Swansea Jazzland 'Gwilym Simcock Trio plays Jaco Pastorius'

Gwilym Simcock is one of the most gifted pianists and imaginative composers on the European scene. He moves effortlessly between jazz and classical music, with a ‘harmonic sophistication and subtle dovetailing of musical traditions’. Gwilym has been hailed as a pianist of ‘exceptional’, ‘brilliant’ and ‘dazzling’ ability, and his music has been widely acclaimed as ‘engaging, exciting, often unexpected, melodically enthralling, complex yet hugely accessible’, and above all ‘wonderfully optimistic’. Laurence Cottle's musical journey began at a young age when he took piano lessons before moving onto trombone and finally settling on bass guitar. His career spans over four decades and encompasses a wide range of musical genres, including jazz, rock, funk, and pop. He has performed and recorded with some of the biggest names in the music industry, including Eric Clapton, Seal, Alan Parsons, Bl