Laurence has played with many of the worlds great monosyllabic musicians such as Sting, Cher and Seal, and nearly monosyllabic artists such as Eno and Jaco. And working with Michael Kamen has recorded for films like Lethal Weapon and Mr. Holland's Opus.

While that celebrity stuff is all cool and groovy, when left on his own Laurence often ventures into the world of jazz and its surrounding planets.

How would you define musical versatility? How's this, playing bass on Headless Cross with Black Sabbath and the Hanson Christmas album? The soundtrack for Britney Spears movie Crossroads? Some other big names like Eric Clapton, the Bee Gees, Procul Harum, Mike Oldfield and many others have played and recorded with Laurence.