- Toured America with British band leader Vic Lewis in 1958.
- Lamont's songs "I Told You So" and "Where Were You in April" were both featured on the acclaimed 1992 album "Love Locked Out" by jazz singer Patti Wicks.
- Lamont's saxophone compositions are used by the Associated Board of Music for examinations and educational purposes.
- Natalie Cole recorded Lamont's song "I Told You So" for her album "Ask a Woman Who Knows".
- Duncan Lamont, the Scottish jazz great, has died hours after playing a concert to celebrate his birthday. 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 Easther Bennett. Last month he performed an emotional concert in his home town of Greenock, after an absence of almost 60 years.
- "Buttons" was written for a Jazz pantomime based on "Cinderella," Buttons being her best friend. Originally a trumpet feature for Eddie Blair, Duncan later added lyrics and it was retitled "Fred Astaire," as a tribute to the Hollywood legend whom he recorded with in the 1970s. The song found its way to Fred Astaire, who sent Duncan a letter saying how much he enjoyed the song.
- "A Great Day In Harlem" was Duncan's tribute to a day in 1958 when all the Jazz greats of New York gathered together in the street for a legendary photo published in Esquire magazine. The song highlights several of them, and is sung by Sarah Moule, Daniela Clynes and Easther Bennett.
- "52nd Street," is a song that celebrates the street that was the hub of Jazz life. This was inspired by a walk taken in the company of a collaborator, film composer and song writer, Johnny Mandel, who was remembering all the 52nd Street jazz clubs in its heyday.
- Duncan wrote a suite, "The Young Person's Guide To The Jazz Orchestra," which was a parallel piece to Benjamin Britten's orchestral masterpiece. Like Britten, all the music was based on a piece composed by Henry Purcell in the 17th Century. "The Saxes" is the opening variation for the saxophone section.
- "The Balloonist," another theme from Mr Benn (1971), was written for a BBC Jazz Club broadcast. This became a favourite of many musicians who played in Duncan's band during the many years he ran a regular charity gig at the Bull's Head in Barnes, England.
- Duncan was commissioned to write "A Scandal In Bohemia," a suite for the City Of London to commemorate the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes in "The Strand" magazine. For the concert, Spike Milligan was the narrator, playing all the characters in his unique manner. This piece has the same title as one of the short stories concerning Irene Adler, the only woman to ever outwit Sherlock Holmes, earning both his admiration and possibly romantic interest.
- "The Big Cat" was written in the 1970s when Duncan began writing library music for a company called KPM. Library music was music that could be hired "off the shelf" for film, TV and radio. A lot of the time the writers were required to pastiche whatever the latest trends were. In this case, the piece is in the style of Henry Mancini. Duncan recorded several times with Mancini, whom he admired greatly, especially for the great songs he wrote.
- In the 1960s, Duncan was a member of the The Johnny Scott Quintet. Apart from himself on tenor sax and bass clarinet, John Scott played alto sax and flute, Barry Morgan was on drums, Arthur Watts on bass and David Snell was that highly unusual specimen, a jazz harpist. Reflecting the chamber music sensibility of the period, Duncan contributed his composition "Orthelo" to the band's library.
- "More Brothers" was one of Duncan's first compositions written in the early 50s. When it was published in the 1990s, it became part of the saxophone syllabus for Trinity and ABRSM exams, and has been performed by students all over the world. It was written as a tribute to one of Duncan's musical heroes, Jimmy Giuffre. This big band version was subsequently written.
- "I Told You So," one of the many songs written by Duncan, has been the most frequently recorded by the likes of Blossom Dearie, Natalie Cole, Cleo Laine and Clare Martin. It was sung by Easther Bennett, who for many years was the prime mover behind the Duncan Lamont Songbook project, which gigged all over the country, most notably at the 606.
- Duncan was commissioned by a classical trombone quartet to write a series of portraits of the great Jazz trombonists from Kid Ory to Bill Watrous. When Duncan made his first trip to New York with The Vic Lewis Orchestra, he got to meet Bob Brookmeyer who took him under his wing and showed him the jazz hotspots. Duncan considered Bob one of the finest improvisors and arrangers in the business. The song was a feature for the four trombones plus rhythm section.
- "Mr. Benn" was written by Duncan as the theme tune for the BBC animated children's TV series Mr Benn (1971), which ran for many years, eventually becoming an iconic show and cult in its own right. It was also used as part of an advertising campaign for an insurance company. In 2010, Duncan went back into the studio 40 years after the original broadcast, with new big band arrangements based on the original score.
- Duncan Lamont led a big band for 11 years to raise money for cancer research.
- Duncan Lamont died shortly after performing in a tribute concert of his music at the 606 Club in London, just two days short of his 88th birthday.
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