Vortex Recommends Playlist / September 2023
Each month, we offer the artists programmed at the club to share what they’ve been listening to/music they really love. This playlist is available on Spotify and played at the club every night before...
View ArticleVortex Recommends Playlist / October 2023
Each month, we offer the artists programmed at the club to share what they’ve been listening to/music they really love. This playlist is available on Spotify and played at the club every night before...
View ArticleVortex Recommends Playlist / November 2023
Each month, we offer the artists programmed at the club to share what they’ve been listening to/music they really love. This playlist is available on Spotify and played at the club every night before...
View ArticleJon RB. A tribute and CD collection details
Oliver Weindling writes: Jon RB was a very special person for our jazz community. Jazz seemed to keep him going (as well as good beer). I first met him in the early 90s, when, as a motor bike...
View ArticleMartin Davidson
Oliver Weindling writes: Martin Davidson, who died just before Christmas aged 81, was a hero for this music. Perhaps not so famous as a name, but many who love improvised music will have a release that...
View ArticleIWD 2024 Playlist by Maddalena Ghezzi
“Every year, to celebrate International Women’s Day, I create a playlist of composers I love. These are geniuses I am constantly inspired by. This year playlist is titled Weave A Matriarchal Dome, a...
View ArticleVortex Recommends – March 2024
Each month, we offer the artists programmed at the club to share what they’ve been listening to/music they really love. This playlist is available on Spotify and played at the club every night before...
View ArticleThe Whirlpool Series
A monthly series of gigs for recent London jazz graduates at the Vortex. Newly graduated jazz musicians may be overwhelmed at how to take their first independent steps as professional musicians. To...
View ArticleNew Whirlpool curators for 2024/25
The Vortex is happy to announce the curators in the forthcoming year’s cohort for its Whirlpool series. The first concert will be at the end of September. The curators for the next year are –...
View ArticleMartin France 1964-2024
Humble genius of the drums. Oliver Weindling writes: It was a privilege to have known Martin for nearly 40 years. Not just for his skill and imagination, but also as a human being. I was so fortunate...
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