Lenny Picket With The Borneo Horns (1987)

"Long before he became ensconced as director and featured player of the Saturday Night Live Band, Lenny Pickett was a fixture of the downtown New York City avant-garde that centered around the performing space known as the Kitchen and that featured musicians like Peter Gordon, Ned Sublette, and Rhys Chatham. Before that, he was a member of the legendary Tower of Power horn section. Those two strangely different vectors are channeled into one oddly funky album here. The Borneo Horns, Pickett's woodwind trio with Steve Elson and Stan Harrison, form the central part of the pieces here, augmented by at least the trap drums of Leroy Clouden and often more. Pickett's compositions are decidedly danceable (most were, in fact, written as dance accompaniment) with soulful beats, though the absence of electronics keeps everything sounding light and airy." (Brian Olewnick, Allmusic)