Molly Duncan
{{Short description|Scottish saxophonist (1945–2019)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| name = Molly Duncan
| birth_name = Malcolm Duncan
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1945|8|24}}
| birth_place = Montrose, Angus, Scotland
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2019|10|8|1945|8|24}}
| death_place = Bocholt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
| past_member_of = Average White Band, Ray Charles, Tom Petty, Buddy Guy, Ben E. King, Dire Straits, Bryan Ferry
}}
Malcolm "Molly" Duncan (24 August 1945 – 8 October 2019) was a Scottish tenor saxophonist, and founding member of Average White Band.[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3591|pure_url=yes}} The Average White Band biography] at AllMusic
Career
Malcolm "Molly" Duncan recorded with Ray Charles, Tom Petty, Buddy Guy, Ben E. King, Dire Straits, Bryan Ferry and many others and played live with artists including Marvin Gaye, Chaka Khan and Eric Clapton.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} In the late 1990s and early 2000s he collaborated with many drum and bass artists, including Intense, of which his son Dan Duncan is a member. These recordings were mostly released on the Good Looking Records label.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}
He collaborated with other studio musicians to form Knee Deep, a funk and fusion group; and Cold Sweat and the Horny Horns.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}
In July 2015, Malcolm "Molly" Duncan, along, with Steve Ferrone and Hamish Stuart reunited to form The 360 Band. This was in essence one half of the original Average White Band. They released an album titled Three Sixty in 2017 and performed live together along with supporting musicians.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}
Death
Duncan died at his home in Bocholt, Germany on 7 October 2019, at age 74, shortly after it had been announced that he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.{{cite news |date= 9 October 2019 |title= Tributes to Average White Band sax player Malcolm 'Molly' Duncan |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-49985417 |work= BBC News |access-date= 9 October 2019}}{{cite news|title=Founding member of Average White Band dies|url=http://www.irishnews.com/magazine/entertainment/2019/10/08/news/founding-member-of-average-white-band-dies-1733846/|date=8 October 2019|accessdate=8 October 2019|newspaper=The Irish News}}{{cite web |last1=Pollock|first1=David |title=Obituary: Molly Duncan, tenor saxophonist and co-founder of the Average White Band|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/17984174.obituary-molly-duncan-tenor-saxophonist-co-founder-average-white-band/ |website=The Herald |date=22 October 2019 |accessdate=13 May 2020}}
References
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Category:21st-century British saxophonists
Category:Alumni of the University of Dundee
Category:Average White Band members
Category:Scottish saxophonists
Category:People from Montrose, Angus
Category:20th-century British saxophonists
Category:Alumni of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design