@@kimmyhawk5612 Anyone who thinks Johnny was a “conservative” who would support the minority of American MAGAts of today is either uninformed, ignorant or senile whose memory has failed them.
Several of the band members were first call guys for Steely Dan sessions. Some of them also recorded with Toto, and had worked for years on sessions for Frank Sinatra. Drummer Eddie Shaughnessy was the first drummer I ever saw use a double bass kit. One member of the trumpet section was a former MLB player named Carmen Fanzone, who was a part-time infielder for the Chicago Cubs in the early 1970s.
Doc is the best trumpet player that has ever walked this planet…. God bless you Doc… and he is an awesome person… met him a couple times and he always was very gracious and made me feel like I was something special…. Not many stars do that…. Being an amateur trumpet player and just loving the instrument I cannot tell you what that has meant to me.
Doc was the best- bar none. If you were a trumpet player, the 1st time you heard him live, you either wanted to go practice for 4 hours or go home and quit. No middle of the road!
Yep, even as a teenager and a hippie of the 60's, I loved hearing Doc and his band play their top shelf jazzy big band music. Doc's trumpet got me hooked on appreciating the horn section and future brass players like Herb Albert, Chuck Mangione, and others.
Doc was my idol for sure. I practiced more than I needed to growing up and was stupid enough to believe someone who told me I'd never make it as a professional trumpet player. Sadly, that person was also someone whom I looked up to.
The rapport between Johnny and Doc and the band was hilarious! A main reason why I watched The Tonight Show since high school and beyond. Ed Shaughnessy was the backbone of the band.
As a little boy in the early 1970's my parents sent us to bed..before the tonight show came on.. But the TV was loud enough that I could hear the entire show.. Including Doc Sevensen
What would have been cool was to have a late night band contest back in the day to see who the public liked best. It would have never aired because the networks would have fought over the rights to air it and would have been a stalemate.
@@Drchainsaw77 The 32% of Americans who are part of the “MAGA crowd” who think they are the “majority” is always laughable. Anyone who tries to claim that Johnny was a “conservative” who would have supported the hate and discrimination espoused by MAGAts is either misinformed, ignorant or senile whose memory has failed them.
@@Ottophil Well said, Phil. The overwhelming majority of Americans indisputably support their views. It is disheartening that a small vocal minority of white males are given platforms to espouse hate but they are vastly outnumbered by educated decent compassionate people. There is no doubt which group of people Johnny would support - as he proved by his words and actions.
I'm a 26 year old Asian guy. Even the new generations after you guys know and love Johnny. Tonight shows of the current times is just political garbage
I attended a taping of the Tonight Show on October 16, 1991. Sadly, Johnny was not there (Jay Leno guest hosted). I'll never forget the sound of the Tonight Show Band that afternoon. Nor the joy of seeing Tommy Newsom tying his tie while walking across the stage to his post. They made it seem so effortless.
When I was in a Stage Band in the late 70s early 80s in high school this is what we aspired to be ...we never made it but that was the goal...we did good enough during local talent shows...good times.I am sure watching these pros helped us more than we ever knew.
@@TheJudgeofLevelstm West Coast jazz huh? Lol I'm from the Boston area. There was an alto player I grew up with named Jimmy Mosher. He was with Buddy Rich for 7 yeears and occasionally filled in on the Tonight Show Band. What an honor but he never made a big deal about it. I'm a trumpet player and there was a player named Bill Chase that Doc took an interest in. Even had them on the Tonight Show. At their peak the band was killed in a plane crash. Your father owning a jazz club you probably have are familiar with musical humour, so I'll leave you with this. This is one I'm not sure if it really happened or not. Anyway there was a sax player in the Tonight Show Band that played next to this other for years that just found out his friend had epilepsy. He asked his what will I do if you have a seizure during your solos. He replied, if it's a good one, applaud. Take care my friend. .
I got to see Doc in concert in St. Louis on my 19th birthday the summer after I graduated from high school and I have Johnny Carson to thank for that chance. Had I not tuned in on Wednesday night before my birthday to watch The Tonight Show and heard Johnny ask Tommy "Where's Doc?" and Tommy reply that Doc was in St. Louis, I would have spent my birthday watching a baseball game. As it was, I got to go see Doc with a good friend of mine and got to enjoy watching my idol live. Johnny was right, it was too bad that the people at home never got to hear that orchestra the way they were meant to be heard - live and now the studio where that was taped doesn't even belong to NBC anymore. Even worse, The Tonight Show has been hijacked back to New York, crammed into a dinky little studio where a person barely has room enough to change his mind and it's not even remotely as good as when Johnny was at the helm. It is a sad testimony to how little respect is shown today by the so-called "successors" to the pioneers of television.
@@TheJudgeofLevelstm I can believe that. I use to only catch them on weekends when I had a few days off.. Love that I can see these old clips, I sure missed a lot working those wee hours for 24 years..Great band..
I've never heard doc play this number before. I was just floored! It's amazing he could even stand up after delivering that incredible performance. Happy 96th birthday!
This is awesome! I miss Johnny, Ed and Doc on NBC, but we now can enjoy their enormous talent right here on YT. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from beautiful downtown Burbank.
Doc's still going strong . Bless you Doc. Imagine this, he was playing in a band in like the 1940's. That's either during WWII or just after that terrible war. Mind boggling to think how long he was doing what he loves to do. What a player.
I heard that band during their tour after Johnny retired. You don’t hear that level of player across an entire band pretty much ever. It was a stupendous sound, acoustically, that’s impossible to imagine. Powerful, And beautiful.
I started playing the trumpet in grade school. My first hero was Al Hirt, followed by Herb Alpert (he was great, but the fact that women loved him also had an impact on the teenager I was). But as I got older, I realized that Doc was the best I've ever heard.
Doc Severinsen and Tonight Show Band at their superb best! Great bass 'bone; and Doc's holding a "Double C" at the end as he switches to one hand to cut the band off. This is great!
always appreciated how doc started out with his trumpet section, not trying to stand out, just getting the number started like any other (world-class) band. then, when it came time to shine, he went to a level only he could reach. and then, at the end, brought the credit back to the whole group. what a class act. like everyone else, i miss those days...
I get goosebumps and my arm hairs stand up every time I see this video. This has to be one of the greatest live performances ever put on tape in the history of mankind.
This was the perfect song to choose for the home audience to hear what we normally don't hear during the station breaks. It was so well performed, and the second time in a row no less, that it just made me feel privileged to hear this great band play what only the studio audience would have heard during the commercials
The Carson show formula wouldn’t work today. Too down to earth and respectful. Johnny would chat with a woman from the midwest who ran the town switchboard, then interview Bob Hope. THE BAND-OMG! Everyday my buddies and I would hope they’d have a band feature. It might be a 7-10 minute spot. Never would happen today. Good stuff.
As a huge Doc fan I would have to say that Doc was not playing his best this night. More cracks and his range not as good as his usual. Still fantastic.
@@brentschmitt3338 correct. The majority of school districts do not offer music. The current tonight shows do have excellent bands. I was able to learn music at the same high school that Doc Severson attended, Washington high in Portland Oregon, if I were a high school student today that would not be true. People vote to the invest from education the arts and society as a whole and then complain about the State of affairs
Music in the schools is very important and proven to be wonderful for brain development and learning. Plus, it is loads of fun! For some kids, it’s like finding an oasis in the desert.
Dream concert: The Tonight Show Orchestra, Buddy Rich and Maynard Ferguson taking turns on stage. The only problem? A lot of the guys, like Bruce Paulson, would have to play with two or all three bands.
I had a friend that played with Buddy Rich for years and he was not a nice man. Not to take away from his playing, he was one of the best but being a good human being is important too. Doc and Maynard were good people off the stage too. Doc was investing in a friend of mine to help his career. Bill Chase then he was killed. There were others too. Stan Kenton, Woody Herman just to name a couple.
@@lenman1114 i'm sorry your friend was not a nice man. I know/knew several musicians who played with Rich. He was a perfectionist and his band was comprised of music school graduates with undeveloped work ethics. If you slacked off, you caught hell. No different than working for many other stars. Ask any musician who currently works for Paul Anka. Buddy actually made more than a few mortgage payments for his musicians and continued paying his valet's salary and sent additional checks to the valet's mom after his valet was injured. Your problem is differentiating between nice and a good human being. Screaming at musicians for not giving 100% on stage has nothing to do with being a good person.
