At last! The first solo piano album by Nikki Yeoh that we have been waiting for for 25 years. This will be a very special night to celebrate and enjoy.…

Mopomoso’s anniversary series continues with a close look at solo and duo playing.     Faith Brackenbury (violin) / Martin Speake (sax) duo Faith and Martin have backgrounds in jazz,…

Stephen Graham (Marlbank.net, former Jazzwise editor) says: “The Austrian guitarist whose album Wild Life is one of the best modern mainstream albums I’ve heard this year…….has been touring with the Electric Biddle a good…

Filomena Campus – vocals Steve Lodder – piano Dudley Phillips – bass Adriano Adewale – drums/percussion   Award winning jazz vocalist, lyricist, lecturer and theatre director Filomena Campus brings to…

JULIAN ARGÜELLES TETRA Julian Argüelles (leader / sax / compositions) Kit Downes (piano) Sam Lasserson (bass) James Maddren (drums) A welcome return for Tetra, and a rare chance to hear…

Hailing from California, the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Jazz Band combines the professionalism of a working big band with cutting-edge big band repertoire. The band has performed repeat engagements at…

Lisa and Mark were brought together by Okkyung Lee for her curation at Wels Festival 2014 and decided they should play again, Mark and John are first call rhythm section…

Known for its wild, totally free evenings of challenging and up-lifting improvisations which have consistently united a cross cultural and cross generational posse of players, Freedom will continue to pursue…

JUST ANNOUNCED – Special guest tonight will be Steve Beresford Internationally renowned drummer Mark Sanders and rising star pianist Elliot Galvin come together to perform two sets of freely improvised…

Another swinging Sunday afternoon with the marvelous London Jazz Orchestra, directed by Scott Stroman,  “as fine a band as you can find anywhere” (Independent). Great composing, arranging and soloing from a band…

England versus Russia on a big screen. Watch it jazz style at the Vortex

Tonight Pigfoot will invite the audience to choose the repertoire from the hat, so Wagner will be rubbing shoulders with Bessie Smith, Lieber & Stoller, Smokey Robinson, Richard Strauss, Stevie Wonder, Fats Waller and Puccini, all spontaneously transformed by the band’s wild musicality and wry humour. Football on downstairs. So you can check out both.

Formed only four years ago Vento Em Madeira have already become one of the foremost instrumental groups in Brazil today, with two nominations at the 25th Brazilian Music Awards 2014…

Blow the Fuse continues their celebrated TOMORROW THE MOON IV season at the Vortex – double bills  featuring some of the UK’s finest, original contemporary jazz all led by women. One…

Two imaginative groups showing exciting boundaries of improvised music. Using prize-winning pianist Alexander Hawkins with Canadian clarinettist François Houle; and the violin/cello/drums trio from France, led by drummer Sylvain Darrifourcq.

This concert covers two generations of German jazz – matching one of the greats and one of the newest hopes Günter ‘Baby’ Sommer is one of the great drummers of…

Alex is a London-based tenor saxophonist and composer involved with jazz, improvised music and contemporary classical music. ‘Alex has something special and original.’ (Mike Gibbs)    

The last Lume promotion of the season pairs Dee Byrne’s ENTROPI and the MIKE CHILLINGWORTH TRIO. With a mouthwatering array of talent, a night to celebrate!

Hans Koller (Valve Trombone) Martin Speake (Alto Saxophone) Calum Gourlay (Bass) Dave Dyson (Drums) Taking inspiration from the Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd School Days band from the early 1960s, Thelonious explore…

Sarah Gillespie was born to an American mother, and British father. She has been  inspired by Bessie Smith, Bob Dylan, Cole Porter, and early Blues and Jazz.  At age four…

As ever it’s a delight to welcome back Olie Brice, especially with his own band. Olie is well know to Vortex audiences, having performed here with Tony Malaby, Paul Dunmall,…

Petros Klampanis – Bass Gilad Hekselman – Guitar Bodek Janke – Drums Petros Klampanis grew up on the Greek island of Zakynthos, surrounded by the confluence of Mediterranean and Balkan…

MOJO are back for a start of summer #SwingSunday. Join the fantastic Moderately Optimistic Jazz Orchestra for their regular Sunday afternoon residency with vocalist Catherine Lima to play you everything from…

Led by Adam Glasser, the best of South African Township jazz with surprise guests. Part of Dalston Africa Week

Welcome return of acclaimed pianist/composer SOLO + QUARTET Mark Lockheart – saxophone Huw Warren – piano Conor Chaplin – bass Corrie Dick – drums

Evan Parker is one of the great innovators on saxophone and his monthly gigs at the Vortex are legendary. Joined tonight by pianist Alexander Hawkins, the duo will be presenting…

TIM WELLS Tim Wells is made of reggae, lager top, pie and mash, and Leyton Orient FC. JOHN CANFIELD John Canfield grew up in Cornwall and trained as an actor,…

  Melange seamlessly blend music from North Africa, the Middle East and Mediterranean, incorporating elements of jazz improvisation and dynamic arrangements. The group was formed by cellist Shirley Smart on…

THE BIG HELLO – ‘stories of life, love and other accidents’. Words by Brian Eley, music by Steve Beresford, featuring the voice of the great Christine Tobin. A theatrical mix…

THE BIG HELLO – ‘stories of life, love and other accidents’. Words by Brian Eley, music by Steve Beresford, featuring the voice of the great Christine Tobin. A theatrical mix…

A unique chance for a double bill by two of our newer generation pianists, and regulars at the Vortex. Not just pianists, but also thoughtful guys – both are actually…

The Rolls Royce of jazz. Once heard, immediately a convert! Rachel Bartlet (Sax) Theo Gordon (Sax) Nick Payne (Sax) Dave Liddell (Trombone) Alan Tomlinson (Trombone) John Bennett (Trombone) Tom Hewin…

Henry Lowther (Trumpet) Steve Watts (Bass) Paul Clarvis (Drums) Pete Hurt (Saxophone) Barry Green (Piano) Henry Lowther’s Still Waters was born out a long association and friendship, going back forty years,…

Tom Challenger (Tenor Saxophone, Alto Clarinet) Dan Nicholls (Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet) George Crowley (Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet) Alex Bonney (Trumpet) Rory Simmons (Trumpet) Nat Cross (Trombone) Theon Cross (Tuba) John…

Welcome to the world of a new jazz trio stretching out on tunes by Sam Rivers, Joe Henderson, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk and many other classic jazz composers. “Standards, but…

An exciting new collaboration. Pat Thomas, a pianist known for his work with Black Top and also a Paul Hamlyn Fellow, works together with harpist Tori Handsley, whose own bands…

SUPERMOOD Roz Harding – Saxophone Mike Outram – Guitar Jim Bashford – Drums Modern music rooted in jazz. Experience music fueled by improvisation, movement and breath, dramatic rhythms and introspective…

Tom Bancroft (drums) Tom Cawley (piano) Per Zanussi (bass) Trio Red features 3 innovators from 3 of the most vital jazz scenes in Europe. Between them they have played a key role in some…

Chicago saxophonist/composer Ken Vandermark and New York trumpet stalwart Nate Wooley had been operating in each other’s orbits for several years- having worked together with Paul Lytton, Joe Morris, Agusti…