Laurence Cottle is an electric bassist probably best known for his session work for Black Sabbath in 1989 on the Headless Cross album. He has also worked with many diverse artists as Sting, Cher, Seal, Eric Clapton, Alan Parsons Project, Mike Oldfield and others. His own solo recordings have been mostly in the jazz/fusion vein, with such notable releases as Five Seasons, Laurence Cottle Quintet live and others. He was a member of the Los Angeles based fusion quartet, The Fents, and appears on their second LP, The Other Side, released on Passport Jazz label in 1987. Cottle has also written music for film and TV including Friends and The Oprah Winfrey show. He was a member of Bill Bruford's Earthworks from 2003 to 2006.