Twenty years have passed since Doc Severinsen ended his 30-year stint on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson." Judging by the average age in the intimate Cabaret Jazz at The Smith Center for the ...

Four years after a stunning concert fronting his own 16-piece band at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, trumpeter Doc Severinsen continued to defy the odds—and the calendar—when he returned to the ...

For a quarter of a century, Doc Severinsen was likely the highest-profile trumpet player and band leader on the planet. From his spot on the “Tonight Show” stage, the sartorially out-there Severinsen ...

If John Ulrich’s trumpet wasn’t the best in the band, it was always the prettiest -- a shock of shiny silver in all that brass. He played this Severinsen all through high school in Seward and then ...

Doc Severinsen, the former bandleader on "The Tonight Show," spends 46 weeks a year doing symphony pops and big-band concerts. (Photo courtesy of the Spokane Symphony / The Spokesman-Review) Spokane ...

When Doc Severinsen tells a Minnesota Orchestra story, it's not about the first time he performed with the group, soloing on trumpet at a 1965 holiday concert. Or the first time he led the orchestra ...

After more than 30 years as the colorful bandleader of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, master trumpeter Doc Severinsen continues to defy nature well into his 90s with a grueling schedule of ...

Heeeeere’s Johnny!” That lead-in, followed by a big band trumpet blast, was the landmark of late night television for three decades. The ‘Johnny’ was Johnny Carson, the announcer was Ed McMahon and ...

Doc Severinsen was born to perform. You can tell right away. “Welcome to our show!” he shouted Friday morning to the big crowd at the Buffalo Philharmonic ...

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 ...

Getting older has its ups and downs for Carl H. “Doc” Severinsen. On the positive side, the long-time bandleader of “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” still looks as debonair as he always did.

If your ideal Christmas concert is something subdued, simple and solemn, then this weekend’s Minnesota Orchestra pops programs are definitely not for you. The orchestra’s longtime pops conductor, Doc ...