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Frank Ricotti
Frank Ricotti
British musician
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Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler
Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player
2
John Taylor
John Taylor
British jazz pianist
3
Norma Winstone
Norma Winstone
English jazz singer
4
John Surman
John Surman
British saxophonist and clarinetist
5
Stan Sulzmann
Stan Sulzmann
British musician
6
John Parricelli
John Parricelli
British musician
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Paul Rutherford
Paul Rutherford
English free improvising trombonist
8
Pierre Favre
Pierre Favre
Swiss musician
9
Martin France
Martin France
drummer
10
Iain Ballamy
Iain Ballamy
British musician
11
Henry Lowther
Henry Lowther
British musician
12
Dave Holland
Dave Holland
British musician
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Tony Oxley
Tony Oxley
British musician
14
Michael Gibbs
Michael Gibbs
Rhodesian born English jazz composer
15
Peter Erskine
Peter Erskine
American musician
16
Alan Skidmore
Alan Skidmore
British saxophonist
17
Gerard Presencer
Gerard Presencer
British musician
18
John Abercrombie
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
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Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
American jazz musician
20
Julian Argüelles
Julian Argüelles
British musician
21
Larry Gray
Larry Gray
American musician
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Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler
Austrian musician
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Mike Westbrook
Mike Westbrook
English pianist
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Sky
Sky
British/Australian instrumental group
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Harry Pepl
Harry Pepl
Austrian composer
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Michael Garrick
Michael Garrick
English pianist
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Stu Martin
Stu Martin
American musician
28
George Mraz
George Mraz
Czech jazz bassist
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Drew Gress
Drew Gress
American musician
30
Kim Kashkashian
Kim Kashkashian
American violist
31
James Buffington
James Buffington
American musician
32
Jon Balke
Jon Balke
Norvegian jazz pianist, composer and professor
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Ethan Iverson
Ethan Iverson
American pianist
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Gwilym Simcock
Gwilym Simcock
British musician
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Bob Moses
Bob Moses
American musician
36
Ingrid Laubrock
Ingrid Laubrock
German jazz saxophonist and composer
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Max Bennett
Max Bennett
Jazz bassist
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Huw Warren
Huw Warren
Welsh musician
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Arkady Shilkloper
Arkady Shilkloper
Russian trumpeter and hornist
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John Guerin
John Guerin
American drummer
41
Pietro Tonolo
Pietro Tonolo
Italian jazz musician
42
Rabih Abou-Khalil
Rabih Abou-Khalil
Lebanese musician
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Gavin Bryars
Gavin Bryars
British musician
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Tony Coe
Tony Coe
British jazz musician
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Charles Lloyd
Charles Lloyd
American jazz musician
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Wolfgang Muthspiel
Wolfgang Muthspiel
Austrian musician
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Teo Macero
Teo Macero
American jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer
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Marilyn Crispell
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
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Vijay Iyer
Vijay Iyer
American jazz musician
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Pete Christlieb
Pete Christlieb
American musician
51
Bob Brookmeyer
Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Wadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
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Martin Drew
Martin Drew
British musician
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Benedikt Jahnel
Benedikt Jahnel
musical artist
55
Eberhard Weber
Eberhard Weber
German musician
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Paul Dunmall
Paul Dunmall
Jazz saxophonist
Chris Laurence
musician

Chris Laurence

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Chris Laurence (born 6 January 1949) is an English musician. Born in London, he studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and primarily works with jazz and classical music. In the classical world he was principal double bass with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields orchestra until 1995, playing on many of their recordings ranging from the film Amadeus to Benjamin Britten's Curlew River. He has recorded with many jazz artists, including trombonist J. J. Johnson, Tony Coe, Joe Williams, Sarah Vaughan, Clark Terry, Johnny Mathis, and Lena Horne. His most recent recordings include John Surman's The Spaces in Between (2007), Kenny Wheeler's The Long Waiting (2012) and Songs for Quintet on ECM Records, and Norma Winstone's Manhattan in the Rain (1998). He has also recorded music for television, film, and albums, most notably Leaving Las Vegas (1995), Ken Loach's Looking for Eric (2009), The Constant Gardener (2005), Howard Shore's score for Hugo (2011), and most recently was featured on the soundtrack of Mike Leigh's Mr. Turner (2014). In 2007, he recorded a CD with his own jazz quartet titled New View, released on the Basho label along with Frank Ricotti (vibes), John Parricelli (guitar), Martin France (drums), and featuring Norma Winstone (vocals). As well as jazz and classical music, Laurence has also featured on albums with many stars including Elton John, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Joni Mitchell, David Gilmour, Michel Legrand, and guitarist John Williams.