lenny pickets solo must be one of the best solos youll hear any instrument , been listening to this since 1976 , stands alone really

If you don't listen to this loud, and you're sitting still, there is something wrong with you

Saw Tower Of Power at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas in the early 1970s. After that concert I went out and purchased every Tower Of Power album I could find.

lets not forget the master of funk, David Garibaldi, one of the most technically proficient drummers on earth !!!!!!

One of the greatest Tenor solos EVER taken!!! EPIC!! LOVE the Pickett!!

Rest In Peace Bruce... August 8, 2021 Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Conte are the only reasons I picked up a guitar in the first place. Miss You Already...

My parents helped organize this concert back in 76'. I've never stopped listening to Tower of Power. I never will.

why is this STILL so damn good? That Ct foot...

So many great comments, so much love for the greatest r&b, jazziest,funkiest group ever.EVER!!!

LP and his unique style. After 14:00 CT in another dimension and the wah wah beyond 🎵

45 yrs ago I was 13 yrs old living in a group home in Aurora Ontario and my favourite 'staff', Leigh turned me onto this and I played the sht out of it. Both Leigh and this Band made me want to be the best version of me I could ever be. Best. Band. Ever.

I am glad to find all of you guys here!!!!!! We all have something in common We like and recognized the best band with the tightest Brass Section Ever!!!! Long Lives Tower of Power!!!!!!

Saw Lenny doin' this solo Live in Seattle - full white tux, dancing on stage while He was doin' this solo! Over the top!

This here is one reason why the '70s is the best era for music!!!

Owned the LP, wore the album out. Lenny Picket, circular breathing. Amazing! Chester Thompson on Hammond B3. Amazing! I was raised in Boyle Heights , California. Born 1958 BC, (before computers).

This entire album is stellar! My favorite of all time. Perfect ending on Knock Yourself Out. I know two people that were there and am forever jealous.

This was TOP at their best!!! This tune elevated my musicallity in my senior year in high school1976. Unforgettable!

I was born and raised in Sacramento, and I remember when they came. East Bay Funk is among the world's finest and always will be!

Outstanding when LP does his solo it sounds like he is playing 2 or 3 different horns amazing . He plays a long solo (LP) Lenny Pickett, Long Playing. TOP has always my favorite band.

Lets never forget Chester Thomson

Lead vocal by Hubert Tubbs. Talented singer that had some success in European markets, but sadly never really broke out very big. His tracks with TOP were very good.

One of the greatest live cuts ever.

Truly one of my all time favorite SAX Solos ever!

Saw them in1977 @ UC Irvine Ca. The Bay area boyz put on great show... This song was funky and tight... Thank you Freddy for taking me and driving me there in your powder blue ford van... What is Hip? ToP forever!! Aloha Kimo

One of the most is that it your the most The erryy sounds of keys bleed into the extravagant boom of expression in funk n style , waka waka waka wak oh come on down let’s hit this again n again pure perfection n Classic TOP , and don’t you forget it

Now.... That is music..... Not some over synthesized computer generated shit that they call music today..... Thanks

39 years of fun and fantastic funk .... i love it so much

Take a deep breath at 8:40, exhale at 10:40. Screaming Sax to end a solo like that. L.P.

R.I.P. Rocco. :(

It actually got funky when CT switched to the CLAVINET....--then goes bass pedal to the metal...B3....I’m just these guys are from my SF bay.....after CT ascends and makes it rain...ROCCO PICKS it right up....LORDY

Nothing better than oldschool

Never heard this before. Amazing! thank you.

Such a amazing song . The sax is a masterpiece.

Amazing solos from Lenny and Chester!!!!

Lenny Pickett, circular breathing, Amazing!

One tight band ,I've seen them more times than I can remember

Pickett is simply a FREAK!!! Love it!!!

i got out Marine Corp in1970, saw these guys in Seattle a few times, then met my lost 2 brothers bout 2o yrs ago went to Sacramento see youngest brother he called me in Vegas told me that TOP WAS PLAYING at fair grounds hus wife's bank help put together, got to go back stage take group picture with them, even though i bever met my brothers growing up amazingly we all had love for this group, seen them couple times at JAZZ ALLY in Seattle, i live in Vegas, si when they come here I'm there

Lenny Pickett is a tenor sax WIZARD!!🔥🔥🔥

Saw TOP 3 times, last time I saw them at the , near Seattle in a bar restaurant - great night, before that PLU in Parkland WA.

Love this album one of their best and so says DG as well. Some monster solos here from both Lenny and Chester. I so love this band my favorite what so ever got almost all albums.

My favorite song on my favorite album. Live and in living color.They are my favs for dancing yah! Been listening going to concerts since 1975.

My dad brought me here just got off the phone with him he is a sax man himself love the guy always a great time 🤌🏾🙏🏽❤️🎷💯

Y’all don’t realize how hard it is to breathe like that into a saxophone like that for that long and not pass out and that’s ok 🎷

Being from Oakland, and SF I grew up listening to these guys, they are the shit!

Unbefuckinglieveable. Lenny you are a freak and an inspiration.

Now.... That is REAL music.....

so much fun, these guys...in '73 we got them to play our high school (CB) in sac...i think we paid them $175! got to dance the last song (you're still a young man) with a girl 2 years older than me. she was my total crush and simply an unforgettable dance, woman, AND band. i will always associate these cats with groove, funk, fun, and that magical romance. keep on truckin T.O.P.

THE FUNK!!! Rocco Prestia for President!

true American STYLE MUSIC!!!!!!! oh how I miss this!!!!!!

Long Live The FUNK!!!

Man back in the days! this was the shit!

There never was or will be anything as perfect in modern music as this group.Absolute control and incredible artistry...Oh what has happened to sounds like this.

I swear every time I listen to this version I flip out. Between Lenny Picket's insane solo, Chester Thompson's insane B3 Hammond solo, and let's not forget that solo Mic Gillette (R.I.P) did with playing that high end solo on the trumpet and then switching to his Superbone Trombone which was amazing and insane. Going from. A Jet Tone mouthpiece over to a trombone mouthpiece was incredible. I saw Mic do that at a concert in Hartford. CT. This band is in a league of its own. All the band members are special.

Lenny is incredible!

PHENOMENAL !!!

Thanks for this post! Grateful for KZfaq!

Awesome band,I saw them do this live in 77.LP !

Awesome band ... the real deal .. Oak Town baby

Really, Really, Really Good Avantgarde And Jazz Music!

SICK!

you go lenny you are the man

Damn best solo Lenny ever played!

totattly awesome!

Lenny pickets tenor Saxaphone solo… 1:43 mins -10:23 mins … 8.8 minute horn solo… They were certainly not joking when they said “Knock yourself out “ Could it ever get any better ? That’s why Tower of Power is always THE TOP BAND ever ….!!!! FULL STOP 🛑…

My first ToP record......... holy and it sounds still fresh to me!

REAL HORNS,

Perhaps the greatest sax solo ever and you mean to tell me no one had a fuckin camera in the crowd????? Jesus Christ!!!!!!

I had this on 8-Track.... The sax solo was 2 channels long!!!!!

I concur 🤗

Amazing. it that really CT playing the bass pedals during his solo??. Wow!

Hubert Tubbs on the top!

Vid of this would be awesome.

T.O.P, bad ma ma jamma's

hubbert tubbs oooyeah

I was going to Cal in the early-mid 70s and LP would play for spare change on Sproul Plaza. I had no idea who he was at the time but he would always draw a big crowd. He could hold a note for at least two minutes, which was impressive. This solo is even more so!

best horns ever!!!

Lenny...the man

OoOoOoO That would be beyond awesome as well! Sometimes *only* the original will do; there are so many live versions of "Knock Yourself Out," but this is "The version my ears wanted." These are the EXACT Lenny Pickett and Chester Thompson solos I wanted to hear. Some tasty imports are a yummy idea as well! YESSSS

So badass

Mi banda favorita de niño yeah

Hes LP.. Hes Lenny Pickett!

This is the greatest rock and roll sax solo of all time, are you kidding me? But Lenny can't play like this anymore because the days days of gigging 6 days a week are GONE. Now you play one fucking night a week on Saturday Night Live and vegetate the other 6 days a week.

Lenny Pickett is not a mortal human being. You can’t teach that kind of talent.

dayum!

Funk! Like it was ment to be!

Music History 🎶

Sacramento all day

What else needs to said except DAMMMMM!

love top

GOD BLESS YOU GOD BLESS YOU GOD BLESS YOU GOD BLESS YOU GOD BLESS YOU !!!!! THANK YOU FOR BEING THE FIRST TO POST THIS!!! OMG I FEEL LIKE IT'S CHRISTMAS! THANK YOU, YOU BEAUTIFUL SOUL!!!! I CAN DIE HAPPY NOW!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU! CAN I DRINK YOUR BATHWATER? DO YOUR DISHES? LOL THANK YOU --- MAN, YOU ROCK *ALMOST* AS WELL AS ToP!!!!!! WHOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO! #EAR_ORGASM XD

still in 2018 and beyond.......9/1

No se 9lviden de Greg Afams ecelente tromprtaM No se olvden de Greg Adamas excelente trompeta

Those of you who are coming here from "Top 10 saxophone solos in pop and rock"............... Listen to Lenny Pickett on the STUDIO version of Squib Cakes as well. It might be somewhere over here ----->>> ----->>> ----->>> ----->>>>>>>>

unfrickin believlable...pickets talent

the bay area put out some very sophisticated funk and r&b groups.

...Oh what did this do to an innocent young man.?.?.? Where did all that time go.???.Let's do it all again..

P U R E FUNK.....

LP Lenny Pickett.

That baritone sex!!! The Doctor!!!