Stephen Haynes and Knuckleball

Name: Stephen Haynes and Knuckleball
Start: 2026-10-08T18:45:00+00:00
End: 2026-10-08T21:30:00.000Z
Location: Vortex Jazz Club

Vortex Jazz Club

11 Gillett Square

Thu 8 Oct · 19:45 · £16

London

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165m · Music

About this event

Doors 7:45 PM, Music 8:30 PM - 2 sets of music Line-up: Stephen Haynes, Artur Majewski, Charlotte Keeffe, Al Bonney, Sam Eastmond - cornets/trumpets/flugelhorns Benjamin Krauss - trombone Annie Morris - tuba Noam Solomons-Wise - drums/percussion About American cornetist Stephen Haynes is an improvisor, organiser, and recording artist. Over the last 45 years he has worked with Bill Dixon, Cecil Taylor, George Russell, Butch Morris, Rhys Chatham, Gunter Hampel, LaMonte Young, Earle Brown, Tyshawn Sorey, and Adam Rudolph amongst other luminaries at the vanguard of creative music. This special one-off date (Stephen's first appearance in London) features a specially assembled group of UK and European improvisers presenting Stephen’s Knuckleball project, a modern take on the brass band grounded in Free Music practice.

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