If you had to sum up what makes the East London based Portico Quartet tick, you would have to reference the influences of classic Jazz but there is so...
John Fordham - 03/Feb/2011
Portico Quartet, who created a popular signature sound by bathing minimalist music in the glow of the steelpan-like hang drum, are on tour opposite Pe...
samwalby - 24/Jan/2011
Knee-Deep in the North Sea was the first release on Vortex Records, which was formed by the owners of the Vortex Jazz Club in London with a view to ge...
Nic Oliver - 19/Aug/2008
B>They may be the obligatory jazz presence on the Mercury Music Prize list this year, but don't let any predefined prejudices about the genre put you ...