Malcolm "Molly" Duncan (24 August 1945 – 8 October 2019) was a Scottish tenor saxophonist, and founding member of

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Career

Malcolm "Molly" Duncan recorded with

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, Ben E. King,

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and many others and played live with artists including

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and

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. In the late 1990s and early 2000s he collaborated with many

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artists, including Intense, of which his son Dan Duncan is a member. These recordings were mostly released on the

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label. He collaborated with other studio musicians to form Knee Deep, a funk and fusion group; and Cold Sweat and the Horny Horns. In July 2015, Malcolm "Molly" Duncan, along, with

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and

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reunited to form The 360 Band. This was in essence one half of the original

. They released an album titled ''Three Sixty'' in 2017 and performed live together along with supporting musicians.

Death

Duncan died at his home in

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on 7 October 2019, at age 74, shortly after it had been announced that he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Duncan, Molly 1945 births 2019 deaths 21st-century British saxophonists Alumni of the University of Dundee Average White Band members Scottish saxophonists People from Montrose, Angus The Bunch members 20th-century British saxophonists Alumni of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design