{"title": "After John - Cosmic Music of Alice Coltrane", "start": "2026-11-13T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-13T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £20 / Vortex Members £18 / Students & UC beneficiaries £16", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/spiritual-jazz"], "description": "After John – Cosmic Music of Alice Coltrane is a live music performance at the Vortex Jazz Club. Award-winning duo Alina Bzhezhinska on harp and Tony Kofi on saxophone, joined by tabla virtuoso Yousuf Ali Khan, celebrate the visionary music Alice Coltrane created after the passing of her husband and musical collaborator John Coltrane. Blending jazz, Indian classical traditions and spiritual improvisation, the two-set performance takes audiences on an immersive journey of beauty, contemplation and joy. Created exclusively for the EFG London Jazz Festival, it is a rare, one-off event.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/after-john-cosmic-music-of-alice-coltrane-40203/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/alina-bzhezhinska-after-john-cosmic-music-of-alice-coltrane/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7825df2dd87ee493fdfe3de7e4e4f634f7c1194756572504285de1338ae840db-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-13T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-13T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Coltrane 100: Joe Lovano, Melissa Aldana, Nduduzo Makhathini, Linda May Han Oh, Jeff \"Tain\" Watts", "start": "2026-11-13T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Efg London Jazz Festival", "address": "Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Coltrane 100 is a concert tribute marking the centennial of the birth of iconic saxophonist John Coltrane, under the title 'Both Directions at Once'. 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The album should be released by this special Halloween date, and masks are encouraged.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jeff-tain-watts-4-tex-two-shows-after-party-40184/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/jeff-tain-watts-4-tex-two-shows-after-party/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/89d264410d99e30d3e4fb196e01d046672a3b20330a171e90d6704d4404c6b0d-600.webp"}, {"title": "Jeff “Tain” Watts – 4-Tex After-party (DJ set from Chris Philips)", "start": "2026-10-31T23:30:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T23:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "£10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "party-club", "tags": ["music/jazz", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "An after-party at a jazz club celebrating the release of the new album by drummer and composer Jeff \"Tain\" Watts, whose music is inspired by the results of the pandemic, from sociopolitical conditions to salutes to the fallen. 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He performs two sets: first solo, then joined by London-based saxophonist and composer Chris Williams for the closing set. His latest album, There Is Beauty, There Already, celebrates the melodic and rhythmic power of the drum ensemble.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/sarathy-korwar-61742/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/307beeef17fd180a403577cb891e5bfca85ec758c60646eb875f506c2edc6b1c-600.webp"}, {"title": "Speyer's Space Trio", "start": "2026-11-05T18:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T20:15:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £12.50 / Vortex Members £6.25 / Students & UC beneficiaries £5", "price_from": "12.50", "price_to": "12.50", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "SPACE TRIO is a jazz trio playing one set of live music at the Vortex, working in the open territory between jazz and free improvisation. Trumpeter Loz Speyer leads the group with Josh Vadiveloo on double bass and Andrew Lisle on drum kit, all three Hackney-based musicians. The trio performs Speyer's own compositions alongside pieces by free jazz masters such as Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry and Johnny Dyani, and by Speyer's former colleague Tony Bianco. SPACE TRIO grew out of Speyer and Lisle's work together in improvisational projects and continues his many years of exploring the trumpet-bass-drums format.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/speyers-space-trio-40191/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/loz-speyers-space-trio/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6d923e82ed9f5a689826db334c23a3a17ea0a669f58a014a85e3cf8ec2c96ae4-1200.webp"}]}