Jazz Sessions @ Ex Cellar Wine Café Kingston

Presents

Pete Roth

with special guests

Loren Hignell & Laurence Cottle

21st March 2025

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Laurence Cottle

Shortly after, he was hired by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath to play bass on the studio sessions that would become their 1989 album Headless Cross. Cottle wrote and played all the bass parts for the album and appeared on the music video for the song "Headless Cross" but didn't perform live or tour with the band.

In the 1990s, he produced three albums for guitarist Jim Mullen and recorded with British jazz musicians Mornington Lockett, Tim Garland, Django Bates, Gerard Presencer, and John Graham. In 2000, Cottle appeared on the album Iommi from Tony Iommi. From 2003 to 2006, he was a member of Bill Bruford's Earthworks. In 2009, he produced albums for Claire Martin, Gareth Williams, and Mark Nightingale. He leads his own Laurence Cottle Big Band playing a variety of standards and his own material.

Cottle has also played on Eric Clapton's 1986 album August as well as Van Morrison's Keep Me Singing and Roll with the Punches.

Cottle played in the band with Mike Oldfield at the Tubular Bells 2 live concert at Edinburgh Castle in 1992

Loren Hignell

Just in case you were wondering!

Reggae: Gregory Isaacs, Max Romeo, Big Youth, Dennis Alcapone, Little Roy Big Bands : BBC Big Band, Syd Lawrence Orchestra, Glenn Miller UK, (& Herb Miller Orchestra, John Miller Orchestra, NYJO, GMMO, Len Phillips Big Band)

Other: Eartha Kitt, Larry Addler, Imelda Staunton, Beverley Knight, Snarky Puppy, Clare Teal, Cliff Richard, Tim Vine, Aled Jones, Claire Martin, Gerard Kenny, PKA Twigs, Ray Quinn, Tom Chambers, Dani Harmer.

Venues: Royal Albert Hall, Buckingham Palace, West End Theatres, O2, Ronnie Scott's.

West End Shows: Jersey Boys, The Rat Pack, Singing in the Rain, White Christmas, Memphis, Motown.

International: Ireland, France, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Germany, Poland, Serbia, Switzerland, China, Italy, Norway, Sweden, USA