Bassist Chris Laurence is among a quartet of acclaimed musicians playing Herts Jazz Club this Sunday. (8)

Chris has maintained a dual career in both jazz and classical music and has performed regularly with John Surman, Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor and Norma

Winstone.

He will be joined by Frank Ricotti who was voted Melody Maker’s Top Vibraphone player back in his teens. Since then he has remained constantly in demand in the studios as well as playing alongside Stan Tracey, John Taylor, Mike Gibbs, Kenny Wheeler and Stan Sulzmann.

Completing the quartet will be John Parricelli, guitar, and Martin France, drums

The evening at the Hawthorne Theatre, Welwyn Garden City, gets underway at 7.30pm and tickets in advance from here.

are £3 students/£8 members/£10 concessions/£11 full.

On the door they are £5 students/£9 members/£12 concessions/£13 full.