Scottish songwriter, composer, and saxophonist Matthew Herd writes for and performs with Seafarers, a band that unites some of the most prominent voices in folk and improvised music (Lauren Kinsella, Tom McCredie, Tom Taylor & Dave Hamblett)

Award winning Electric Jazz harpist and composer Maria-Christina Harper (Katie Melua, Ala.ni) is joined by winner of the 2019 Parliamentary jazz awards saxophonist Josephine Davies and Eric Clapton’s collaborator, drummer Evan Jenkins to produce a dynamic project

Bassist Michelangelo Scandroglio, barely twenty years old, is already considered one of the most interesting promises of Italian jazz. Tonight, he presents music from his first album in a quintet format feat. Alex Hitchcock (tenor sax), Paolo Petrecca (trumpet), Fergus Mccreadie (piano) and Mattia Galeotti (drums)

Final date of the Upper Austrian Jazz Orchestra UK tour, playing the music of British composer Ed Puddick.

Ari Hoenig is a ground-breaking drummer, composer and educator who has become one of the most significant and influential voices in the jazz and drumming world over the last two decades.

Ari Hoenig is a ground-breaking drummer, composer and educator who has become one of the most significant and influential voices in the jazz and drumming world over the last two decades.

Kavuma’s Quartet (Mark Kavuma – trumpet; Noah Stoneman – piano; Caius Williams – bass; Jack Thomas – drums) has developed and nourished a truly unique and unmistakable sound with their stylish spin on the jazz genre soaked in soul and engrossing grooves.

Multi-award-winning vocalist Christine Tobin sings with two of the U.K.’s leading jazz musicians; pianist Liam Noble & guitarist Phil Robson who are both long-term musical collaborators. The repertoire of ‘Outside The Box’ will include songs from Christine’s highly acclaimed albums alongside a selection of new originals from all three performers and more.

One of Ireland’s improvising masters joins the incomparable pairing of John Edwards and Mark Sanders after a seven-year hiatus.

“This is the first time Geoff and I have played duo: we talked about it a lot. He’s a master of song form improvisation, and I’m excited about trying to keep up! We are also recording the gig for future release, so please come down and have your rapturous applause captured for posterity! ” Liam Noble

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 Christoph Irniger Trio celebrates melody without once degenerating into the trivial. They are tone poems which demonstrate that accessible melodies and complex tonal worlds need not be mutually exclusive and can in fact make sense of each other.

Award winning saxophonist and composer Josephine Davies brings her 17 piece jazz orchestra to the Vortex for the second time. Tonight’s concert will feature her new suite ‘Ascension’, 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.

Alex Bonney’s quartet plays original compositions with plenty of room for group improvisation.

A new composition by Johnny Hunter which is constructed to get the most amount of music from the least amount of information. Written specifically to use the outstanding improvising skills of these musicians

Celebrating ten years of work, the all-star collective trio Thumbscrew celebrates by adding new instrumental hues to their already well-established sound on Multicolored Midnight, the group’s seventh album

Celebrating ten years of work, the all-star collective trio Thumbscrew celebrates by adding new instrumental hues to their already well-established sound on Multicolored Midnight, the group’s seventh album

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.

With the Julian Siegel Quartet, the BBC Jazz Award winning saxophonist and composer Julian Siegel can be heard alongside some of this generation’s most distinctive voices, creating an in-demand Quartet on the UK and European Jazz scene.

With the Julian Siegel Quartet, the BBC Jazz Award winning saxophonist and composer Julian Siegel can be heard alongside some of this generation’s most distinctive voices, creating an in-demand Quartet on the UK and European Jazz scene.

Tara Minton is an Australian born harpist, vocalist and composer. Tonight’s performance will feature contemporary works and arrangements from Tara and special guest Emma Rawicz’s past recordings, as well as new compositions.

Sam Leak’s trio, featuring bassist Simon Read and drummer Will Glaser, perform contemporary jazz with a gospel-tinged, and folk-inspired, freedom and abandon, invoking the joy and emotion typified by Paul Bley and Keith Jarrett’s 1960s trios.

Combining jazz tradition with songs Maria grew up singing in her childhood Slovak folklore group, TOPOĽANA is a jazz folk fusion sextet packed with some of the freshest young talent on the London jazz scene.

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 London Jazz Orchestra open their new season of monthly Second Sunday gigs by celebrating pianist John Taylor’s 80th birthday.

Dreamers is the new project from British saxophonist and composer Mark Lockheart featuring Elliot Galvin (Dinosaur, Elliot Galvin Trio), Tom Herbert (Polar Bear, The Invisible) and Dave Smith (Robert Plant).

Over the past few years Alyson Cawley and Martin Speake have been collaborating closely together on diverse projects ranging from exploring South Indian music to Charlie Parker to free improvisation.

Three of the most exciting improvisers in the country, in an ongoing trio that ranges from fiery, propulsive free jazz to the most detailed explorations of sound and texture.

A double bill featuring two new projects: IOMOON feat. bassist Ruth Goller and drummer/keyboard player Emanuele Maniscalco + PANDO PANDO feat. Alex Bonney (electronics) + Will Glaser and Jem Doulton on drums.

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.

An afternoon mixing of standards, as well as a touch of French, South African and Latin sounds.

High energy and intense free improvisations from this new group.

Orlando will be premiering brand new music for this band in his September residency at the Vortex.

From the pen of this prolific and prodigious creative comes Airborn, a suite of related pieces featuring the mighty talents of virtuoso guitarist Rob Luft.

An imaginative reworking of some of Duke Ellington’s iconic  compositions, from the early Cotton Club blues material to Swing hits and through to the exotica that was inspired by Ellington’s extensive travels.