{"title": "Crowley / Bonney / Brice / Harlan", "start": "2026-11-11T18:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T20:15:00Z", "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": "A jazz quartet evening at Vortex, with one set of improvised music inspired by free jazz classics. UK improvisers Alex Bonney on trumpet, Olie Brice on double bass, George Crowley on tenor saxophone and Sacha Harlan on drums play pieces by Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Albert Ayler and Paul Motian.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/crowley-bonney-brice-harlan-131329/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/bonney-brice-crowley-giles/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c435acac4c53942f2d77176ef8e5213a25df5e40486f69776875ca3bcc165e91-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-11T18:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T20:15:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Alex Bonney", "start": "2026-11-11T18:45:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/improvisation"], "description": "An evening of live jazz at the Vortex Jazz Club in Dalston's Gillett Square. Trumpeter Alex Bonney performs with olie brice, George Crowley, and Tim Giles, bringing together four London jazz musicians for a night of improvised music.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/alex-bonney-129528/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Family Band", "start": "2026-11-11T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T22:30:00Z", "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", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "A jazz evening with Family Band playing two sets at Vortex Jazz Club. The quartet unites four long-term collaborators and friends: Kim Macari on trumpet, Riley Stone-Lonergan on tenor saxophone, Tom Rivière on double bass and Steve Hanley on drum kit. Their starting point is the freewheeling music of the musicians at the forefront of the 1960s free jazz revolution, whose opening up of jazz's constraints is now seen as an integral part of the music's development. Rather than recreating the work of Ornette Coleman and others, the band shares its powerful momentum, combining fierce intensity, introspection and the blues into an emotionally complex and often cathartic whole.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/family-band-40200/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/family-band-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6d45dd5383dfbb452fd6a86c50b0aa328c8ccc936b1621e924c03edb01e45ff1-1200.webp"}, {"title": "EFG London Jazz Festival presents: GEORGE CROWLEY / RUTH GOLLER / WILL GLASER (Matinée Show)", "start": "2026-11-14T14:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Green Note", "address": "Parkway 106, NW1 7AN London", "price": "£ 15.00", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/improvisation"], "description": "A matinee jazz concert at Green Note, part of the EFG London Jazz Festival. It brings together three musicians from alternative jazz and improvised music: George Crowley, Ruth Goller and Will Glaser. The trio combines intuitive group improvisation with Crowley's lyrical and melodic compositions. Other-worldly electronic sounds and textures add to their colourful and hypnotic musical universe.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/efg-london-jazz-festival-presents-george-crowley-ruth-goller-76559/", "official_url": "https://www.greennote.co.uk/production/efg-london-jazz-festival-presents-george-crowley-ruth-goller-will-glaser-matinee-show/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2ae850b81a3fd1797e608fc88edf132daa5d24bf287c7c948b8ab5a25bb427e0-2000.webp"}, {"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", "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": "Reiss Ellis Beckles presents Blues and The Abstract Truth", "start": "2026-11-18T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-18T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £19 / Vortex Members £17 / Students & UC beneficiaries £15", "price_from": "19.00", "price_to": "19.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A one-night jazz concert at the Vortex Jazz Club in which a seven-piece band performs Oliver Nelson's landmark 1961 album The Blues and the Abstract Truth in its entirety. It is led by saxophonist and bandleader Reiss Ellis Beckles, who plays alto saxophone alongside Joseph Oti on trumpet, Houston Patton on tenor saxophone, Phil Knights on baritone saxophone, Simon Purcell on piano, Tom Riviere on double bass and Laura Klain on drums. Using Nelson's original arrangements, the ensemble celebrates the album's powerful melodies, sophisticated harmonies and timeless blues language. It is a rare chance to hear one of jazz's most influential recordings performed live, as originally conceived.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/reiss-ellis-beckles-presents-blues-and-the-abstract-truth-40209/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/reiss-ellis-beckles-presents-blues-and-the-abstract-truth/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5d0c6f6dcb3943fe32168cc8230cea35ce4b5c54c1b26deffb2465a551764f48-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Leo Richardson Quartet", "start": "2026-11-07T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £17.50 / Vortex Members £15 / Students & UC beneficiaries £12.5", "price_from": "17.50", "price_to": "17.50", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/hard-bop"], "description": "The Leo Richardson Quartet plays a night of jazz at Vortex Jazz Club, a gig venue in Dalston's Gillett Square. The London-based saxophonist Leo Richardson leads a quartet with Rick Simpson on piano, Dave Whitford on double bass and Joel Waters on drums, performing two sets of entirely original music. Their sound is grounded in contemporary hard bop, inspired by the hard bop and post-bop era with strong melodies, exciting interplay and a modern edge. The band plays material gearing up to their next album recording, following acclaimed releases 'The Chase' and 'Move'.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/leo-richardson-quartet-40196/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/leo-richardson-quartet-6/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a92aa88858a2c6b0503f1c55b0fdd49c9430854f1a4146459b0df0aa4866b90d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Riley Stone-lonergan", "start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Ladbroke Hall", "address": "79 Barlby Road, W10 6AZ London", "price": "", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "100.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A jazz evening led by Galway-born saxophonist Riley Stone-Lonergan, built around improvisation. The Galway-born saxophonist, best known as a third of QOW Trio with bassist Eddie Myer and drummer Spike Wells, digs into a set of jazz standards with Will Barry, Will Sach and Will Cleasby for a night built on spontaneity. The concert is curated by Zhenya Strigalev.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/riley-stone-lonergan-61443/", "official_url": "https://ladbrokehall.com/live-programme/jazz/riley-stone-lonergan-quartet/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cef7b689e6e71b1978d70d4e0d4cfe8d423a8c3c81897a31ad46c82a579fdcd6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "MOPOMOSO: International Free Improvised Music – November 2026", "start": "2026-11-15T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-15T22:00:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £12 / Vortex Members £8 / Students & UC beneficiaries £8", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-improvisation"], "description": "An evening of international free improvised music at a Dalston jazz club, with three trios formed of musicians from Croatia and the USA, Germany and New Zealand, and the UK. The Croatia/USA group brings Boris Janje on double bass, Damir Kafka on saxophone and Tracy Lisk on drums; the Germany/New Zealand group Mitch Heinrich on vocals, Christoph Irmer on violin and David Leahy on double bass. The UK set, STARNOSEDMOLE, features Joanne Morrison on voice, movement and objects with Nick Smith on percussion. The groups are not necessarily playing in this order.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mopomoso-international-free-improvised-music-november-2026-40206/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/mopomoso-international-free-improvised-music-november-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c5b9fb08659cf472c5b47bb3cd084d399f0573174bac5486d5f3fb4b54aa2530-2000.webp"}, {"title": "SPICE JAZZ: Sophie Alloway Quartet", "start": "2026-11-13T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Crazy Coqs", "address": "Sherwood Street 21, W1F 7ED London", "price": "£20 incl. fees", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/contemporary-jazz"], "description": "An evening of world-class contemporary jazz at the EFG London Jazz Festival. Drummer Sophie Alloway leads an all-star quartet with Ross Stanley on piano, Mornington Lockett on sax and Laurence Cottle on bass. The group performs music by iconic composers such as Pat Metheny, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock. Alloway is a sought-after musician who has appeared with high-profile artists and events including Later With Jools Holland, the Mercury Music Prize and Glastonbury Festival.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/spice-jazz-sophie-alloway-quartet-45684/", "official_url": "https://efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/efg-london-jazz-festival-spice-jazz-soho-sophie-alloway-quartet", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1d95d29d3927b8e45c3fdfffe823081ffe01fbcf8b5afd6a7c891c47c71de15b-1200.webp"}, {"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", "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": "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", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "Thurston Moore and Mark Wastell bring their electric guitar and drums collaboration back to Vortex Jazz Club for a single-set show. Moore plays guitar and Wastell percussion in what the club calls an exciting collaboration between two vastly experienced masters of the craft. Their previous December show, played to a sell-out audience, was described as \"deeply post-psychedelic, dreamlike in atmosphere, before expanding into the charming spasms of free jazz.\"", "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": "Crow Culture (Tara Cunningham / James Kitchman / Will Glaser)", "start": "2026-11-16T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-16T22:30:00Z", "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", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Crow Culture is a live concert at the Vortex Jazz Club, part of the EFG London Jazz Festival, with two sets of music. The trio consists of guitarists Tara Cunningham and James Kitchman and drummer Will Glaser. They have recently recorded their debut EP, bringing Kitchman and Cunningham's compositions to life. Their music draws upon punk, jazz, country and everything in between.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/crow-culture-tara-cunningham-james-kitchman-will-glaser-40207/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/crow-culture-tara-cunningham-james-kitchman-will-glaser/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1bd2232b210518169d833eb880c661b3d6f2607cb951e9532dc93b00dba00ad1-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Alec Harper", "start": "2026-11-06T21:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "606 Club", "address": "Lots Road 90, SW10 0QD London", "price": "£23.00", "price_from": "23.00", "price_to": "23.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/swing"], "description": "Alec Harper brings his All-Star swinging quintet to the 606 Club for an evening of live jazz. He is one of the leading tenor saxophonists of his generation, formerly of the UK outfit Kansas Smittys and a globe-touring musician with Tom Misch, Soft Cell and WDR Big Band. His quintet features James Copus on trumpet, Liam Noble on piano, Ferg Ireland on bass and James Maddren on drums. He also runs a weekly jazz night at Eastcheap Records in London, where young musicians can sit in with the band.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/alec-harper-106041/", "official_url": "https://www.606club.co.uk/events/view/alec-harper-12/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4a2013e4dce8288ae2f08f9b59ee12c7eb79728e3cab0b7ae59f7d23c4efb7fb-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Ari Hoenig Trio featuring Tom Ollendorff and Viktor Nyberg (2 shows)", "start": "2026-11-14T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T22:00:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £23 / Vortex Members £20 / Students & UC beneficiaries £19", "price_from": "23.00", "price_to": "23.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A jazz trio performance at the Vortex Jazz Club, given in two separate shows. Legendary New York drummer Ari Hoenig returns after his sold-out 2022 appearances, joined by guitarist Tom Ollendorff and double bassist Viktor Nyberg. Playing music from their critically acclaimed album Enchanted, the trio blends Hoenig's rhythmic imagination and melodic drumming with Ollendorff's lyrical guitar and Nyberg's melodic bass. The result is music of remarkable interplay, subtlety and spontaneity.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/ari-hoenig-trio-featuring-tom-ollendorff-and-viktor-nyberg-2-40204/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/ari-hoenig-trio-featuring-tom-ollendorff-and-viktor-nyberg-2-shows/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7994b52f7311942e19b72d38a00970711bc38120ff8a3b78f2369bd0618292e9-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Jazz Night with Alasdair Pennington Trio", "start": "2026-11-11T20:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T22:00:00Z", "place": "Next Door Records", "address": "Uxbridge Road 304, W12 7LJ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Jazz Night at Next Door Records is a monthly session presented by the Alasdair Pennington Trio. Pennington is a drummer and composer who has established himself as a creative voice in the London jazz and improvised music scenes, performing across Europe at venues and festivals including Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club and the EFG London Jazz Festival. With Benji Bown on piano and Sam Ingvorsen on double bass, the trio plays American Songbook repertoire, contemporary jazz standards and original compositions, with a changing line-up of sought-after improvising musicians and special guests each month. The event is for ages 18 and over.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jazz-night-with-alasdair-pennington-trio-49242/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/092e18b8f67863300a17d78cb39f6bcb7803b57206a90f9fd38981aede828ec0-2000.webp"}]}