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Lenny Pickett
Lenny Pickett (born 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 also served as the ''Saturday Night Live'' band's musical director since 1995. In late 80s he occasionally appeared on Late Night with David Letterman - (Video ). 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''.
==Early Life and Career==
Pickett grew up in Berkeley, California. He has no formal musical training, and did not attend high school beyond the ninth grade and he 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.() 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 many artists including David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Talking Heads, Grayson Hugh and Laurie Anderson.
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