Don Lamond
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Donald Douglas Lamond, Jr. |
| Born |
18 August 1920 Oklahoma City |
| Died | December 23, 2003 (aged 83) Orlando, Florida |
| Genres | Jazz, Swing music, Bebop, Big band |
| Occupation(s) | Drummer |
| Instruments | drums |
| Years active | 1940–2003 |
Donald Douglas Lamond, Jr. (August 18, 1920, Oklahoma City - December 23, 2003, Orlando, Florida), better known as Don Lamond, was an American jazz drummer.
Lamond attended the Peabody Conservatory in Philadelphia in the early 1940s, and played with Sonny Dunham and Boyd Raeburn at the outset of his career. He took over Dave Tough's spot in Woody Herman's big band First Herd in 1945, where he remained until the group disbanded at the end of 1946. In 1947 he briefly freelanced with musicians including Charlie Parker, and then returned to duty under Herman in his Second Herd, where he remained until its 1949 dissolution. In the 1950s and 1960s Lamond found work as a session musician, recording in a wide variety of styles. He performed and recorded with Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Johnny Smith, Benny Goodman, Ruby Braff, the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, Sonny Stitt, Johnny Guarnieri, Jack Teagarden, Quincy Jones, George Russell, and Bob Crosby among others. He recorded as a bandleader in 1962 with a tentet which included Doc Severinsen. Later in the 1960s he played with George Wein's Newport Festival band. In the 1970s he worked with Red Norvo, Maxine Sullivan, and Bucky Pizzarelli, and also put together his own swing group late in the decade, which recorded in 1977 and 1982. He also recorded a quartet album in 1981 with his wife, Terry Lamond, singing.
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