 Tower of Power also released its own albums as a group.Pickett joined the Saturday Night Live Band in 1985 and has served as the band's musical director since 1995.As a composer, he has written for his group, the Borneo Horns, and has received a number of commissions to write works mixing classical and popular idioms for a variety of musical ensembles, including the New Century Saxophone Quartet, as well as music for theatre and collaborations with dancers, poets and film-makers.