{"title": "Craig Taborn / Peter Evans (2 Shows)", "start": "2026-10-28T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-10-28T23:00:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £25 / Vortex Members, Students & UC Beneficiaries £23 (limited availability)", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/craig-taborn-peter-evans-2-shows-tickets-17KP48?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/improvisation"], "description": "A two-show evening of duo improvisation at Vortex Jazz Club, with pianist Craig Taborn and trumpeter Peter Evans, each set played once per slot. The pair are described as groundbreaking pioneers of the New York avant-garde. Taborn is hailed as a 'visionary of the current wave' (Downbeat) for a concentrated style exploring the piano's tones and overtones in their smallest details, with his latest solo release 'Shadow Plays'. Evans, a composer, trumpeter, improvisor and bandleader in New York City since 2003, works across a wide range of modern musical practices, committed to improvisation as a compositional tool.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/craig-taborn-peter-evans-2-shows-40179/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/craig-taborn-peter-evans-2-shows/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b6103c5d7d2582572a22abc15b4d09a89aa5627072d79e418affde826a63739c-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-28T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-10-28T23:00:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Colin Webster / Matthew Grigg / Caius Williams / Fabian Neubauer", "start": "2026-11-06T18:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T20:15:00Z", "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", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/colin-webster-matthew-grigg-caius-williams-fabian-neubauer-downstairs-tickets-N3TZM8?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/improvisation"], "description": "An improvised music concert at the Vortex Jazz Club, a mixed seated and standing venue on Gillett Square, with one set of music. The line-up is a brand new quartet of highly regarded British and European improvisors: Colin Webster on alto saxophone, Matthew Grigg on guitar, Caius Williams on double bass and Fabian Neubauer on drum kit. Webster and Williams are two of London's most prolific improvisors, working with many key figures in experimental music, while Grigg is an exciting guitarist from Bristol creating his own language and style, and Neubauer, a Wuppertal-based multi-instrumentalist, combines electronics and acoustic drums.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/colin-webster-matthew-grigg-caius-williams-fabian-neubauer-40194/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/colin-webster-matthew-grigg-caius-williams-fabian-neubauer/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6981c06e2c5e869ac1cae7886b55daf889765921362ceb6171a92df1b13f1d65-1200.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", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/loz-speyers-space-trio-downstairs-tickets-YF6WZK?ref=website", "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"}, {"title": "Thurston Moore and Mark Wastell", "start": "2026-11-08T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T23:15:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £20 / Vortex Members £17 / Students & UC beneficiaries £15", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/thurston-moore-and-mark-wastell-tickets-V1CRMG", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "A night of electric guitar and drums at a London jazz club, with two sold-out sets following a return by popular demand. The collaboration pairs Thurston Moore on guitar with Mark Wastell on percussion, two vastly experienced masters of the craft. Their show last December played to a full house and was described as deeply post-psychedelic and dreamlike in atmosphere, before expanding into the charming spasms of free jazz. The club expects another sell out.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/thurston-moore-and-mark-wastell-40197/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/thurston-moore-and-mark-wastell/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bd193a6e7a6bc39ef1fea7578ecf4fcc8b9078a0d14b20cf3803aa041b754d82-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Vortex Lates: Jochen Rueckert Quartet plays Jazz Classics", "start": "2026-11-05T22:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T00:15:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £12 / Vortex Members £10 / Students & UC beneficiaries £10", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/vortex-lates-jochen-rueckert-quartet-plays-jazz-classics-tickets-L402PY?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A late-night jazz concert at the Vortex Jazz Club, with drummer Jochen Rueckert leading his new New York City Quartet through one set of music. The band brings together standout young musicians – Kevin Sun on tenor saxophone, Alexandra Ridout on trumpet and Hamish Smith on double bass – decades Rueckert's junior, championing the next generation. Rueckert, known from the Kurt Rosenwinkel Quartet and Sam Yahel Trio and whose earlier quartet toured internationally for over 15 years, sees the group release its debut album \"How to Survive a Beheading\", his seventh as a bandleader.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/vortex-lates-jochen-rueckert-quartet-plays-jazz-classics-40193/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/vortex-lates-jochen-rueckert-quartet-plays-jazz-classics/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a4b05ff867af07000d23456439f73ac5959fb0412c04b18de259f875e1d03297-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Andy Davies", "start": "2026-11-01T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "All Saints Church", "address": "All Saints Dr, Blackheath, SE3 0TY Windsor", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://wegottickets.com/highamsparkjazzclub", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A monthly jazz jam session and evening of live music, presented by Highams Park Jazz Club. It features trumpeter Andy Davies, one of the UK's most respected and versatile trumpet players and host of the famous Wednesday night jazz jams at Ronnie Scott's, known for his expressive tone, creative improvisation and ability to inspire musical encounters between performers and audiences. He is joined by Soner Ersen, Andy Cleyndert and Eric Ford. The club welcomes him back for what promises a fantastic evening of music, improvisation and collaboration.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/andy-davies-61228/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Kenny Warren / John Edwards / Andrew Lisle", "start": "2026-11-03T18:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-03T20:15:00Z", "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", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/kenny-warren-john-edwards-andrew-lisle-downstairs-tickets-MRXKQJ?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/improvisation"], "description": "An evening of improvised music by a trio of three leading voices from the US and the UK, playing one set. Trumpeter and composer Kenny Warren, who grew up in Denver and has lived in New York since 2006, is joined by two stalwarts of the UK and European improvised music scene: double bassist John Edwards and drummer Andrew Lisle. Warren has made over a dozen records as a bandleader and solo artist and was named a Rising Star by Downbeat Magazine in 2025 and 2026.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/kenny-warren-john-edwards-andrew-lisle-40187/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/kenny-warren-john-edwards-andrew-lisle/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ee08284397c84e722ef974d635b0198e6adefd768351eb41a9a13f9d2dcbbda2-1200.webp"}, {"title": "London Jazz Orchestra Vortex Sessions: The Pianists of the LJO", "start": "2026-11-01T15:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T18:00:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £15 / Vortex Members £10 / Students & UC beneficiaries £8", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/london-jazz-orchestra-vortex-sessions-the-pianists-of-the-ljo-tickets-MYR2L9?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/big-band"], "description": "London Jazz Orchestra Vortex Sessions: The Pianists of the LJO is a jazz concert at the Vortex Club's monthly session. The London Jazz Orchestra, a unique big band of top soloists and writers directed by Scott Stroman, performs new music up-close-and-personal. This session features John Taylor, Pete Saberton, Nikki Iles and Alcyona Mick, the four pianists who have held the keyboard chair in the band, all original voices as players and writers. Their compositions and arrangements of their music by other band members are showcased.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/london-jazz-orchestra-vortex-sessions-the-pianists-of-the-lj-40186/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/london-jazz-orchestra-vortex-sessions-the-pianists-of-the-ljo/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c551b6677145fef5543d99646d56709841854f3f287624bc92210304919f3f49-1200.webp"}, {"title": "London Ambient Orchestra Presents: An Evening of Improvised Music and Sonic Exploration", "start": "2026-11-03T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-03T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "General Admission £17.50", "price_from": "17.50", "price_to": "17.50", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-london-ambient-orchestra-tickets-2002421727290?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/contemporary-classical"], "description": "London Ambient Orchestra Presents: An Evening of Improvised Music and Sonic Exploration is a large-ensemble concert of orchestral improvisation rooted in stillness and sound exploration. The London Ambient Orchestra brings together conservatoire-trained contemporary classical players and avant-garde improvisers from diverse backgrounds, creating an improvisational language that defies traditional thinking of what an orchestra can be. The fourteen musicians perform dreamy sound worlds reminiscent of ambient pioneers like Brian Eno, alongside Pauline Oliveros-like sound meditations, minimalism and raucous free improvisation. The lineup spans flutes, harp, clarinets, saxophone, trombone, strings, live effects processing, piano, double bass and percussion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/london-ambient-orchestra-presents-an-evening-of-improvised-m-40188/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/london-ambient-orchestra-presents-an-evening-of-improvised-music-and-sonic-exploration/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8ff7dd774fd07f9a912ce91247bf9524b4484602c6148fafde9574c4ea80816a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Finn Carter & Stephanie Burrell", "start": "2026-11-12T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £16 / Vortex Members £8 / Students & UC beneficiaries £7", "price_from": "16.00", "price_to": "16.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/finn-carter-stephanie-burrell-tickets-SGTW3Y?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A live performance at a jazz club pairing piano and dance, exploring improvisation and communication between the two forms. Pianist and composer Finn Carter, a fixture of London's jazz scene who has also worked with Loyle Carner, Olivia Dean and Rex Orange County, leads a new project as part of his monthly residency. He is joined by Stephanie Burrell, an artist whose dance and choreography practice fuses improvisation with theatrical modes of performance shaped by jazz.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/finn-carter-stephanie-burrell-40201/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/finn-carter-stephanie-burrell/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3879cadd82a272eb27b71b21b85b5e0dcbb1dc303a0885aa9d4093f4dfcb022b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "John Horler Trio - Celebrating Bill Evans", "start": "2026-11-08T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club", "address": "Frith Street 47, W1D 4HT London", "price": "", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "An evening of jazz at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club celebrating the music of Bill Evans. The John Horler Trio features John Horler on piano, Tim Wells on bass and Ronnie Jones on drums. Horler, one of Britain's top jazz pianists, first saw Evans play in London as a 17-year-old student and devotes the show to his legacy. He also shares stories between tunes and performs Evans' pioneering modern jazz repertoire.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/john-horler-trio-celebrating-bill-evans-70282/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bc96a452c993b46d8daea4f4b032695e912ac29aa80d976270357c380420ac47-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Friday Jazz Duo with Toby Evans & Emma Taylor", "start": "2026-10-30T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Artillery Arms", "address": "Bunhill Row 102, EC1Y 8ND London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/royal-academy-jazz-duo-with-toby-evans-emma-taylor-at-the-artillery-arms-tickets-2001498537003?aff=Google", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Friday Jazz Duo with Toby Evans & Emma Taylor at The Artillery Arms is an intimate live jazz set held on alternating Fridays at the pub. Guitarist Toby Evans and vocalist Emma Taylor, who first met at the Royal Academy of Music, play a stripped-back set of jazz standards, original arrangements, and songs from the contemporary songbook. Their performance is built around guitar, voice, and close musical conversation, moving between familiar melodies, fresh interpretations, and original material. Live music starts in the evening, inviting guests to come after work, grab a drink, and ease into the weekend.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/friday-jazz-duo-with-toby-evans-emma-taylor-47853/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1322fed87470319c0a1565823288a6cc5fc3abb0ff6a9b5d3a8a9d9473c83249-600.webp"}, {"title": "Steve Noble with Alex Bonney", "start": "2026-11-01T15:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Hundred Years Gallery", "address": "Pearson Street 13, E2 8JD London", "price": "£10 cash", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/experimental/improvisation"], "description": "An afternoon of improvised music at Hundred Years Gallery, given in two sets. The first features Steve Noble on percussion alone; in the second he is joined by Alex Bonney on electronics. Noble is described as London's leading drummer, a fearless and inventive improviser who has played with musicians including Derek Bailey, Matthew Shipp and Joe McPhee. Bonney is a London-based trumpeter, electronic musician and producer who performs solo with electronics and in groups such as Splice and Leverton Fox.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/steve-noble-with-alex-bonney-36569/", "official_url": "http://hundredyearsgallery.co.uk/music-steve-noble-with-alex-bonney/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Jochen Rueckert New Quartet", "start": "2026-11-06T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T22:30:00Z", "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", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/jochen-rueckert-new-quartet-tickets-7CQVWK?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Jochen Rueckert New Quartet is a jazz concert at Vortex Jazz Club with two sets of music. Drummer Jochen Rueckert leads his new New York City quartet, a band of standout young musicians decades his junior who champion the next generation. The line-up features Kevin Sun on tenor saxophone, Alexandra Ridout on trumpet and Hamish Smith on double bass. The band is releasing its debut album \"How to Survive a Beheading\", Rueckert's seventh jazz album as a bandleader.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jochen-rueckert-new-quartet-40195/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/jochen-rueckert-new-quartet/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4dc6b3e7c79869802253515fc0ab0a89c0dac4edcb36bee903511966424cb052-1200.webp"}, {"title": "ONMO", "start": "2026-11-05T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T22:00:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £15 / Vortex Members £7.5 / Students & UC beneficiaries £6.25", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/onmo-album-launch-tickets-YKH9CQ?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "An album launch night at a jazz club presenting two sets of original music. Guitarist and composer Jean de Talhouët leads ONMO, whose first release is entitled In Time and Spirit, with Jonathan Chung on tenor saxophone, Mike Soper on trumpet, Reuben Goldmark on piano, Huw V Williams on double bass and Maxwell Hallett on drum kit. The music is dynamic and broad ranging, inspired by jazz greats such as Wayne Shorter and Joe Henderson and contemporary composers such as Nik Bartsch and Steve Reich. Blending spiritual grooves, polyrhythms, modal explorations and lyricism, it is in turns aerial and uplifting, dense and brooding, contemplative and yearning, inspiring movement and dance.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/onmo-40192/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/onmo-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9d4a3b135664d0ffe2530b3200419d61b1d389e449fe314b1322bfdda56f6909-1200.webp"}, {"title": "ONe_Orchestra New", "start": "2026-11-10T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-10T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £15 / Vortex Members £7.5 / Students & UC beneficiaries £6.25", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/one_orchestra-new-tickets-402TFV?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-improvisation"], "description": "ONe_Orchestra New is an improvising large-group orchestra performing two sets of improvised music at the Vortex Jazz Club. The ensemble brings together seventeen musicians on saxophones, oboes, flutes, voice, sitar, piano, keyboards, turntables, electric guitar, double bass and electronics. Their work in large-group improvisation seeks to free themselves and their listeners from default assumptions built up through the centuries-long predominance of cis men in music. The shared experiences and sense of safety among the members allow them to explore boldly, uncovering new ways of hearing and new things to hear.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/one_orchestra-new-40198/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/one_orchestra-new-3/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/49a8501487574f9aabaac254fef30705494efa9f794a2cdfd32c4113324453d4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Vortex Jam Session", "start": "2026-11-01T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £6 / Free entry for Vortex members & participating musicians", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "6.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/vortex-jam-session-september-october-tickets-R2WYBF?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Vortex Jam Session is a weekly Sunday-evening jam session at Vortex Jazz Club, where the house band is joined by visiting instrumentalists. It is hosted in rotation by four of London's finest musicians: guitarist Nick Costley-White, trumpeter Sean Gibbs, pianist Rick Simpson and tenor saxophonist Riley Stone-Lonergan. Instrumentalists who plan to play with the house band can attend for free, with no need to book in advance, and Vortex members also enter free of charge. The house band for this session is yet to be confirmed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/vortex-jam-session-40176/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/vortex-jam-session-10-2026-09-06-2026-09-13/2026-10-25/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/33c3df52a2b153c5d511b2c9bb01a19d91f0cdb2b52abc2ae3641302b7f8ff00-1200.webp"}]}