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Lenny Pickett

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Title

Lenny Pickett

Collection

Dance Theater Workshop Video Archive

Names

Pickett, Lenny (Composer)
Bargeron, David (Instrumentalist)
Clouden, Leroy (Instrumentalist)
Ecklund, Peter (Instrumentalist)
Elson, Steve (Instrumentalist)
Harrison, Stan (Instrumentalist)
Naranjo, Valerie (Instrumentalist)
Becker, Peter (German painter, printmaker, 1828-1904) (Singer)
Simms, George (Singer)
Sandström, Phil (Lighting designer)
Dance Theater Workshop (Producer)
Video D Studios (Videographer)
Pickett, Lenny (Instrumentalist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1991 (Approximate)

Table Of Contents

Reel 1 (ca. 36 min.). Two solos: After Kyro [and] Between titles -- Notebook song -- Snow on the desert -- A short march into the future -- Alex Foster. Reel 2 (ca. 40 min.). Five songs from Welfare / libretto, David Slavitt ; based on a film by Frederick Wiseman ; sections of the work are: Introduction, It's catching, Five, The Geraldo Rivera waltz, The love song -- Encore: excerpt from The man who never wasn't, composed in 1983 in collaboration with choreographer Yoshiko Chuma.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 4907
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5919 (former)

Subjects

Dance Theater Workshop

Genres

Music
Filmed Performances

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: presented by Dance Theater Workshop ; music by Lenny Pickett.
Performers: Musicians: David Bargeron (trombone, tuba) ; Leroy Clouden (battery, percussion) ; Peter Ecklund (trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, guitar) ; Steve Elson (baritone saxophone, bass saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, piccolo, accordion) ; Stan Harrison (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, banjo) ; Lenny Pickett (tenor saxophone, E flat clarinet, B flat clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, sarrusophone, melodica) ; Valerie Naranjo (mallets, percussion).
Performers: Singers: Peter Becker (baritone), Briz (baritone), Susan Gregory (soprano), Jimmy Justice (tenor), Ronin (contralto), George Simms (tenor).
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Dance Theater Workshop's Bessie Schönberg Theater, New York, as part of Bands on the Run, on February 25, 1991, by Video D Studios.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (76 min.) : sound, color

Abstract

Concert of instrumental and vocal music ; no dance content.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY99-F56
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13987409
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cfbda2a0-4b62-0133-f676-60f81dd2b63c

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Date Issued

1991

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Lenny Pickett" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1991. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cfbda2a0-4b62-0133-f676-60f81dd2b63c

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1991). Lenny Pickett Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cfbda2a0-4b62-0133-f676-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Lenny Pickett" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 19, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cfbda2a0-4b62-0133-f676-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia citation

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