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Duncan Lamont

songwriter, composer, arranger,
bandleader and saxophonist

A life in music

Born in Greenock, Scotland, Duncan Lamont played trumpet with Kenny Graham’s Afro Cubists changed to tenor sax became a jazz studio player. Played with almost everyone in show business. He has worked (often as a featured soloist) with Henry Mancini, Robert Farnon, Benny Goodman, Gil Evans, Bill Holman, Nelson Riddle, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Bing Crosby, Count Basie, Fred Astaire, Benny Carter, Mel Torme, Paul McCartney… the list is endless.

Orchestral Suites

The Young Person’s Guide to the Jazz Orchestra, The Carnival of the Animals, Soho Suite (commissioned for The Soho Festival), Sherlock Holmes Suite commissioned for the festival of London with Sir Spike Milligan, Cinderella, Carmen, Buddy Rich Suite and many others. His most recent being Porgy and Bess with an all-star orchestra. Duncan has arranged and conducted for the B.B.C. for many years and has recorded as a soloist and an arranger with the Metropole Orchestra. His suite Beautiful Ireland for the Ulster Youth Jazz Orchestra was performed at the Londonderry Jazz Festival.

Television

Children’s TV writing includes Mr Benn, voted the sixth most popular children’s programme of all time in a nationwide poll, Towser, Rik the Raven, Victor and Maria, Spot and many others including five videos for Disney and one Grammy nomination for Spot.

Songs