Saturday Night Live Band
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The Saturday Night Live Band is the long-running house band for the television show "Saturday Night Live," known for its live jazz, rock, and R&B performances that open and punctuate each episode.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saturday Night Live Band canonical | 7 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American band
ⓘ
musical ensemble ⓘ television house band ⓘ |
| activeSince | 1975 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Saturday Night Live ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| broadcastOn |
NBC
ⓘ
surface form:
NBC television network
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formedFor | Saturday Night Live ⓘ |
| genre |
funk
ⓘ
jazz ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ rock ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Alan Rubin
ⓘ
Blue Lou Marini ⓘ Christine Ohlman ⓘ G. E. Smith ⓘ
surface form:
G.E. Smith
Howard Shore ⓘ James Genus ⓘ Katreese Barnes ⓘ Lenny Pickett ⓘ Leon Pendarvis ⓘ Lou Marini ⓘ Paul Shaffer ⓘ Shawn Pelton ⓘ Steve Turre ⓘ Tom "Bones" Malone ⓘ Tom Malone ⓘ |
| hasRole |
accompanying musical ensemble
ⓘ
house band ⓘ |
| language | instrumental music ⓘ |
| location |
30 Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan
ⓘ
surface form:
30 Rockefeller Plaza
|
| medium | television ⓘ |
| musicalDirector |
G. E. Smith
ⓘ
surface form:
G.E. Smith
Howard Shore ⓘ Lenny Pickett ⓘ |
| network | NBC ⓘ |
| notableFor |
live performances during Saturday Night Live episodes
ⓘ
musical cues between sketches ⓘ opening theme music for Saturday Night Live ⓘ |
| partOf | Saturday Night Live production ⓘ |
| performs | Saturday Night Live theme music ⓘ |
| performsAt |
30 Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan
ⓘ
surface form:
NBC Studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza
Studio 8H ⓘ |
| performsOn | Saturday Night Live ⓘ |
| provides |
intro and outro music for commercial breaks
ⓘ
live music for sketches ⓘ music for host monologues ⓘ |
| style |
horn-driven arrangements
ⓘ
improvisational solos ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.