Lenny Pickett
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Lenny Pickett is an American saxophonist and musical director best known for his long-running role leading the Saturday Night Live Band and his distinctive high-register tenor saxophone playing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lenny Pickett canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8842796 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lenny Pickett Context triple: [Saturday Night Live Band, hasMember, Lenny Pickett]
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A.
Lenny McLean
Lenny McLean was a British bare-knuckle boxer, bouncer, and actor, best known for his tough-guy persona and roles in gritty crime films.
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B.
Lenny Cooke
Lenny Cooke is a 2013 documentary film chronicling the rise and unfulfilled NBA dreams of high school basketball phenom Lenny Cooke, co-directed by Josh and Benny Safdie.
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C.
Bobby Leonard
Bobby Leonard was a Hall of Fame basketball coach and former player best known for leading the Indiana Pacers to multiple ABA championships.
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D.
Pete Willis
Pete Willis is an English guitarist best known as a founding member and early lead guitarist of the rock band Def Leppard.
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E.
Gordy Goudie
Gordy Goudie is a Scottish musician and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work as a touring and recording member of the rock band Simple Minds.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lenny Pickett Target entity description: Lenny Pickett is an American saxophonist and musical director best known for his long-running role leading the Saturday Night Live Band and his distinctive high-register tenor saxophone playing.
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A.
Lenny McLean
Lenny McLean was a British bare-knuckle boxer, bouncer, and actor, best known for his tough-guy persona and roles in gritty crime films.
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B.
Lenny Cooke
Lenny Cooke is a 2013 documentary film chronicling the rise and unfulfilled NBA dreams of high school basketball phenom Lenny Cooke, co-directed by Josh and Benny Safdie.
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C.
Bobby Leonard
Bobby Leonard was a Hall of Fame basketball coach and former player best known for leading the Indiana Pacers to multiple ABA championships.
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D.
Pete Willis
Pete Willis is an English guitarist best known as a founding member and early lead guitarist of the rock band Def Leppard.
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E.
Gordy Goudie
Gordy Goudie is a Scottish musician and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work as a touring and recording member of the rock band Simple Minds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American musician
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human ⓘ musical director ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Saturday Night Live Band
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Tower of Power ⓘ various pop and rock artists as session musician ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1954-04-10 ⓘ |
| employer |
New York University
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Saturday Night Live ⓘ |
| endTime | early 1980s (membership in Tower of Power) ⓘ |
| familyName | Pickett ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music direction
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music education ⓘ music performance ⓘ |
| genre |
funk
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jazz ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| givenName | Lenny ⓘ |
| hasStudent | various jazz saxophonists (at NYU) ⓘ |
| instrument |
alto saxophone
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clarinet ⓘ soprano saxophone ⓘ tenor saxophone ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Saturday Night Live Band
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Tower of Power ⓘ |
| name | Lenny Pickett ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extended techniques on saxophone
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high-register tenor saxophone playing ⓘ leadership of the Saturday Night Live Band ⓘ |
| notableWork |
performances on Saturday Night Live
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recordings with Tower of Power ⓘ |
| occupation |
arranger
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composer ⓘ music educator ⓘ musical director ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States
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linked to:
Las Cruces, New Mexico
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| positionHeld |
Director of Jazz Studies at New York University
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bandleader of the Saturday Night Live Band ⓘ lead saxophonist of Tower of Power ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City, United States
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linked to:
New York City
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| startTime | 1970s (membership in Tower of Power) ⓘ |
| style | use of altissimo register on tenor saxophone ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lenny Pickett Description of subject: Lenny Pickett is an American saxophonist and musical director best known for his long-running role leading the Saturday Night Live Band and his distinctive high-register tenor saxophone playing.
Referenced by (5)
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