LehCats (Norbert & Karen Stachel)

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LehCats is Norbert and Karen Stachels’ last name spelled backwards. The group performs original compositions that combine elements of Modern Jazz, Funk, R&B, Middle Eastern, Afro/Latin, and Rock creating a musical potpourri of creative sound. LehCats is a seven-piece lead by Norbert Stachel on tenor and soprano sax, bass clarinet, and flute, and Karen Stachel playing flute, alto flute, and piccolo along with various talented and highly in-demand musicians. Norbert Stachel has toured, recorded, and performed with Tower Of Power, Flora Purim and Airto, Freddie Hubbard, Roy Hargrove, Prince, Boz Scaggs, Roger Waters, and countless others. Karen Stachel has three released albums as a solo artist. She works as a professional jazz and classical flutist in NYC, and prior to that, in the San Francisco Bay Area. She can be heard on several movie soundtracks and commercials. She (and Norbert) is a member of the Wallace Roney Orchestra and a flutist/piccoloist with the New Amsterdam Symphony.