laura cole

Hello. I am a pianist/composer. I write for and lead a jazz/folk octet, Metamorphic, and I also do other things.

[laura cole @therockbetween]

@efpirecords @listen_camp @jazzteabeer @robertmitchellm @larr95 @Archipelagojam @charlottekeeffe @mixcloud @deebyrnesax @MatthewBourne_ @AliceZawadzki @AdamFairhall @coreymwamba @AWoodheadMusic @let_spin @KitDownes @RailtonLucy @SethBennettBass Huge thank you to Jez @jazzteabeer for collaborating with me on this, and to @efpirecords for inviting us to do a show! NB- the @AlexWilsonMusic piece Fly is by Steve Winwood, and is performed by the Alex Wilson Trio..

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Instagram Blocked my Cassettes set from the first Palestinian intifada, this was as part of resistant through art. We even not allowed to speak about Palestine through our music, theatre, film, and other art forms.

This lifestream is part of Sonic liberation front.

[laura cole @therockbetween]

@willmcgiven Will, your support and friendship mean a lot to me x

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Ox Stones, Burbage Moor, yesterday: a quiet, beautiful moment of space, in good company, as the clouds parted to make way for the sun’s brief yet warm greeting..

[laura cole @therockbetween]

And, just before: Conference of the Trees, Lady Canning’s Plantation; mystery plays in Green.

[laura cole @therockbetween]

Today, I sat and read this book from beginning to end. So much of it resonated; the last paragraph brought me to tears. ‘Language is a building site. It is always in the process of being constructed and repaired. It can fall apart and be made again.’

[laura cole @therockbetween]

@L_Thomsen_Brits @k_macari What a beautiful serendipity... The ripples of resonance from this book go so wide and deep, I feel.

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Savouring the moment before opening this incredibly special book for the second time; it actually changed my life the last time I read it, a few years ago; curious what returning to it now will bring. With huge thanks to my dear friend @k_macari for gifting it to me.

[laura cole @therockbetween]

Thank you for sharing, @willmcgiven x

[laura cole @therockbetween]

Listening to the dawn.

[laura cole @therockbetween]

An ear to the ground
An eye to the endless sky
My heart, my anchor.

[laura cole @therockbetween]

@L_Thomsen_Brits @k_macari This is just wonderful, and very moving. Thank you so much for sharing this here, too.

[laura cole @therockbetween]

@SethBennettBass Dedicated to my dear friend @AlexWilsonMusic. In celebration of friendship.

[laura cole @therockbetween]

Trust. https://t.co/5JeTXI45kh

[laura cole @therockbetween]

Yesterday, my mum took my daughter into her arms for the first time in over a year. Afterwards, I took my mum into my arms for the first time in over a year. These moments will never ever be forgotten, now. So cherished, so tender, so very felt. Family.

[laura cole @therockbetween]

Piano day. Lovely conversations with fellow pianists- inspirational- and dear friends, earlier; my ‘piano’ track is this one. I learnt my jazz through playing along to this, aged 17. In celebration of this. And @jazzteabeer .. thank you x https://t.co/RJafZvwDs5

[laura cole @therockbetween]

@larr95 Yes, maybe Eastcote? Not an upright but Metamorphic had a lovely recording session there a few years ago x https://t.co/3osn97tv0L

[laura cole @therockbetween]

@FayeMacCalman I hear you x

[laura cole @therockbetween]

@BlackUmfolo Thank you for asking Vuyani. It is a current and ongoing conversation, Walt has not yet published his first (truly incredible) responses so I am not sharing here; but I will when he does. Such a creative honour.

[laura cole @therockbetween]

1) Pursuance. This is the title of a very special collaboration with my dear friend, artist and percussionist Walt Shaw, and his artistic response to my poems. I feel quite raw about sharing this here; it is a very nurturing project; but it is giving me much creative nourishment.