LAURENCE COTTLE info

A bass maestro, coming from Wales. His trajectory is quite unexpected, as he has moved from heavy metal to jazz fusion!

Around October 1988, he played with Black Sabbath.

Tony Martin (vocals)
Tony Iommi (guitar)
Laurence Cottle (bass)
Geoff Nicholls (keyboards)
Cozy Powell (drums)

In 1992, he is in the Mike Oldfield band assembled for the performance of Tubular Bells II:

Mike Oldfield (guitar)
Hugh Burns (guitar)
Jay Stapley (guitar)
Alan Limbrick (guitar)
Laurence Cottle (bass)
Craig Pruess (keyboards)
Richie Cottle (keyboards)
Dave Hartley (keyboards)
Yitkin Seow (keyboards)
Pete Clarke (violin)
Ben Hoffnung (percussion)
Alasdair Malloy (percussion)
Ian Thomas (drums)

Tim Crowther (guitar)
Laurence Cottle (bass)
Pete Jacobson (keyboards)
Ted Emmett (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Steve Clarke (drums)

In 1995, this is the lineup for his own Laurence Cottle Quintet:

Laurence Cottle (bass)
Graham Harvey (keyboards)
Nigel Hitchcock (sax)
Gerard Presencer (trumpet)
Ian Thomas (drums)

In 1999, he also made some concerts as part of Martin Drew band, a jazz combo:

Martin Drew (drums)
Laurence Cottle (bass)
Gareth Williams (piano)
Mornington Lockett (sax)

Bill LeSage (piano)
Laurence Cottle (bass)
Steve Waterman (trumpet)
Gilad Atzmon (sax, clarinet)
Bill Eyden (drums)

• Five seasons (1993, with Jim Mullen)
• Live (1995)

• Headless cross (Apr 89, with Cozy Powell)

• Corroded path (1992)

• Confirmation (2001, with Bill Eyden)

• Gary Moore (After the war, 1983, with Cozy Powell, Neil Carter, Bob Daisley, Don Airey, Charlie Morgan, Simon Phillips, Ozzy Osbourne, Chris Thompson, Sam Brown)
• Eric Clapton (August, 1985, with Gary Brooker, Katie Kissoon, Henry Spinetti)
• Chi Coltrane (The message, 1986, with Stuart Elliott)
• Michael Kamen with Eric Clapton & David Sanborn (Lethal weapon OST, 1987, with Michael Kamen, Eric Clapton, Henry Spinetti)
• Alan Parsons Project (Gaudi, Feb 87, with Ian Bairnson, Stuart Elliott)
• Forcefield (Forcefield II - the talisman, 1988, with Cozy Powell, Ray Fenwick, Jan Akkerman, Mo Foster, with songs by Denny Laine)
• Don Airey (K2 / Tales of Triumph and Tragedy, 1988 - CD reissue, 1999, with Gary Moore, Cozy Powell, Chris Thompson, Colin Blunstone)
• The James Taylor Quartet (Get organized, 1989)
• VV.AA. (Bass-talk!, 1989, with Colin Hodgkinson, Mo Foster)
• Nina Hagen (Nina Hagen, 1989)
• Alan Parsons Project (Freudiana, Oct 90, with Ian Bairnson, Stuart Elliott)
• Cozy Powell (The drums are back, 1992, with Cozy Powell, Ray Fenwick, Billy Sheehan, Neil Murray, John Sinclair, Jon Lord, Don Airey)
• Tony Martin (Back where I belong, 1992, with Cozy Powell, Neil Murray)
• Brian Eno (Nerve net, 1992)
• VV.AA. (Basstorius - music inspired by the genius of Jaco Pastorius, 1993, with Mo Foster)
• Kevin Brown (Time marches on, 1993, with Clem Clempson, Mo Foster, Mickey Feat, Kuma Harada, Paul Carrack, John 'Rabbit' Bundrick, Henry Spinetti, Charlie Morgan)
• Michael Kamen (Mr. Holland's Opus OST, Jan 96, with Michael Kamen, Tim Renwick, Pino Palladino, Andy Newmark)
• Chris Farlowe (The voice, 1998, with Clem Clempson, Elkie Brooks, Doreen Chanter, Tim Renwick, Ronnie Leahy, Gary Wallis)
• VV.AA. (Bass-talk six: deep impact ahead, 1 track with Laurence Cottle Quintet)
• Hanson (Snowed in,

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