Vortex Jazz Club

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The Dalston Culture House, which houses the Vortex Jazz Club (2005)
Matana Roberts performing at the Vortex Club in 2009

The Vortex Jazz Club (also Vortex Dalston ) is a jazz and improvisational music venue in London .

The Vortex venue is located in Dalston, a district in the London Borough of Hackney , northeast of central London (1 Gillett Square, N16 8JH) and was founded in 1990 by John Russell and Chris Burn, initially in Stoke Newington . In addition to music events, Vortex is a venue for poetry / spoken word, dance, film and art performances.

There were concert recordings a. a. by Gail Brand , John Butcher , Derek Bailey , Taylor Ho Bynum , Lol Coxhill , Elton Dean , Paul Dunmall , Hugh Hopper / Mark Hewins , Barry Guy , Stefan Keune , David Liebman , Paul Lytton , Steve Noble , Evan Parker and Veryan Weston .

Discographic notes

Web links

Commons : Vortex Jazz Club  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. London's best venues for jazz and improv music
  2. Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed June 25, 2016)

Coordinates: 51 ° 32 ′ 55.7 "  N , 0 ° 4 ′ 36"  W.