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During the next year, he recorded The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen which won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance. After Carson retired in 1992, he toured with some of the band's members, including Conte Candoli , Snooky Young , Bill Perkins , Ernie Watts , Ross Tompkins , and Ed Shaughnessy .
Kevin Tyrone Eubanks (born November 15, 1957) [1] is an American jazz and fusion guitarist and composer. He was the leader of The Tonight Show Band with host Jay Leno from 1995 to 2010. He also led the Primetime Band on the short-lived The Jay Leno Show.
Members of the band performing on The Tonight Show, in its various versions hosted by Steve Allen (1954–1957), Jack Paar (1957–1962), Johnny Carson (1962–1992), Jay Leno (1992–2009, 2010–2014), Conan O'Brien (2009–2010) and Jimmy Fallon (2014-present).
José Melis, a friend of Jack Paar, took over as bandleader when Paar became the host later in 1957. Melis made The Tonight Show Band part of the show's comic ensemble, utilizing his improvisational comedy skills: in the "Telephone Game," [1] he would write songs on the spot about four-digit telephone numbers given to him by audience members ...
This list of guitarists includes notable musicians, known principally for their guitar playing, for whom there is an article in Wikipedia. Those who are known mainly as bass guitarists are listed separately at List of bass guitarists .
Richard Travis Hall (born June 10, 1954) is an American comedian, writer, director, actor and musician, first coming to prominence as a sketch comedian in the 1980s. He wrote and performed for a range of American networks, in series such as Fridays, Not Necessarily the News (popularising the "sniglet" neologism), and Saturday Night Live.
Jack Sonni, former guitarist for British rock band Dire Straits, has died, the group announced on social media. “#JackSonni Rest In Peace” the band wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, on ...
Shaughnessy played in an early incarnation of the "Sesame Street" orchestra along with percussionist Danny Epstein, reed player Wally Kane, and, on occasion, guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli. He was an endorser of Ludwig drums, Sabian cymbals and Pro-Mark drumsticks. Shaughnessy was married to Ilene Woods, the original voice of Cinderella, who died ...