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Lucas Pino
Award-Winning Musician and Composer Lucas Pino has performed at some of the world’s most esteemed festivals and venues. As a Tenor Saxophonist and multi-woodwind player, his unique and lyrical approach make him one of the most in-demand side musicians across generations. Lucas has notably performed with Dave Brubeck, Christian McBride, Takuya Kuroda, Darcy James Argue, Alan Ferber, Samora Pinderhughes, Nick Finzer, and Jazz at Lincoln Center’s “Songs We Love”, among others. Pino has released four critically acclaimed albums under his own name, including his latest, “That’s A Computer” (Outside in Music). He is the leader of The No Net Nonet, an innovative nine-piece acoustic jazz ensemble featuring his distinct compositional style, that has become an established part of today’s scene through a monthly residency at Smalls Jazz Club in NYC since 2013. A native of Phoenix, Arizona, Lucas graduated from some of the country’s top music programs, including the Brubeck Institute, The New School, and The Juilliard School. Lucas received an Herb Alpert ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award for his composition, “Golden Rule, Turing Test”. He now serves as Co-Artistic Director of the Brubeck Jazz Summit.
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JL Woodwinds "Pino I" Tenor Saxophone
Boston Sax Shop R-Series 8* mouthpiece
Boston Sax Shop Reeds 3 1/2
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read more“That feeling of navigating the unexpected is probably the most exciting part of watching a group like [the No Net Nonet] perform...with all of its members sonically bouncing around, building and expanding upon each other's ideas until a greater sum bursts forth...” - THE VILLAGER "Lucas is a prodigiously talented young saxophonist from New York. His playing is passionate and displays an uncanny degree of maturity with a ferocious command of the instrument and the jazz idiom." - Benicia Main Street "...exciting tenor saxman Lucas Pino was all huge range, controlled ferocity, fleet notes and articulate expression." - Geoff Chapman, Toronto Star “...hire wire act of musical textures and technique with tenor saxman, Lucas Pino burning riffs that will light your ears on fire...” -Carmel DeSoto, jazzpolice.com
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Longing
From: LongingBy Lucas Pino
West 4th St
From: LongingBy Lucas Pino
Bokonon
From: Unstuck in Time: The Kurt...By Lucas Pino
We're More Than the Sum of Our Influences
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Lucas Pino
The Guru
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Lucas Pino
... the Alternative
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Lucas Pino
You'll Never Know ...
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Lucas Pino
Venus
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Lucas Pino
The Weatherman
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Lucas Pino
(Take the) Fork in the Road
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Lucas Pino
A Duke
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Lucas Pino
... Patience
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Lucas Pino
Patience...
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Lucas Pino
Brutus, the Contemporary
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Lucas Pino
... Perspective
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Lucas Pino
Evolution of ...
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Lucas Pino
A Sorcerer (is a myth)
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Lucas Pino
Antiquity
From: That's a ComputerBy Lucas Pino
On the Road
From: No Net NonetBy Lucas Pino
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Lucas Pino
Location: New York City
Instrument: Saxophone
Born: April 19, 1987
Publicist: Lydia Liebman Promotions
