{"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", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-15T15:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-15T17:00:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "EFG London Jazz Festival: Spice Jazz Soho: 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/efg-london-jazz-festival-spice-jazz-soho-sophie-alloway-quar-69755/", "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": "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", "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": "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", "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": "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", "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": "Gary Husband & The Orbital Band", "start": "2026-11-13T18:40:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Efg London Jazz Festival", "address": "Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP London", "price": "40 – 60 incl. fees", "price_from": "40.00", "price_to": "60.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/fusion"], "description": "Gary Husband & The Orbital Band is a high-energy jazz fusion concert at Ronnie Scott's, celebrating the jazz clubs of the EFG London Jazz Festival. For the first time in 16 years, acclaimed drummer, pianist and keyboardist Gary Husband returns to the drum chair to lead his new project, The Orbital Band. With guitarist Rocco Zifarelli, keyboardist Tom Cawley and bassist Matthew Garrison, the quartet plays new and classic Husband compositions, music by the band members and adapted interpretations reflecting his work with artists like Allan Holdsworth, Chick Corea and John McLaughlin. The four musicians bring credits spanning Herbie Hancock, Peter Gabriel, Chaka Khan and Ennio Morricone, promising a virtuosic evening of fusion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/gary-husband-the-orbital-band-69752/", "official_url": "https://efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/gary-husband-the-orbital-band", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a4a7118602a70754200c58e778278591ddfeb1d9d9b0048e2c4e51ffd658a319-1200.webp"}, {"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", "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": "Gary Husband & The Orbital Band", "start": "2026-11-13T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club", "address": "Frith Street 47, W1D 4HT London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Gary Husband & The Orbital Band is a live concert at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. The drummer, pianist and keyboardist Gary Husband leads his new project, The Orbital Band, returning to the drum chair to lead it for the first time in 16 years, with Tom Cawley and Matthew Garrison also on the bill.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/gary-husband-the-orbital-band-61763/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/42a1860ad801c17be57621db315551cdc035ed7cdc121806e4fd710d6ec78730-600.webp"}, {"title": "Stratos", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Grow, Hackney", "address": "Wallis Road 98, E9 5LN London", "price": "", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "12.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Stratos is the resident jazz band of Grow's weekly Thursday Jazz Jam, a long-standing night held at a canalside venue in Hackney Wick. The band is led by Mercury Prize-nominated bassist Rio Kai, with Dom Pusey on saxophone, Mike De Souza on guitar and Zoe Pascal on drums. Each set explores both the classic roots and boundary-pushing edges of jazz, with improvisation and connection at its centre. After the first set, the jam opens up to jazz musicians who want to join in, and entry is free for jammers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/stratos-61041/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8ab92d4ea34f2314ff21ec8fb489ed74f6b7751f43a641f05222815f38f44293-600.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": "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"}, {"title": "North London Jazz Collective", "start": "2026-11-03T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Green Note", "address": "Parkway 106, NW1 7AN London", "price": "£ 14.00", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "North London Jazz Collective returns to Green Note for a special gig, continuing their collaboration with gifted fellow travellers from overseas. Co-founder, London drummer Robbie Ellison, teams up with NYC-based double bass titan Paul Sikivie, fresh from Samara Joy's band, and former London resident Ofer Landsberg, a world-class guitarist who has shared the bandstand with bebop giants such as Frank Hewitt and Jimmy Lovelace. Expect swinging grooves, pretty chords, elegant melodies and big vibes. The collective brings together some of the UK's finest jazz musicians, spanning swing, bebop, trad, manouche, fusion and contemporary jazz.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/north-london-jazz-collective-76550/", "official_url": "https://www.greennote.co.uk/production/north-london-jazz-collective/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5dff6f5593138caca302c201210fd9c5f7878d9a6a7a665305b8afb9a95f4cc5-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Opening Gala: Jazz Voice", "start": "2026-11-13T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Efg London Jazz Festival", "address": "Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP London", "price": "£48 - £100.50 incl. fees", "price_from": "48.00", "price_to": "100.50", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/vocal-jazz"], "description": "The spectacular opening gala of the EFG London Jazz Festival returns to the Royal Festival Hall with a dazzling line-up of soloists, joined by arranger and conductor Guy Barker and the EFG London Jazz Festival Orchestra. This year's soloists feature Lizz Wright, Emma Smith, Marvin Muoneké, Liv Warfield, Rita Wilson, James Emmanuel and more to be announced. The show will be hosted by Jumoké Fashola.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/opening-gala-jazz-voice-69757/", "official_url": "https://efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/opening-gala-jazz-voice-4", "image": "https://noky.io/images/84f0e3f637843fafdb20189c117f9ee48f3bd858a528d8c599c7e549fc1d975c-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": "Fidelio Hot Club", "start": "2026-11-14T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Toulouse Lautrec", "address": "140 Newington Butts, SE11 4RN London", "price": "", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/manouche-jazz"], "description": "Fidelio Hot Club, a UK gypsy jazz quartet, celebrate the release of their debut EP with a special performance as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival. The band brings together violinist and vocalist Ray Rafols, guitarists Sol Grimshaw and Cornelius Corkery, and double bassist Toby Yapp from the London jazz scene. Expect the swing and virtuosity of 1930s Hot Club jazz, with music by Django Reinhardt alongside original compositions and inventive arrangements of Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, Piazzolla and David Bowie. Rooted in tradition but never constrained by it, the evening promises dazzling musicianship and plenty of surprises.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/fidelio-hot-club-81001/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e0dd7706c8e6ed95866daf4bc3514fc3868185bca5f6ea55758a81c6da556d92-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Ronnie Scott's Jazz Orchestra", "start": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Ronnie Scott's Bar", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/big-band"], "description": "An evening of jazz by the Ronnie Scott's Jazz Orchestra. The big band performs at Ronnie Scott's Bar in London.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/ronnie-scotts-jazz-orchestra-70276/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a28e68d4ea765836dfe106741fedcfee2c649b54e5bdf61d8aca12c94e2db395-1200.webp"}, {"title": "EFG London Jazz Festival: Ari Hoenig Trio featuring Tom Ollendorff 2026", "start": "2026-11-14T20:30:00Z", "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"], "description": "A concert by the Ari Hoenig Trio with Tom Ollendorff, part of the EFG London Jazz Festival. The trio is led by Ari Hoenig and features guitarist Tom Ollendorff. The performance takes place at the Vortex Jazz Club in London.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/efg-london-jazz-festival-ari-hoenig-trio-featuring-tom-ollen-61877/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}