JAZZWISE: CHES SMITH/CRAIG TABORN/MAT MANERI
CHES SMITH TRIO CHIME WITH VIGOUR AT THE VORTEX July 11/2016 A tightly-packed bar area and the audible noise of the air conditioning says that this is a summer gig […]
Mopomoso Presents: Fete quaqua 2016 21 – 23 August
Both the audience and the musicians share in the discovery of a music as it happens, making for a uniquely rewarding experience. An international cast of musicians will be playing […]
Hire the Vortex
We have top quality facilities both upstairs and downstairs to make the club a great place to hire for rehearsals and recordings. For example, the club is used weekly […]
EFG London Jazz Festival – provisional programme
This is our provisional programme. 29 bands over 10 days and rising!!!!! 11 November Clark Tracey Quintet Late Downstairs – Adam Glasser South African Jazz Jam (tbc) 12 November Julie […]
Intakt Festival 16-27 April 2017
The Vortex is delighted to be hosting a festival of the innovative and well-established label Intakt in 2017. oolondon aPril 2017 VorteX Jazz club Vortex jazz club london Sunday, april […]
Special Offers
MARTIN SPEAKE QUARTET (featuring Bobo Stenson) – TWO-DAY RESIDENCY Thursday 28th April 2016 | 8:00pm – 11:00pm Tickets: £22 MARTIN SPEAKE QUARTET (featuring Bobo Stenson) – TWO-DAY RESIDENCY Friday 29th […]
APRIL AT THE VORTEX
While the programme of the club is ongoing, there are always a few highlights and connections that seem to spring out every month.This month, the programme is topped and tailed […]
Updates on programme!
Oliver, who is programming director here, is now regularly updating his blog with information about what is going on here, as well as his views on the scene in general […]
News 9 February / 2016
‘Upstairs’ Portrait Exhibition by Nadjib Le Fleurier The exhibition starts in the corridor as you pass the front door, carries up on along the stairs, and greets you as you […]
Open meeting for musicians – 23 March 2015
All musicians interested in the Vortex are invited to an open meeting at the club on 23 March at 4 p.m. The aim is to update all on the state […]
Maurizio Minardi – Album and gig review
Minardi loves to re-invent the musical past and, in this, he shows an affinity with the arch neo-classicist, Igor Stravinsky. https://www.jazzviews.net/maurizio-minardi—interview–album-launch.html
Guardian venue review of Vortex
The following was published in the Guardian on 20 January: “The jazz venue that, rich in community spirit, is perfect for the purist but also gracious to the merely curious” […]
Thelonious
Taking inspiration from the Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd School Days band from the early 1960s, Thelonious explore the entire Monk repertoire with both childlike curiosity as well as forensic attention to detail.Through collective learning of […]
Vortex Outdoors 2014 – in pictures
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Kenny Wheeler 1930-2014
We were fortunate that Kenny played regularly at the club, both in Church Street and in Dalston; and in various formats, up to including big band, as well as […]
Vortex Summer School
A highly successful first-ever Vortex Summer School took place from 4th – 23rd August 2014, with 5 workshops attended by 32 enthusiastic musicians aged from 7 to 69! Below you can see […]
SoundsCreative Projects
SoundsCreative Projects Created and led by musician and workshop leader Tara Franks, SoundsCreative is an important partner for daytime workshops at the Vortex. Tots Tunes The very popular music […]
Rave reviews for The Necks, Vortex City Sessions
A special spring installment of the Vortex City Sessions at the Bishopsgate Institute took place on Friday 21st March 2014. Here are what the critics had to say: “Drawing the […]