Always great in these intimate gigs, Britain’s finest jazz vocalist, producer and songsmith, Ian Shaw hosts an exuberant party with a set of appropriately festive songs. Whether it’s his radical…

Always great in these intimate gigs, Britain’s finest  jazz vocalist, producer and songsmith, Ian Shaw hosts an exuberant party with a set of appropriately festive songs. Whether it’s his radical…

Estelle Kokot – Your Half Of The Moon Having ​recently returned​ from South Africa where she performed at The Joy of Jazz Festival with Chicago born saxophonist Chico Freeman, ‘Seductively poetic South African…

Legendary English guitarist John Etheridge brings sensational new vocal star Vimala Rowe to the Vortex for another evening of passion and soul. John will play some of his celebrated solo…

The usual Gypsy Jazz Christmas shindig – led by Dunajska Kapelye (Piotr Jordan & Flora Curzon on violins and Zac Gvirtzman on accordion/clarinet/piano) with some very special guests. Rip-roaring Balkan…

Camilla George saxophone, Sarah Tandy piano Daniel Casimir bass, Femi Koleoso drums WITH SPECIAL GUEST, MOBO-award WINNER ZARA MCFARLANE FOR SOME NUMBERS An exciting quartet showcasing some of London’s finest young players,…

Trumpeter Jay Phelps is at the forefront of the young and creative generation of jazz musicians in the UK, with an instantly recognizable warm and projecting tone. A Vancouver-born Canadian,…

Christmas songs done differently. Led by Orphy Robinson (vibes), and Cleveland Watkiss, who knows where this will lead? We just can be certain that it’ll be fun and challenging.

Mopomoso celebrates the season with the traditional gathering of improvising musicians curated by John Russell. Dependent on the number of participants (in past years there have been 40-50) sets are…

After touring the country over the past few weeks, Led Bib returns for this two-night residency at the Vortex which first hosted them over a decade ago. The band is…

Downstairs special show. Passing through en route to his musical Olympus, we are lucky to have the leading Romanian saxophonist/clarinettist Nicolas Simion, who fuses jazz and Romanian traditional music like…

After touring the country over the past few weeks, Led Bib returns for a two-night residency at the Vortex which first hosted them over a decade ago. The band is…

For the past forty years Evan  Parker has mainly performed free improvised jazz either as a soloist or within a group. He has had extraordinary collaborations with musicians as diverse as…

Annie Whitehead is featured tonight in the continuing BTF roll out of extraordinary talent, with Deirdre Cartwright guitar, Alison Rayner bass and Winston Clifford drums. A trombone virtuoso with South African and…

A stunning line-up for 2 nights at the Vortex   Aaron Parks (pianist) Matt Garrison (bass) Eric Harland (drums) Zenya Strigalev (sax) The December tour of Zhenya Strigalev will be presenting…

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 the entire Monk repertoire…

Directed by Scott Stroman, the London Jazz Orchestra, “as fine a band as you can find anywhere” (Independent),  is back for its regular Sunday afternoon session featuring compositions and arrangements by…

A stunning line-up for 2 nights at the Vortex. Aaron Parks (pianist) Matt Garrison (bass) Eric Harland (drums) Zhenya Strigalev (sax) The December tour of Zhenya Strigalev will be presenting his…

Open to all aspiring musicians, this workshop will be run by Loz Speyer’s Inner Space Music, prior to the gig on Monday 14th. Inner Space Music’s ACE funded tour finishes…

Mojo (the Moderately Optimistic Jazz Orchestra) are back for a one-off #SwingChristmas at the Vortex! Join this exciting jazz orchestra as they bring in the season with swing, funk, Tower of Power…

Pianist Alexander Hawkins and vocalist Elaine Mitchener come together this evening at the Vortex for an unusual and creative encounter with jazz standards. “……. pianist Alexander Hawkins and vocalist Elaine…

CANCELLED. SORRY!! Cleveland and Orphy are back on 20 December for their Christmas special.

LUME Presents: Deemer (‘Interference Patterns’ album launch) & Survival Skills A special evening of improvised music with electronics, for the launch of the first release on our new Luminous label! Tonight LUME…

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…

For workshop and concert book here: www.tictocsing.com 12.30 – 1.30 Open Workshop 3 – 4.30pm Performance (including Q&A with Jenni and choir members) Performance only: £10 Workshop + performance: £15…

We welcome back São Paulo born Brazilian singer songwriter Mônica Vasconcelos. She is bringing a fantastic line-up of groove doctors to scare away the cold and dark Winter with killer…

A welcome return by this amazing duo. Marilyn Crispell is known for collaborations with all the greats in improvised music and iconic recordings, such as on ECM. Marilyn Crispell (piano),…

The Markov Chain is a new trio with Adam Fairhall on piano, Tim Fairhall on bass and British Free Music legend Paul Hession on drums. + Adam Fairhall solo set…

Award winning international jazz pianist and composer Marco Marconi moved to the UK in 2012 bringing both his talent and vast experience.He joins us tonight with his trio. Marco Marconi…

An exciting double bill showcasing two releases from the Gearbox label, from the West and East ends – of Europe. Binker and Moses Tenor saxophonist Binker Golding and drummer Moses…

What is this project? ‘HKB FiNN QUiNTET’ is the new project from spoken word artist HKB FiNN. Mixing Jazz, Soulful Spoken Word & Visuals, the project aims to create an immersive…