has been a lifelong companion.
On a turbulent sea, bypassing the flotsam and jetsam of our age, the audience and the performer in harmonious union take a voyage in search of the miraculous, in the shared pursuit of peace and tranquility.”