DUNCAN LAMONT
Genres: Jazz Related Soundtracks, Exotica, Latin Jazz, Big Band • United Kingdom

Duncan Lamont (1931-2019) b. 4 July 1931, Greenock, Scotland. Lamont started out as a trumpet player, leading his own band in Scotland, which won recognition in Melody Maker in 1951. He spent some time in London, playing with Kenny Graham’s Afro-Cubists but during the early 50s continued to be active in Scotland. It was during this period that he switched to tenor saxophone and became a jazz studio player on this instrument. He worked with numerous popular British dance bands and jazz groups, including those led by Basil and Ivor Kirchin, Ken Mackintosh, Jack Parnell, Geraldo, Eric Delaney and Vic Lewis, with whom he toured America in 1958. In the 60s he played with Pat Smythe, Kenny Baker and others, freelanced extensively, and was in a band formed for Benny Goodman to lead on a European tour. Over the years Lamont was often to be heard leading his own small bands read more...