This Friday sees a launch event for the second release on the Vortex Club’s own label. The CD is a compilation by critic/DJ Kevin Le Gendre: ‘Now’s The Time II’ . John Fordham gave it 4 stars.

The launch event will be in the Clore Ballroom at the Royal Festival Hall . It’s this Friday 21 August starting at 5.30 p.m.

Performers include free jazz trumpeter Loz Speyer,pianist over from Berlin Julie Sassoon and saxophonist Jason Yarde.

As the Vortex’s Press Release tells me: Kevin Le Gendre spins the tunes for this extended night of top free music.