Throughout his career so far, he has appeared at many major venues and festivals around the world including Ronnie Scotts, Pizza Express Jazz Club (Soho), Cheltenham International Jazz Festival, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Istanbul Jazz Festival, EFG London Jazz Festival, Moods Jazz Club (Zurich), Wuhan Jazz Fest (China), The Kings Place, Brecon Jazz Festival, Love Supreme Jazz Festival and The Paris Cat (Melbourne). Duncan was also one of the musicians selected for Serious’s Take 5 scheme for 2017 – more info on that HERE

As well as running his own groups, Duncan is also very much in demand as a sideman, and has performed with some of the top names and bands in the music world including Gary Husband, Zara McFarlane, Melt Yourself Down, Mark Mondesir, Ola Onabule and Janek Gwizdala to name a few. 

Duncan is also recognized for his work with critically acclaimed band, Partikel who have released four albums to date, their second, third and fourth albums “Cohesion”, “String Theory” and Counteraction being signed on one of the world’s most exciting labels, Whirlwind Recordings, and have been met with praise form the UK, European and USA press, Cohesion being hailed as one of the top 10 releases of 2012 according to renown critic Kevin LeGendre and String Theory making it into the European Jazz Network Charts and also the Daily Telegraph’s best albums of 2015 . In 2017 they were nominated for a parliamentary jazz award in the category of “Best Jazz Ensemble” alongside Phronesis and Binker and Moses. 

Duncan’s most recent album ‘Citizen’ was released this year on prominent USA label Ropeadope and is his debut as a leader. This group most recently opened for saxophone legend Joshua Redman at the Barbican in London, also performed two nights at Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club and appeared at the Love Supreme Jazz Festival and Bremen Music Festival.