Don Lamond


Donald Douglas Lamond, Jr. was an American jazz drummer.

Biography

Born in Oklahoma City, 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.
He died in 2003 in Orlando, Florida at age 83.

Discography

According to The Jazz Discography, by Tom Lord, Lamond is listed on 549 recording sessions from 1943 to 1982.

As leader

With Manny Albam
With Ruth Brown
With Al Cohn
With Art Farmer
With Stan Getz
With Harry James
With Hank Jones
With Quincy Jones
With Herbie Mann
With Howard McGhee
With Carmen McRae
With Chico O'Farrill
With Don Elliott and Rusty Dedrick
With George Russell
With Johnny Smith
With Rex Stewart and Cootie Williams
With Joe Wilder
With Cootie Williams
With Charlie Parker