Iconic SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE® Bandleader
Saxophonist LENNY PICKETT,
(Tower of Power, David Bowie, David Byrne, Katy Perry)
Releases Second Album of Storied 40+ Year Career, The Prescription,
With Finnish UMO Jazz Orchestra
Out June 10, 2014 on Random Act Records
It’s remarkable that The Prescription marks only the second album as a leader for Lenny Pickett, the renowned tenor saxophonist and E-flat clarinetist who was a seminal horn-section member of the pop/funk band Tower of Power from 1972-1981, and has been a member of the Saturday Night Live band since 1985 and its musical director since 1995. A longtime session musician and arranger who has worked with a wide range of artists from David Bowie and Elton John to David Byrne and Katy Perry, Pickett’s singular instrumental voice is unmistakable. As arranger Rich Shemaria attests: “He’s worked with everyone and he’s an original. When you hear him playing on the radio, there’s no mistaking who this is.”
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