{"title": "Josephine Davies' Jazz Orchestra", "start": "2026-10-29T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-10-29T22:30:00Z", "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", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/josephine-davies-jazz-orchestra-tickets-BGWZ9J?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/big-band"], "description": "Josephine Davies' Jazz Orchestra is a 17-piece big band led by award-winning saxophonist, conductor and composer Josephine Davies, playing two sets at the Vortex Jazz Club. Following the critical acclaim of her debut jazz orchestra release, The Celtic Wheel of the Year Suite, this concert is the official pre-recording performance for the ensemble's second album. Davies has spent 15 years mastering large-ensemble writing, balancing rich harmonies, flowing melodies and creative textures. The night offers an up-close preview of her newest, unreleased compositions before the band heads into the studio.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/josephine-davies-jazz-orchestra-40181/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/josephine-davies-jazz-orchestra/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4e4052215652d4aa850b749eccab0fcc7542980e365f83da578793781aed65af-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-29T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-10-29T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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": "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": "Bonney / Brice / Crowley / Giles", "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", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/bonney-brice-crowley-giles-downstairs-tickets-28WBPD?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "A jazz concert at Vortex Jazz Club in Dalston's Gillett Square, featuring one set of free jazz music. The performers are a British quartet: Alex Bonney on trumpet, Olie Brice on double bass, George Crowley on tenor saxophone and Tim Giles on drum kit. They play legendary free jazz repertoire by figures such as Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Albert Ayler and Paul Motian. Doors open before the music begins.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bonney-brice-crowley-giles-40199/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/bonney-brice-crowley-giles/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4bdf63bec336549199e2fa15aeeec4b79bd00d23df71c105084847cd74cefe58-1200.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"}, {"title": "Sam Davies Trio feat. Gabrielle Stravelli", "start": "2026-11-04T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Green Note", "address": "Parkway 106, NW1 7AN London", "price": "£ 14.00", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "tickets_url": "http://wegottickets.com/f/28908", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/vocal-jazz"], "description": "Sam Davies Trio feat. Gabrielle Stravelli is a jazz concert at the Green Note's Basement Bar. East London pianist Sam Davies, known for his swinging touch and work with leading British jazz singers, is joined by vocalist and songwriter Gabrielle Stravelli, who brings soulful swing rooted in the American songbook tradition, with Patrick O'Leary on bass. Stravelli has performed worldwide, including a Royal Albert Hall debut, Carnegie Hall and Birdland, and has collaborated with Fred Hersch and Wynton Marsalis. Doors open at 7.30pm, the music starts at 8pm, and the venue is mixed seated and standing.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/sam-davies-trio-feat-gabrielle-stravelli-76551/", "official_url": "https://www.greennote.co.uk/production/sam-davies-trio/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d0ba957c2c6488a33e917e573243533df71011db40c5787a5a5a4cffcb243585-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Mark Lasis Quintet", "start": "2026-11-04T18:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T20:15:00Z", "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/mark-lasis-quintet-downstairs-tickets-D3R4CQ", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Mark Lasis Quintet play one set of music at the Vortex Jazz Club. London-based accordionist and composer Mark Lasis leads the quintet, with solly chappell on guitar, Artis Aleksejevs on drum kit, Alex Sibley on alto saxophone and Will Ewins on bass guitar. They perform original compositions inspired by the sounds of 70s fusion paired with Lasis's roots as a classical musician. Lasis, who studies at the Royal Academy of Music, aims to show the accordion's versatility in contemporary music.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mark-lasis-quintet-40189/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/mark-lasis-quintet/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3e18562adc7d4c381c08f0eb66a1066a9b83261e1bc82e2fdba58dfe8bb153ed-2000.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", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/leo-richardson-quartet-tickets-RKHS1W?ref=website", "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": "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": "Sunday Unplugged Jazz: Joe Baz", "start": "2026-11-08T15:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T17:00:00Z", "place": "Next Door Records Two", "address": "Stoke Newington Road 182, N16 7UY London", "price": "Gratis", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Sunday Unplugged Jazz: Joe Baz is a jazz gig at Next Door Records Two, presented by Next Door Records and open to all ages. It features Joe Baz, a London saxophonist, composer and improviser and Royal Academy of Music graduate, whose own projects blend influences from 20th-century classical composers and folk musics from around the world. He leads his Quintet (featuring Scottie Thompson, Zaki Osahn, Finn Genockey and Toby Evans), which has played sold-out shows at venues such as KOKO and Earth Hackney, and he performs around London as a sideman with acts including the Afro-Beat band Kedu, folk rock band Running Standard and hip-hop duo Sonic Daze.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/sunday-unplugged-jazz-joe-baz-49239/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/727b83bf66c57b176b956aa2d20976aa8c4cc4bca232d959baf4bc838c5e9f05-2000.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", "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": "Jeff \"Tain\" Watts - 4-Tex (Two Shows) + After-party", "start": "2026-10-31T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T19:00:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Early Bird Standard £22 / Vortex Members £20 / Students & UC beneficiaries £20", "price_from": "22.00", "price_to": "22.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/jeff-tain-watts-4-tex-two-shows-after-party-tickets-9LBR4K", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A jazz concert with two shows and an after-party at a club in Dalston. Drummer and composer Jeff \"Tain\" Watts presents his group \"4-Tex\" with Jason Rebello on piano, Paul Bollenback on guitar and Orlando le Fleming on bass. The all-star group plays compositions by its members, focusing on new music from the upcoming album \"After Mask\", inspired by the results of the pandemic, from sociopolitical conditions to salutes to the fallen. 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": "Twickenham Jazz Club - Dominic Howles’ Big Birthday Septet", "start": "2026-11-04T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Cabbage Patch", "address": "London Road 67, TW1 3SZ Twickenham", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dominic-howles-big-birthday-septet-tickets-2002936244224", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Twickenham Jazz Club presents Dominic Howles’ Big Birthday Septet, a jazz concert at The Cabbage Patch. It stars Dominic Howles, a highly respected and much-loved Bristolian double bass player who has performed with many of the greats and released three critically acclaimed albums. The evening features beautiful arrangements of well-known classics and pieces from Bristolian Thoroughfare, centred on Dominic’s passion for the music of Duke Pearson and Oliver Nelson, whose compositions and arrangements will be celebrated. Among the musicians honoured, Pearson was a pianist and arranger who composed ‘Jeannine’, while Nelson was a saxophonist, arranger and composer whose album The Blues and the Abstract Truth is regarded as one of the most significant recordings of its era.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/twickenham-jazz-club-dominic-howles-big-birthday-septet-70536/", "official_url": "https://www.cabbagepatch.co.uk/whats-on/twickenham-jazz-club-dominic", "image": "https://noky.io/images/afb887be6d38de6b1a1d98e7270adf6f19cc182e5c35724d88ab856769527031-2000.webp"}, {"title": "A Lunch Gig With Ewan Bleach & The Fleeting Paradise Orchestra", "start": "2026-11-01T12:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Jamboree", "address": "St Chad's Place 6, London", "price": "£14 / £11 (earlybird) £9 advance", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "tickets_url": "https://wegottickets.com/f/27255", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/big-band"], "description": "A Sunday lunchtime concert of live jazz and swing at Jamboree, a Kings Cross venue for jazz, world music and European folk. It features clarinettist and bandleader Ewan Bleach with his big band, The Fleeting Paradise Orchestra. The ten-piece-style ensemble plays arrangements of popular songs and original blues and jazz numbers from the 'territory' bands of late 1920s and early 1930s America, such as Benny Moten, Charlie Johnson, Fess Williams and Duke Ellington. They also perform material from Canadian and British dance bands like Guy Lombardo and Bert Ambrose, alongside Ewan Bleach's own compositions and arrangements, with Middle Eastern fusion food available from the venue's 'Zer' kitchen.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/a-lunch-gig-with-ewan-bleach-the-fleeting-paradise-orchestra-49157/", "official_url": "https://www.jamboreevenue.co.uk/events/live-afternoon-jazz-and-swing-in-london-17/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d1a5c5d15a426b89d18cd29eb1da5fe9bc0b80df35438e91def0fb70e6f7658b-600.webp"}, {"title": "OHIG", "start": "2026-11-11T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club", "address": "Frith Street 47, W1D 4HT London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A jazz concert at the famous club on Frith Street: OHIG plays together with The Darius Brubeck Quartet. The evening is led by the two acts, a quartet fronted by Darius Brubeck alongside the artist OHIG. Listeners can expect an evening of live jazz in an intimate club setting.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/ohig-61659/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}