Trumpeter/composer Sean Gibbs leads a big band featuring some of the UK’s leading jazz musicians. This will be their first gig following their critically acclaimed album Confluence, released with Ubuntu Music in November 2022.

We welcome back the World Music Big Band lead by Ian Bumstead on Tenor sax and featuring Alison Rayner on bass and Mark Huggett on drums.

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A weekly session on Sunday evenings, hosted by four of London’s finest: drummer Jas Kayser, pianist Rick Simpson and tenor saxophonists Helena Kay and Riley Stone-Lonergan, each one hosting one session on rotation.

“A saxophonist who embodies and transcends tradition” (The New York Times), James Brandon Lewis has become, in just over a decade, one of the most celebrated young artists in jazz. Tonight’s performance with his trio feat. electric bassist Josh Werner and drummer Chad Taylor coincides with the release of his new ANTI Records recording, “Eye of I”.

“A saxophonist who embodies and transcends tradition” (The New York Times), James Brandon Lewis has become, in just over a decade, one of the most celebrated young artists in jazz. Tonight’s performance with his trio feat. electric bassist Josh Werner and drummer Chad Taylor coincides with the release of his new ANTI Records recording, “Eye of I”.

Bassist Michael Feinberg makes his Vortex debut with a tremendous supporting band; drummer Terreon Gully, sax man Noah Preminger, and pianist Eden Ladin. Feinberg is celebrating the release of his latest disc Blues Variant (Criss Cross).

Join us for a special evening with British-Palestinian duo Ana Silvera x Saied Silbak & genre-crossing duo Balladeste, a collaboration between violinist Preetha Narayanan and cellist Tara Franks.

Tonight, music duo Sothiac are joined on stage by drummer Terry Day, saxophonist Paul Jolly & violinist Sylvia Hallett. 

What is the latest definition of the term “jazz”? Many of the brand leaders/venues for jazz are now running much broader-based programming. It could be that the term ‘jazz’ has…

A weekly session on Sunday evenings, hosted by four of London’s finest: drummer Jas Kayser, pianist Rick Simpson and tenor saxophonists Helena Kay and Riley Stone-Lonergan, each one hosting one session on rotation.

Acclaimed as a considerable and highly individual compositional talent, saxophonist David Binney is one of the most prolific jazz musicians on the scene today. Tonight, he teams up with top drummer Jamie Murray for a special late night performance!

Kit Downes joins forces with long-time collaborators Petter Eldh on bass and James Maddren on drums for a carefully assorted piano trio programme that treads gentle lyricism and bold creative outbursts in equal measures.

Pianist Sultan Stevenson is one of the fastest emerging young artists on the London jazz scene. His trio is already established as an outfit to catch when billed to play live and is being tipped for success on national and international stages.

Somersaults is the improvising trio of Tobias Delius of the ICP, with vortex regulars Olie Brice and Mark Sanders. They have released two albums, ‘Somersaults’ (Two Rivers, 2015) and ‘numerology of birdsong’ (West Hill Rcords, 2019).

A year on from the launch of their acclaimed album ‘Blink’, Brigitte Beraha and Lucid Dreamers return to The Vortex for an immersive evening of sonic exploration.

Join UK jazz stalwarts Empirical for a two-night celebration of their 15th anniversary at the Vortex.

In recent months we have seen very few journalists from ‘traditional’ media (such as newspapers and print magazines) at the Vortex. Are we doing something wrong? Or is the media…

Join UK jazz stalwarts Empirical for a two-night celebration of their 15th anniversary at the Vortex.

A weekly session on Sunday evenings, hosted by four of London’s finest: drummer Jas Kayser, pianist Rick Simpson and tenor saxophonists Helena Kay and Riley Stone-Lonergan, each one hosting one session on rotation.

Moanin’, the classic album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, gets rethought and expanded for jazz orchestra in a vibrant new suite by director Scott Stroman.

Paul Dunmall returns to The Vortex for this special concert in celebration of his 70th birthday.

Paul Dunmall returns to The Vortex for this special concert in celebration of his 70th birthday.

Join the 2017 Kenny Wheeler Prize winning Tom Barford and his quintet as they play an exciting set of original compositions alongside some new arrangements of his favourite tunes by the greats of jazz.

Barry Green explores new music and old with the improvising greats Buckley and Glaser + special guest vocalist Lauren Kinsella

A double bill featuring saxophonist Simeon May Trio + cellist Naomi Gee Wright Band featuring Brigitte Beraha & Ben Hazleton

This afternoon’s concert features the suite Josephine wrote during lockdown for this 16-piece ensemble – a series of 8 pieces representing the 8 parts of the Celtic Wheel of the Year, bringing a much needed celebration of nature, connection, and renewal to our fragmented times.

True Think is a multi-generational, multi-cultural reflection of several periods of Robert Mitchell’s journey. Joining Robert (keys, perc, sampler) on stage will be vocalist and songwriter Liselotte Östblom on vocals, multi-instrumentalist Zayn Mohammed, on guitar, multi-genre bassist/keys player Tom Mason, and drummer and percussionist Saleem Raman.

Legendary English guitarist John Etheridge returns to the Vortex with sensational vocalist Vimala Rowe for another evening of passion and soul.

Olli Soikkeli was born in Nurmes, Finland, and is now based in NYC. Despite his modest age he has performed with Pasquale Grasso, Bucky Pizzarelli, Tommy Emmanuel, Cyrille Aimee and Stochelo Rosenberg. He has also featured at legendary American venues including Birdland Jazz Club, Blue Note and The Lincoln Centre.

The Dave Storey Trio present material from their third album ‘Circeo’ featuring their signature quicksilver interplay honed over almost a decade of playing and touring together. The jazz tradition brought to life for the 21st century – communication with love, humour and fire.

A weekly session on Sunday evenings, hosted by four of London’s finest: drummer Jas Kayser, pianist Rick Simpson and tenor saxophonists Helena Kay and Riley Stone-Lonergan, each one hosting one session on rotation.

The International Piano Academy and Rhythm Squad present their second annual Future Sounds Concert. Future Sound Concerts are developed to provide extra performance opportunities in professional performance spaces for our young musicians.

His debut album ‘Purple / Black’ featuring Kit Downes, Sebastian Rochford and Kevin Glasgow is due for release in April 2023 on Whirlwind Recordings.

A one-off gig featuring the music of Matt Carmichael alongside an exciting line-up of new collaborators.

Fresh from recording his debut album, guitarist and composer Karim Saber returns to the Vortex accompanied by his band of long-term collaborators. This concert will feature music from the upcoming album as well as select compositions from the other performers.