About this Event

Laurence Corns is a singer guitarist playing swing jazz influenced by the music of Fats Waller, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole and Bessie Smith.



Laurence studied ethnomusciology at London's School of Oriental and African Studies. He learnt about jazz playing with the cult swing jazz band 'The Lost and Wandering Blues and Jazz Band'. He has performed everywhere from the streets of Paris, to small rural villages in Northern Zimbabwe and his blend of blues, swing and African music is unique to the London Jazz scene.