16 Facts About Bill Laurance

Bill Laurance was born on 2 April 1981 and is an English composer, producer, and multi-instrumental musician.

Bill Laurance was born on 2 April 1981 and raised in North London, England.

At age 9 Bill Laurance performed on organ during a school trip to London's renowned live-music venue Union Chapel, a locale he would later again perform at as an adult during the recording of his fourth studio album Live at Union Chapel.

League subsequently invited Bill Laurance to join jazz ensemble Snarky Puppy before the recording of the group's first studio album.

Bill Laurance is an artist in residency at Morley College and has taught master classes as a visiting lecturer with The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance.

Bill Laurance was a 2018 participant of the Sundance Institute Film Music and Sound Design Lab, taking place at Skywalker Sound in California.

Bill Laurance has worked alongside Marcus Eaton as composer for the 2019 documentary David Crosby: Remember My Name.

Bill Laurance frequently collaborated with the guitarist, singer, and songwriter David Crosby.

Bill Laurance co-wrote and featured on piano in Crosby's track Your Own Ride, lifted from the 2018 album, Here If You Listen.

Bill Laurance is featured on two tracks from Crosby's 2016 studio album, Lighthouse.

In November 2018, Bill Laurance collaborated with the WDR Big Band of Cologne, performing concerts at Kolner Philharmonie and Southbank's Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.

The concert in Cologne was recorded and resulted in a live album consisting of nine Bill Laurance compositions, arranged by bandleader Bob Mintzer.

In 2019, while touring in Berlin, Germany, to promote his studio album Cables, Bill Laurance played a completely improvisational piano piece channeling the emotions elicited by the UK electorate's decision to officially withdraw from the European Union, commonly referred to as Brexit.

In 2019, Bill Laurance released his fifth solo record Cables which was influenced heavily by technology, science fiction, and science fact.

Bill Laurance has been vocal about his acceptance of the scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change.

Bill Laurance is amongst the musicians and music organisations who have signed the Music Declares Emergency declaration, which calls for 'an immediate governmental response to protect all life on Earth.