# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-laurence
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:30:08.526Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-laurence"
name: "Chris Laurence"
slug: "chris-laurence"
description: "Chris Laurence 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)."
tagline: "English jazz musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_laurence_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949-01-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.9
  momentum:             8.571428571428571
  historical:           8.143341333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491098/"
    handle:    "nm0491098"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كريس لورنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "کریس لورنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Laurence"
    title: "Chris Laurence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Laurence"
    title: "Chris Laurence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Laurence"
    title: "Chris Laurence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Laurence"
    title: "Chris Laurence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Laurence"
    title: "Chris Laurence"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7e9175c3-d339-4e67-8cc9-86fb305cc026"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1077452"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2018944"
    title: "Chris Laurence"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump