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Chris Laurence was born on January 6, 1949 in London, England. A double bassist, his inspirations have come from the work of Keith Jarrett, Miroslav Vitous, Tony Coe and Chick Corea.

He is most noteworthy for his 1980s work in various trios with Tony Oxley and in 1984 Laurence became a member of the “London Bach Orchestra”. Chris has also done collaborative work with other jazz artists, such as John Surman, Alan Skidmore, John Taylor, Kenny Wheeler, Frank Ricotti.

Over his career as a sideman he has played and recorded on some twenty-one albums with David Gilmour, Michael Nyman, Gordon Beck, Elton Dean and John Williams and has recorded for EMR, CBS, Turtle, ECM, Vinyl, MN, Virgin Venture, Ogun, Sony Classical and Columbia record labels.

He recently formed the Chris Laurence Quartet and released his debut album “New View”.

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