The Saturday Night Live Band (referred to in the closing credits as The Live Band) is the house band of the NBC television … See more

The band consists of mostly jazz, R&B, and some rock musicians and features a strong horn section. They normally play the opening theme music (after the cold opening), musical pieces in between commercia… See more

Musician and future Academy Award winning film composer Howard Shore was the original musical director and bandleader from 1975 until 1980. Paul Shaffer (himself, one of the original band members from 1975-1980… See more

Mariah Carey utilized the horn section of the Saturday Night Live Band (Lew Delgatto, Lenny Pickett, George Young, Earl Gardner, and Steve Turre) for her performance of "If It's Over" during her 1992 MTV Unplu… See more

• Leon Pendarvis – keyboards, musical director (1980–present)
• Alex Foster – alto saxophone (1985–90, 1995–present)
• Lenny Pickett – tenor saxophone, musical director (1985–present) … See more

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