Laurence Cottle To Host Bass Masterclass in London
For those in the UK and near London, you might be interested to know that The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP) is hosting a master class by their faculty member Laurence Cottle on Thursday 15th April. Laurence has played with artists as diverse as Sting, Cher, Brian Eno, Eric Clapton and Black Sabbath, although he is most known for his jazz fusion style, As well as has recording music for films including Lethal Weapon and Mr. Holland’s Opus, he has composed music for television including Matlock, the Oprah Winfrey Show and Good Morning America. It’s interesting how many of us bassists also compose!
You can get a feel for his jazz stype from this guitar-x video:
If you want to know more, get in touch with ICMP on 020 7328 0222, or email enquiries@icmp.co.uk
Laurence plays a custom GB Guitars Rumour bass, and is an EBS endorsee. Here is another video of him on the EBS stand at NAMM back in 2006:
I wish I could have been there. An ex band member of mine went and said he learnt a lot
I wonder if anyone can visit this masterclass?
Yea some of us were there… it was heavy !
Excellent! What did you learn?