Played trumpet with Kenny Graham's Afro Cubists changed to tenor sax became a jazz studio player.

Although Lamont, slowed down by a stroke a couple of years ago, now sits down to play his saxophone, he is still able to draw a wonderful sound from it. A legend who at nearly 87 refuses to put down his tenor saxophone or stop writing music.
The musician, who performed alongside Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Bing Crosby, Count Basie and Sir Paul McCartney, died July 3, 2019.Hours beforehand, he had marked his 88th birthday by playing a sold-out gig at the 606 Club in London with his favourite singers, Tina May and Esther Bennett.

Duncan Lamont, who has died two days short of his 88th birthday, was a saxophonist prominent among London’s elite body of studio musicians; he was also a jazz soloist, a composer and a successful songwriter, and was perhaps best known for the music for Mr Benn. DUNCAN Lamont is to jazz what Charles Aznavour is to singing. Here are a selection of small ensemble arrangements for Duncan's songs. If the show at Steve Rubie’s great 606 club in Chelsea last Monday to celebrate the life of saxophonist , arranger and songwriter Duncan Lamont, who died last July, the day after his final gig at the same venue, told us one thing, it was that we will never see a musician like him again. Scenes from a life in Jazz article by Duncan Lamont, published on November 26, 2018 at All About Jazz. In 1999, he won the John Dankworth Jazz Award for long-standing talent. Born in Greenock, Scotland on the 1st of July, 1931. Duncan Lamont (Greenock, Scotland, U.K., July 4, 1931 - July 2, 2019) was a Scottish saxophonist, composer and arranger. Lamont began his career in the music industry leading his own band as a trumpet player in Scotland, which won him recognition from the illustrious publication Melody Maker in 1951. They will be displayed as PDF files unless you install the Scorch plugin which will allow you to hear and transpose the parts. Duncan Lamont (Greenock, Scotland, U.K., July 4, 1931 - July 2, 2019) was a Scottish saxophonist, composer and arranger. Recent releases include a double album of songs entitled Carousel with Frank Holder and Nancy Marano, a duo album Happy Talk with Brian Dee.
Long may this may be the case. First we have an audio section on the right hand side of the page for you to listen to Duncan's songs split in to different categories, we have Ballads, Latin, Swing, Christmas and Demos.The first 4 are recorded songs mainly from Songbooks 1 and 2 and the Demos are rough cuts of new songs. All photos by Tony Day). Lamont is a fluent performer with considerable technical skills and a searching intelligence to his playing. When Gil Evans in a magazine interview was asked who his favourite contemporary writer was, he quoted Duncan Lamont. Duncan Lamont gave his final performance, with his band, and singers Tina May and Esther Bennett, at the 606 Club in Chelsea, on July 1. Played trumpet with Kenny Graham's Afro Cubists changed to tenor sax became a jazz studio player. Duncan Lamont, Soundtrack: Two Weeks Notice. Duncan Lamont, the Scottish jazz great, has died hours after playing a concert to celebrate his birthday. Played with almost everyone in show business. Find more The Jazz Life articles Home; Songs; About; Blog; Contact Duncan; Small ensembles. Duncan Lamont And His Orchestra, Eric Winstone & His Orchestra, Johnny Keating And 27 Men, Kenny Wheeler Big Band, The David Lindup Big Band, The Dill Jones Quintet, The Duncan Lamont Big Band, The Jack Nathan Orchestra, The John Keating Orchestra, The Johnny Scott Quintet, Wally Asp, Wasp (8) Duncan also won the John Dankworth jazz award for long standing talent in 1999. The lead can be vocals or soloist. 24 February 2020. Review by Brian Blain. For more than a decade, Lamont led a big band in order to raise money for cancer research. Duncan Lamont was born on July 4, 1931 in Greenock, Scotland.