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Saxophone great Lenny Pickett sits down with the Blue Note Blogger for an interview between sets at the Blue Note Jazz Club in Manhattan, NY. Pickett, who played with Tower of Power for almost a decade and is currently the musical director of the Saturday Night Live Band, was performing with his NYU student ensemble for the Blue Note's NYU Brunch Series. www.bluenotejazz.com/blog
My ALL TIME favorite sax player !
gittahfiend 8 months ago
'ey, uniqueness, you're just like I was. I've found the TOP live in Santa Monica
with LP with 'fro & Tux. Knock yourself out, knocked me out.
vette57 1 year ago
One of my Hero's back in my High School days, this cat was the man! with the big fro and Tux. I remember play Sax in the marching band and Pep Band and trying to be hip like Lenny.
uniquess 3 years ago
It might be something as simple as "A Minor Blues" if I'm not mistaken. Great chord progression, I'll say.
DanMcCaffrey 3 years ago
Tower Of Power, They Got Another Set At The Keystone In Berkeley. If You Plan On Making It, Tell Em' I Can't Make It Jim, I'm Just Not In Condition.
Bobby V.
ECV 13
bvirgo25 3 years ago
Thanks for sharing this. This is the kind of thing which would probably never make it to TV, but is great to have on YouTube.
stengel99 3 years ago
Thanks!
Unfortunately, I couldn't find anything on google. :(
lethaladv 3 years ago
It's called "Closing Theme: A Waltz in 'A'." It was written back in the birth years of SNL (can't remember which year) by none other than Howard Shore (LOTR composer, and I believe the first musical director of SNL). There used to be a site with a picture of the original hand written music with notes to the different players, kind of neat to see if you can find it.
akmystro 3 years ago
Does anyone know the name of the song they play at the end every SNL shows? The saxophone part is so good.
lethaladv 3 years ago
"East Bay Grease" is one of the greatest albums ever made. "Thought I'd sleep in the park last night". This guy must have some terrific memories.
robmanic44 4 years ago