Laurence Cottle, bass guitar - 17th February

Currently performing a duo show with Claire Martin “Bass to Face”, Laurence Cottle - our guest on 17th February - has played jazz with the likes of Al Jarreau, Stanley Jordan and the Buddy Rich big band, and rocked with Black Sabbath, Ian Gillan, Cozy Powell and Ginger Baker. 

A consummate performer and studio musician, he has recorded several albums under his own name and has led his own Big band since 1998, a remarkable and varied career defined by his innate versatility. 

The bassist of choice for many, Laurence has also recorded with Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Gary Moore, Brian Eno, Mike Oldfield and Procol Harum.

The bass player with Bill Bruford’s “Earthworks” and Pee Wee Ellis’s “Funk Assembly” and a regular part of Ronnie Scott’s “All Stars” his jazz credentials are impeccable, including work with the likes of Jim Mullen, Django Bates, Gary Husband, Jason Rebello and Tim Garland.

A remarkable musician with an International reputation it is fair to say that he is the finest electric bass player ever to come out of the UK. Laurence is a Jazz Bass Professor at the Guildhall School of Music in London and was awarded Honorary Associateship of the Royal Academy of Musicians in 2019.