{"title": "Heinen / Vogel / Hitchcock / Bareket / Calderazzo / Akki : The Ligeti Project", "start": "2026-11-20T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-20T22:30:00Z", "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 jazz evening at Vortex Jazz Club marking the 20th anniversary of the passing of avant-garde composer György Ligeti. Pianist Bruno Heinen, described by The Guardian as \"eclectic, eccentric, and unobtrusively erudite\", leads an ensemble with Heidi Vogel on vocals, Alex Hitchcock on tenor saxophone, Or Bareket on bass, Gene Calderazzo on drums and Salim Akki on percussion. Drawing from Ligeti's \"Musica Ricercata\", the music fuses the composer's eerie soundscapes—made famous by filmmaker Stanley Kubrick—with jazz exploration, expanding from minimal melodic ideas into deep, shifting grooves across two sets.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/heinen-vogel-hitchcock-bareket-calderazzo-akki-the-ligeti-pr-40212/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/heinen-vogel-hitchcock-bareket-calderazzo-the-ligeti-project/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d3fb280981646e562d43dd8cbd2a0d27107a9fa62d40e41e3f68f4667dca7c18-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-20T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-20T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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"}, {"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": "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": "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"}, {"title": "London Jazz Orchestra Festival Special", "start": "2026-11-15T15:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-15T17:00:00Z", "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", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/big-band"], "description": "The London Jazz Orchestra Festival Special is a concert of one 75-minute set of brand new music by the band's composer/soloists, part of the EFG London Jazz Festival. The London Jazz Orchestra, whose residency at the Vortex has been a London jazz institution since the club's opening, is directed by Scott Stroman and features legendary soloists as well as exciting new talent. The band's new Primetime album on Analogue/October records received rave reviews, to be followed by Between Earth and Sky later this season. The set features music by Stroman, saxophonists Pete Hurt, Tori Freestone and Mick Foster, pianist Alcyona Mick, guitarist Nick Costley-White, bassist Calum Gourlay, and trumpeters Andre Cannier and Henry Lowther.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/london-jazz-orchestra-festival-special-40205/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/london-jazz-orchestra-festival-special-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9cf2042acb1e4991ff4de8fc3a52f664cf6de4d414b14ba2b8b88e755278505c-1200.webp"}]}