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There has never been a song nor piece of music written about the iconic photograph "A Great Day in Harlem", shot by Art Kane for Esquire Magazine in 1958 which depicts many of the jazz luminaries of the time, until this composition by Duncan Lamont.  Written in his later years,  this is the first recording of the song by three respected singers who had been performing and touring "The Duncan Lamont Songbook" with Duncan Lamont Snr himself for the last decade.  It also features top arranger and pianist Simon Wallace and Duncan Lamont Jnr on saxophone.

5. A Great Day In Harlem (Duncan Lamont) - artists Esther Bennett, Sarah Moule, Daniela Clynes

There Ain't Nothing Like The Blues is one of Lamont's early compositions, vocalist Esther Bennett and the trio really get to grips with a song that truly reveals the deepest essence of the blues.

Personnel:
Esther Bennett voice
John Crawford piano
Simon Little bass
Mark Flecher drums

4. There Ain't Nothing Like The Blues (Duncan Lamont) - artist Esther Bennett

Duncan Lamont wrote Stark Reality for a recording session in October 2017 with singer Sarah Moule and pianist Simon Wallace.  In many ways it showcases his gifts as a melodist with its sweeping melodic line that glides from one end of the vocal spectrum to the other.

Personnel on this recording: 

Sarah Moule (voice)
Duncan Lamont Snr (tenor saxaphone)
Simon Wallace (piano)

3. Stark Reality (Duncan Lamont) - artist Sarah Moule

Pretty People is a light, playful and beautifully crafted bossanova which reveals an almost Sondheimesque bittersweet irony. 

Personnel:
Esther Bennett voice
John Crawford piano
Simon Little bass
Mark Flecher drums

2. Pretty People (Duncan Lamont) - artist Esther Bennett

I Told You Song is Lamont's second composition and remains his most famous song.  Introduced by Blossom Dearie it gained wide public acclaim when recorded with orchestra by Natalie Cole (Ask A Woman Who Knows, 2002).  Here it is given an intimate interpretation with Lamont himself on tenor saxophone and Simon Wallace on piano.

Personnel
Sarah Moule voice
Duncan Lamont tenor saxophone
Simon Wallace piano

Esther Bennett

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