14th Annual Night of Jazz at Yoshi's
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CSU East Bay Department of Music 14th Annual Night of Jazz at Yoshi's |
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with special guest artist
LENNY PICKETT
A Bay Area tradition since 2000, the Annual Night of Jazz brings together prominent performers and composers of jazz with CSU East Bay students in order to make great music together while raising funds to allow for future CSU East Bay students to study jazz. This year's special guest artist is Bay Area native and NBC's Saturday Night Live Band Leader LENNY PICKETT.
Show at 8 p.m.
$25 (advance) | $30 (day of event)
Information: (510) 885-3167.
Tickets: www.yoshis.com or call Yoshi's at (510) 238-9200
Bay Area native (Berkeley, CA) Lenny Pickett and New York University Jazz saxophone faculty member Lenny Pickett is currently the Musical Director for NBC's Saturday Night Live band, joining SNL as tenor sax soloist in 1985 and promoted to Musical Director in 1995. He was also a long-time leader of the Tower of Power horn section. During the '70s, the Tower of Power was the dominant session horn group, cutting their own successful R&B/funk/pop records and backing a host of stars from Elton John to many soul and R&B acts. Pickett continued with the group until the mid-'80s, then made a solo release as a leader. He has also worked as a saxophonist and an arranger for artists including David Bowie, The Talking Heads, and Laurie Anderson. His recording, Lenny Pickett with the Borneo Horns, was described by Downbeat magazine as "a brilliantly creative use of acoustic instruments." He is the recipient of a Bessie Award.
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