{"title": "Whirlpool Sessions (Downstairs)", "start": "2026-10-30T18:45:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T20:15:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £10 / Vortex Members £5 / Students & UC beneficiaries £5", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/whirlpool-sessions-downstairs-tickets-B4H2GD?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Whirlpool Sessions (Downstairs) is a jazz concert of one set at Vortex Jazz Club. It opens the fourth series of the Whirlpool series, presenting six recently graduated musicians selected by the heads of courses at London's main conservatoires, with Sam Eastmond on trumpet as mentor. The musicians are Sylvie Noble on voice, Joe Bazalgette on saxophone, Val Cheesborough on guitar, James Leaver-Whitfield on bass, Chris Outhwaite on piano and Noah Ojumu on drums. The Whirlpool sessions aim to give young musicians a platform.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/whirlpool-sessions-downstairs-40182/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/whirlpool-sessions-downstairs/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4694a02a7dbdbb1e173bbb6eeda8af82ef372f353ab0b70822a48443d4fae5b0-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-30T18:45:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T20:15:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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": "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": "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": "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": "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": "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", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/family-band-tickets-CTJH53?ref=website", "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": "The Nest Sessions x Chamomile Club", "start": "2026-11-05T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T23:00:00Z", "place": "Colours", "address": "Hoxton Square 2-4, London", "price": "GBP 14.50", "price_from": "14.50", "price_to": "14.50", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music"], "description": "The Nest Sessions x Chamomile Club is a night of high-energy live performances bringing artists and audiences together. Founded by bassist and musical director Gili Goldberg in 2022, The Nest Sessions pairs carefully crafted sets with impromptu jams, and has hosted talents like Durand Bernarr, Vula Malinga, Nectar Woode, and Kojo Johnson (MRCY). This edition, presented by The Nest Sessions, features Aby Coulibaly, Monjola, and Moio. It is an 18+ event at Colours Hoxton.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-nest-sessions-x-chamomile-club-35397/", "official_url": "https://link.dice.fm/o482b4eeae95?pid=NMSYEJ3T", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fadf8ab923478f586fab72ab27d6d6a369a137d6d8fe78f8e3eb6293f11a5174-2000.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": "Rob Luft Quartet", "start": "2026-10-30T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T22:30:00Z", "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/rob-luft-quartet-tickets-8KQM3Z?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "An evening of live jazz at the Vortex, a club in London's Gillett Square, with two sets by the Rob Luft Quartet. The quartet features Rob Luft on guitar, Joe Wright on tenor saxophone, Tom McCredie on bass and Corrie Dick on drums. Luft, a London-born guitarist named 'Instrumentalist of the Year' at the 2025 Parliamentary Jazz Awards, is counted among the most exciting jazz guitarists of his generation in Europe, with comparisons to Bill Frisell, John Abercrombie and Pat Metheny. His albums 'Riser' (2017) and 'Dahab Days' (2023) appeared on Edition Records, and he has collaborated with artists such as Elina Duni, John Surman and Anders Jormin on ECM Records.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rob-luft-quartet-40183/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/rob-luft-quartet-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dde36f17d4b78d59318afb70f71a646361e8b00cde81b4820c20fa516a8bda06-1200.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": "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": "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": "The Home Sessions V1", "start": "2026-10-29T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-29T23:50:00Z", "place": "Home", "address": "Deptford High Street 37, SE8 4AD London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/rock/indie"], "description": "The Home Sessions V1 is an intimate night of live, independent music at Home Deptford in South-East London. It is coordinated by James O'Hurley, who also performs, and features the songwriting of Nicola Lowry, Fiona Amaka, Anthony Martin, Immer, Planets, Sam James Johnson and Lee Poole. It is the first time The Home Sessions take place, promising a great night of independent music.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-home-sessions-v1-36538/", "official_url": "https://www.homedeptford.com/event-details/the-home-sessions-v1", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e1d083b0e25be8daa83dc17b2f273a2049c28cedccc697a04fce8424bc84262a-2000.webp"}, {"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": "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"}]}