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Tenor saxophonist Mornington Lockett studied at Dartington College Of Arts before moving to London to attend the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
As a member of the Ronnie Scott Sextet, Mornington worked extensively in Britain and abroad. He has recorded albums with Ronnie Scott, guitarist Jim Mullen, drummer Martin... Drew, pianist Stan Tracey, and jazz singers Sarah Jane Morris, Claire Martin, Ian Shaw, and Lea Delaria.

In 1995 Mornington performed at the Barbican with Cuban trumpet supremo Arturo Sandoval and was subsequently asked to appear with the group at the Cork Jazz Festival. Mornington has also toured internationally with Oscar Peterson's long time sidemen, drummer Martin Drew and bassist Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen, and toured Europe in the summer of 2004 with the legendary hammond organist Jimmy Smith.

Mornington is currently touring the UK with the Stan Tracey Octet. He has worked in a number of different combinations with Stan over the last ten years, including the memorable 'Continental Drift' Band formed to celebrate Stan's 75th birthday, and the 'Ellingtonia' sextet. Mornington's other performances with Stan Tracey include the 'Under Milk Wood Suite', a big band concert celebrating the centenary of the birth of Duke Ellington and Ellington's 'Sacred Music', performed at a packed Saint Paul's Cathedral in honour of Stan's own 80th Birthday. Most recently, in July 2009, Mornington was a featured soloist when the big band performed Stan's 'Genesis' Suite at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.

In 2001 Mornington and Martin Drew formed the group: Celebrating The Jazz Couriers, which recreated Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott's late 1950s group. The other featured saxophonist in the band was the great Nigel Hitchcock, with Steve Melling (piano), and Andrew Cleyndert (bass) completing the line-up. Two CDs of this music are available now, Volume 1 and 2, both recorded at live gigs in the UK.

In 2004 the 'Celebrating' group disbanded, and reformed as The New Jazz Couriers with the phenomenal young vibes player Jim Hart replacing the second sax, and Paul Morgan joining the band on bass. The focus of the music shifted slightly, taking in the Tubby Hayes Quartet repertoire and also the compositions of great British pianist and vibraphone player, Victor Feldman. The band has produced two albums, the latest CD, "Brazilian Thoroughfare" was recorded live at London's 606 Club and is currently available on Trio Records.

In 2006 Mornington joined forces with British saxophone legends Don Weller and Art Themen to form a popular group called the Three Jazz Tenors. The band has released an album "Live At The Appleby Jazz Festival" and is currently on tour in the UK.

Mornington is very much involved with music education, with a c.v. that includes the Royal College of Music, Trinity College of Music, Leeds College of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music.

In 2008 Mornington became an endorsee of P. Mauriat saxophones and is currently very happy to be playing their instruments exclusively.

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