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- Lenny_Pickett abstract "Lenny Pickett (b. Las Cruces, New Mexico, April 10, 1954) is an American saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, music director and teacher. He was a member of the Tower of Power Horns from 1972 until 1981, and since 1985 has been the tenor saxophone soloist with the Saturday Night Live band. He has served as the Saturday Night Live band's musical director since 1995. He is known particularly for his skill in the altissimo register (executed by using a combination of embouchure control, air stream control, and alternate fingerings), which could be heard during the opening credits of each episode of Saturday Night Live.Pickett grew up in Berkeley, California. He has no formal musical training, did not attend high school beyond the ninth grade and did not attend college. Except for a brief period of study with the jazz saxophonist Bert Wilson (another player known for his facility with the altissimo register) after dropping out of high school in Berkeley, he is completely self-taught in the saxophone.[1] While with the Tower of Power Horns, which he joined when he was 18 years old, he performed with Elton John and many other rhythm and blues and soul groups. He has also worked as a saxophonist and an arranger for artists including David Bowie, Talking Heads, Grayson Hugh and Laurie Anderson. As a composer, he has written for his group, the Borneo Horns, and has received a number of commissions to write works mixing classical and popular idioms for a variety of musical ensembles, including the New Century Saxophone Quartet, as well as music for theater and collaborations with dancers, poets and filmmakers.He is a professor of jazz saxophone at New York University.".
- Lenny_Pickett activeYearsStartYear "1972".
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- Lenny_Pickett associatedBand Talking_Heads.
- Lenny_Pickett associatedBand Tower_of_Power.
- Lenny_Pickett associatedMusicalArtist Bert_Wilson.
- Lenny_Pickett associatedMusicalArtist David_Bowie.
- Lenny_Pickett associatedMusicalArtist Elton_John.
- Lenny_Pickett associatedMusicalArtist Laurie_Anderson.
- Lenny_Pickett associatedMusicalArtist Saturday_Night_Live_Band.
- Lenny_Pickett associatedMusicalArtist Talking_Heads.
- Lenny_Pickett associatedMusicalArtist Tower_of_Power.
- Lenny_Pickett background "non_vocal_instrumentalist".
- Lenny_Pickett birthDate "1954-04-10".
- Lenny_Pickett birthPlace Las_Cruces,_New_Mexico.
- Lenny_Pickett birthPlace New_Mexico.
- Lenny_Pickett birthPlace United_States.
- Lenny_Pickett birthYear "1954".
- Lenny_Pickett genre Jazz.
- Lenny_Pickett genre Jazz-funk.
- Lenny_Pickett genre Rock_music.
- Lenny_Pickett hometown Las_Cruces,_New_Mexico.
- Lenny_Pickett hometown United_States.
- Lenny_Pickett instrument Clarinet.
- Lenny_Pickett instrument Flute.
- Lenny_Pickett instrument Saxophone.
- Lenny_Pickett instrument Selmer_Mark_VI.
- Lenny_Pickett occupation Arrangement.
- Lenny_Pickett occupation Composer.
- Lenny_Pickett occupation Flautist.
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- Lenny_Pickett occupation Music_director.
- Lenny_Pickett occupation Musician.
- Lenny_Pickett occupation Teacher.
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- Lenny_Pickett associatedActs Bert_Wilson.
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- Lenny_Pickett background "non_vocal_instrumentalist".
- Lenny_Pickett birthDate "1954-04-10".
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- Lenny_Pickett caption "Lenny Picket playing saxophone".
- Lenny_Pickett dateOfBirth "1954-04-10".
- Lenny_Pickett genre Jazz.
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- Lenny_Pickett genre Rock_music.
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- Lenny_Pickett instrument Clarinet.
- Lenny_Pickett instrument Flute.
- Lenny_Pickett instrument Saxophone.
- Lenny_Pickett name "Lenny Pickett".
- Lenny_Pickett name "Pickett, Lenny".
- Lenny_Pickett notableInstruments "Selmer Mark VI, Berg Larsen 130/0".
- Lenny_Pickett occupation Arrangement.
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- Lenny_Pickett occupation Music_director.
- Lenny_Pickett occupation Musician.
- Lenny_Pickett occupation Teacher.
- Lenny_Pickett origin Las_Cruces,_New_Mexico.
- Lenny_Pickett origin United_States.
- Lenny_Pickett placeOfBirth "Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States".
- Lenny_Pickett shortDescription "American musician".
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- Lenny_Pickett yearsActive "1972".
- Lenny_Pickett description "American musician".
- Lenny_Pickett description "American musician".
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