Playin' Around With Playbook: Lucas Pino

Hey everyone! As a studying musician, the various bands I play in often receive masterclasses. One of the most recent masterclasses featured Saxophonist Lucas Pino! Lucas had great energy and presence in his teaching.

For those of you who are not familiar with Pino: As a high school junior, Pino won the Downbeat award for Best Instrumental Soloist in 2004. He attended the Brubeck Institute from 2005-2007, where he studied closely with Dave Brubeck. Lucas then finished his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Jazz Performance at The New School in 2009. He attended Juilliard from 2009-to 2011, where he received a Master of Music

On Playin’ Around With Playbook, I was fortunate to interview Lucas about his concepts as an educator and performer. See below for an excerpt from our conversation on December 9, 2021. Click here to view the full interview.

This conversation was especially fun and special for me, so I know you’ll enjoy it!

Trista.