Doc Severinsen has worn a lot of hats, all of them glittering. The world knew him for years as the bandleader for “The Tonight Show.” Buffalo knew him throughout the 1990s as the Buffalo Philharmonic ...

Best known for his three decades as a bandleader on late-night television, Doc Severinsen continues to share his music with his fans. Severinsen and His Big Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at ...

Doc Severinsen & His Big Band are back on tour for the first time in many seasons. The Grammy®-winning trumpeter and former "Tonight Show" bandleader has assembled some of the finest musicians from ...

Doc Severinsen and El Ritmo De La Vida, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, Sunoco Performance Theater at Whitaker Center, 222 Market St., Harrisburg. Tickets: $55. Info and tickets: 717-214-2787 or ...

Best known as the musical director of the Tonight Show band, Doc Severinsen has been playing the trumpet for some 77 years (the 84-year-old started when he was just seven). That’s a long time for any ...

I was fortunate enough to interview Doc Severinsen last week by telephone, reaching him before a concert on the road in Columbus, Ohio. Below are two links. The first is a short 5 1/2 minute produced ...

Here, in a nutshell version, are the facts that follow a long road to “El Ritmo de la Vida,” this weekend’s Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall presentation. Fact No. 1: Had his small music shop in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. To celebrate The Tonight Show’s 70 th ...

Grammy Award-winning Doc Severinsen has been celebrated as America’s favorite trumpet player for more than half a century. Welcomed into living rooms for nearly three decades as the leader of "The ...

Never Too Late (Just Bright Productions, 2020) is a meticulously produced and emotion-grabbing documentary portrait of the musical career and life of trumpeter Doc Severinsen. While Duke Ellington may ...

For 30 years, most people only heard a few bars of Doc Severinsen's music as he led the Tonight Show orchestra into and out of commercial breaks. After a while, it became a joke around the Burbank, ...