{{Short description|Music venue in north London, England}} {{Redirect|Vortex Club|the 1977 London punk club|Wardour Street#20th century}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{coord|51.549|-0.076|display=title|region:GB_scale:5000}} thumb|right|The Dalston Culture House with the Vortex Jazz Club (October 2005)
The '''Vortex Jazz Club''' is a music venue in London.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Payne-Frank |first=Noah |date=2015-01-20 |title=The gig venue guide: the Vortex, London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/jan/20/the-gig-venue-guide-the-vortex-london |access-date=2024-11-02 |newspaper=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> It was founded by David Mossman in 1988.<ref name="Jazzwise Mossman obit">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jazzwise.com/other/article/david-mossman-17-july-1942-8-december-2018|title=David Mossman – 17 July 1942 - 8 December 2018|website=Jazzwise|first=Oliver |last=Weindling|author-link=Oliver Weindling|date=18 December 2018}}</ref>
==Background== thumb|Vortex Jazz Club The Vortex started as a jazz club in 1988 and was located in Stoke Newington Church Street, north London. But after the acquisition of that building by property developers, the club was moved in 2005 to the Dalston Culture House in Gillett Street, N16, in Gillett Square.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2005-04-04 |title=Plastic utopia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2005/apr/04/architecture.communities|first=Jonathan|last=Glancey|author-link=Jonathan Glancey |access-date=2024-11-02 |newspaper=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The Square opened on 10 November 2006 with a performance by Andy Sheppard's Saxophone Massive, a band of 200 saxophonists. The street in front of the club was renamed "Aim Bailey Place" in December 2007 in honour of guitarist Derek Bailey.
Musicians who have played at the Vortex include Bailey, Django Bates, Tim Berne, Liane Carroll, John Etheridge, F-IRE Collective, Last Amendment, Evan Parker,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fordham |first=John |author-link=John Fordham (jazz critic)|date=2018-03-06 |title=Dave Holland/Evan Parker review – free-jazz masters on a magical adventure |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/06/dave-holland-evan-parker-review-vortex-london |access-date=2024-11-03 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Ian Shaw, and Kenny Wheeler. The first album on the club's record label was by the Portico Quartet. The club also hosts a Vocals@Vortex Open Mic Session run by Romy Summers and the house band, The Bob Stuckey Trio. It also has a monthly Gypsy/Eastern European night, hosted by Gina Boreham, which began in 2006 with Dunajska Kapelye's debut concert. The Vortex Club was founded by ex-taxi driver David Mossman. Mossman later started the Margate Jazz Festival, before he died in 2018.<ref name="Jazzwise Mossman obit" />
In 2007, the club set up a record label, Vortex Records, to release the debut album by London-based trio Portico Quartet. Their album ''Knee-Deep in the North Sea'' was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Music Prize.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/q53n/|title=BBC - Music - Review of Portico Quartet - Knee-Deep In The North Sea|first=Martin|last=Longley|website=www.bbc.co.uk|date=2008}}</ref>
==Awards and honours== The club was nominated for venue of the year by the Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group in 2006 and 2007 and was winner of the Live Jazz Award in 2013.
Since 26 March 2012, the club has been listed in ''Time Out'' magazine's readers' poll as one of London's best music venues<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/music/the-best-music-venues-in-london-the-full-list|title=Time Out: The best music venues in London}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/music/the-best-music-venues-in-london-vortex|title=The best music venues in London: Vortex|date=21 November 2016|magazine=Time Out|access-date=25 February 2025}}</ref> and received a nomination for Live Promotion Team of the Year in Music Week's awards in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicweek.com:443/news/read/music-week-awards-nominations-announced/045496|title=Music Week Awards nominations announced | News | Music Week|website=www.musicweek.com|first=Paul|last=Williams|date=18 April 2011}}</ref>
==See also== *List of jazz clubs
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[http://www.VortexJazz.co.UK Official site]
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Category:Jazz clubs in London Category:1988 establishments in England Category:Dalston