Rickey Minor and The Tonight Show Band

Rickey Minor and The Tonight Show Band was the house band of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno from 2010 until 2014. Minor took over The Tonight Show Band after Kevin Eubanks and his band left the show on May 28, 2010 after spending 18 years with Leno and disbanded when Leno's Tonight Show tenure ended in 2014.

Members

Leader/Bass: Rickey Minor
Saxophone: Randolph Ellis, Miguel Gandelman
Trumpet: Raymond Monteiro
Trombone: Garrett Smith
Keyboard: J. Wayne Linsey, David Delhomme
Guitar: Paul Jackson, Jr.
Drums: Teddy Campbell
Percussion: Kevin Ricard
Vocals: Dorian Holley

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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