Kevin Eubanks and The Tonight Show Band

Kevin Eubanks and the Tonight Show Band was the house band of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. It previously served as the house band of The Jay Leno Show and was the house band of the first incarnation of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno from 1995 to 2009 and then for the first few months of the second incarnation of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2010.

The band was active between 1995 and 2010, as Kevin Eubanks took over The Tonight Show Band for the departing Branford Marsalis in 1995. Eubanks had been a member of Marsalis's band since Leno's debut in 1992. Eubanks and the band moved, along with host Jay Leno, to The Jay Leno Show when it moved to prime time in 2009, performing under the title Kevin Eubanks and the Primetime Band. However, in February 2010, Eubanks announced that both he and the band would be leaving the show shortly after The Tonight Show with Jay Leno returned in March, Kevin Eubanks final appearance was on May 28, 2010. Rickey Minor replaced Eubanks beginning June 7, 2010, bringing with him his own band of musicians and forming Rickey Minor and The Tonight Show Band^[1]^[2]^[3]

Members

Leader: Branford Marsalis (1992-1995), Kevin Eubanks (1995-2010)
Guitar: Kevin Eubanks (1992-2010)
Saxophone: Branford Marsalis (1992-1995) Ralph Moore
Trumpet: Kye Palmer, Lee Thornburg, Chuck Findley
Trombone: Matt Finders
Keyboard: Gerry Etkins, Kenny Kirkland (1992-1998)
Bass: Derrick "Dock" Murdock, Bob Hurst, Stanley Sargent
Drums: Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Jeff "Tain" Watts
Percussion/Vocals: Vicki Randle (1992-2009)

References

↑ Thomas, Greg (7 April 2013). "Kevin Eubanks, ex-'Tonight Show' bandleader, on Leno and music". New York: nydailynews.com. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
↑ "Kevin Eubanks Leaving 'Tonight Show'". huffingtonpost.com. 13 April 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
↑ Chinen, Nate (30 May 2010). "Sidekick No More: Eubanks Starts Post-Leno Life". nytimes.com. Retrieved 14 December 2013.

The Tonight Show

Tenures Allen's Paar's Carson's Leno's first O'Brien's Leno's second Fallon's

Hosts	Steve Allen (1954–57) Jack Paar (1957–62) Johnny Carson (1962–92) Jay Leno (1992–2009, 2010–14) Conan O'Brien (2009–10) Jimmy Fallon (2014–present)

Announcers/sidekicks	Gene Rayburn Franklin Pangborn Hugh Downs Ed McMahon Edd Hall John Melendez Andy Richter Wally Wingert Steve Higgins

The Tonight Show Band	Leno era I (Marsalis/Eubanks) O'Brien era (Weinberg) Leno era II (Minor) Fallon era (Questlove)

Bandleaders	Skitch Henderson José Melis Milton DeLugg Doc Severinsen Branford Marsalis Kevin Eubanks Max Weinberg Rickey Minor Questlove

Episodes	Carson's tenure Leno's first tenure O'Brien's tenure Leno's second tenure Fallon's tenure

Taping locations	Hudson Theatre NBC Studios New York NBC Studios Burbank Universal Studios Hollywood

Prime-time spin-offs	The Steve Allen Show The Jack Paar Program The Jay Leno Show

Recurring sketches	Miss Miller Carnac the Magnificent Floyd R. Turbo Headlines Leno era sketches O'Brien era sketches Fallon era sketches

Production companies	Carson Productions Big Dog Productions Conaco Broadway Video

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