New York City » Calendar » Lenny Pickett at Roulette
Lenny Pickett at Roulette
Courtesy of Lwm | Posted on May 5, 2012
When
Thu, May 24, 2012
8pm
At Door
Save the date
Musicians
About
Brooklyn, NY: May 24th, Roulette presents Lenny Picketts Autodidact with Michael Wollf (piano), James Genus (bass) and John Hadfield (percussion). Lenny Pickett began his career playing saxophone and clarinet in bars and on the street. He toured through the 70’s with the legendary r&b group Tower Of Power and worked in the 80’s as a saxophonist and an arranger for David Bowie, The Talking Heads and Laurie Anderson, among others. He is currently musical director for NBC’s Saturday Night Live. He has composed music for experimental dance and theater, including collaborations with choreographers Steven Petronio, Charles Moulton, Bebe Miller, Yoshiko Chuma, and the opera “Welfare”, with filmmaker Fred Wiseman and poet David Slavitt...