Read the bio below and try to give details on lenny pickett 's: - instrument - years active - caption - birth name - origin - genre - notable instruments - birth date - name - background - website - associated acts - occupation Bio: lenny pickett -lrb- born las cruces , new mexico , april 10 , 1954 -rrb- 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 -lrb- executed by using a combination of embouchure control , air stream control , and alternate fingerings -rrb- , 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 , 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 -lrb- another player known for his facility with the altissimo register -rrb- after dropping out of high school in berkeley , he is completely self-taught in the saxophone . -lsb- http://www.peak.org/~louierec/halleyjazzforum.html] 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 . 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 theatre and collaborations with dancers , poets and film-makers . he is a professor of jazz saxophone at new york university .
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- instrument is saxophone , bass guitar , banjo , brass , synthesizer , , jew 's harp , horns , lyricon , sarrusophone , flute piccolo , woodwind , ewi , trumpet , clarinet- years active is 1972 & ndash ; present- caption is lenny picket playing saxophone- birth name is lenny pickett- origin is las cruces , new mexico , united states- genre is rock , jazz , jazz funk- notable instruments is selmer mark vi , berg larsen 130/0- birth date is 10 april 1954- name is lenny pickett- background is non_vocal_instrumentalist- website is -lsb- https://www.myspace.com/lennypickett official myspace -rsb-- associated acts is david laurie anderson , bert wilson , tower of power , bowie power station , elton john , saturday night live band , paul mccartney , talking heads ,- occupation is musician arranger , music director , teacher , flutist , clarinetist , composer , music