Rickey Minor and The Tonight Show Band

Last updated July 07, 2025

Rickey Minor and The Tonight Show Band was the house band of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno from 2010^[1] until 2014. Minor took over The Tonight Show Band after Kevin Eubanks and his band left the show in May 2010 after spending 18 years with Leno and disbanded when Leno's Tonight Show tenure ended in 2014.

Members

Leader/Bass: Rickey Minor ^[1]
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

References

1 2 "'Tonight Show' band leader will return to 'American Idol'". December 5, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2024– via PressReader.

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