The Tonight Show Band

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American jazz ensemble television house band

The Tonight Show Band is the long-running house band for NBC’s late-night talk show "The Tonight Show," known for its jazz and big band sound and for featuring many prominent musicians over the decades.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Max Weinberg and The Tonight Show Band 2
Kevin Eubanks and The Tonight Show Band 1
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon house band 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American jazz ensemble ⓘ
television house band ⓘ
associatedWith NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Tonight Show NERFINISHED ⓘ
audience late-night television viewers ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
employer NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre big band ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
hasNotableLeader Branford Marsalis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Doc Severinsen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kevin Eubanks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Max Weinberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Questlove NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableMember Branford Marsalis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Doc Severinsen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kevin Eubanks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Max Weinberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Questlove NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Roots NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReputationFor featuring prominent session musicians ⓘ
high-caliber jazz and big band performance ⓘ
hasRole open each episode with theme music ⓘ
perform interludes between segments ⓘ
play guest walk-on music ⓘ
influencedBy big band jazz tradition ⓘ
influences later television house bands ⓘ
language instrumental music ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
network NBC ⓘ
notableFor long-running presence in American late-night television ⓘ
performing on the late-night talk show The Tonight Show ⓘ
partOf The Tonight Show production ⓘ
performedOnVersionOf The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno NERFINISHED ⓘ
performingRole house band ⓘ
platform broadcast television ⓘ
primaryFunction perform theme and bumper music ⓘ
provide musical accompaniment for host and guests ⓘ
recurringActivity backing musical guests ⓘ
improvising short musical cues ⓘ
showFormat late-night talk show ⓘ
styleCharacteristic horn-driven arrangements ⓘ
live performance in studio ⓘ
typicalSetting television studio ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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Clark Terry → memberOf → The Tonight Show Band ⓘ
Branford Marsalis → associatedAct → The Tonight Show Band ⓘ
The Max Weinberg 7 → followedBy → The Tonight Show Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: Max Weinberg and The Tonight Show Band
The Tonight Show Band with Conan O’Brien → alsoKnownAs → The Tonight Show Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: Max Weinberg and The Tonight Show Band
Skitch Henderson → workedOn → The Tonight Show Band ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Tonight Show band
Tariq → partOf → The Tonight Show Band ⓘ
subject surface form: Tariq Trotter
this entity surface form: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon house band
“The Jay Leno Show Theme” → performer → The Tonight Show Band ⓘ
subject surface form: The Jay Leno Show Theme
this entity surface form: Kevin Eubanks and The Tonight Show Band