Duncan Millar has been played on NTS in shows including Test Pressing, featured first on 14 May 2016. Songs played include Moody (C.T. Remix 1).

Duncan's music has been called “a rarity: Smooth-Jazz with soul”. He's not done much Soul since early days with UK soul-star Geno Washington and artists on Paul Weller's Respond label, but as a Berklee grad raised on Oscar Peterson and Herbie Hancock, Duncan's soul has always been in Jazz.

Arriving back in London, however, almost his next musical foray was in a pop duo (Blue Mercedes), an unexpected move maybe, but it produced a five-week #1 U.S. Dance Hit. Later, as a producer, he had further club-hits, including, under the name Exoterix, the first-ever release on hip EMI dance label Positiva, and worked with many different acts including an embryonic Down To The Bone.

When Acid-Jazz arrived, Duncan began once again to explore his jazz side, as a player and a producer, under the name A-One. Appearances of album-tracks on many U.S. compilations led to two Smooth-Jazz albums under his own name (Dream Your Dream and Good To Go) on Instinct Records NYC, which featured a less electronic, full-band sound. A MOBO nomination as Best UK Jazz Act followed, plus U.S, Smooth-Jazz chart placements; also, still-continuing radio-play there and internationally on stations such as Jazz FM, and performances at venues such as London's Jazz Café.

Now, after an over-long sabbatical, Duncan has re-emerged with a new album, “Fresh Air”, due for release in Feb 2013. Fresh, because the piano-focused tracks reflect new-found musical influences. Also, because in a changed musical-world, Duncan has forged fresh ways of working, such as self-producing his album and releasing it on new boutique label Warmday Records.

Duncan returns with ten enticing new tracks. Filled out by a full band comprising some of London’s leading jazz and funk musicians, including sax and trumpet, the keyboard-led melodies take you on a journey through a range of sensuous moods and grooves, ranging from funk to slow-samba to jazz-waltz.

Free tracks from his new album can be downloaded at his official album-website, www.freshairalbum.com.

For more information about Duncan, see also www.duncanmillar.com