A new “American Masters” documentary about Doc Severinsen serves as a reminder that the kind of TV many of us knew for most of our lives is ancient history in the eyes of many others. Not for the ...

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 ...

Doc Severinsen gives the best piece of advice to one of his music students. (trumpet blowing) - Now you're making music. - What's the best piece of advice you could give to a student? - One word, ...

Doc Severinsen will celebrate his 90th birthday during the Minnesota Orchestra’s newly announced Sommerfest 2017, which will also be artistic director Andrew Litton’s final season as the festival’s ...

Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen is an American jazz musician and trumpeter known primarily for his work as an orchestra leader on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

Doc Severinsen releases new “American-made" Destino. Completing the play-testing of the first eight B-flat trumpets, Doc Severinsen announced the release of his “American-made" Destino B-flat and C ...

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 ...

The trumpeter and former “Tonight Show” bandleader tells tales from his personal life and his work with Johnny Carson in a new PBS documentary. “Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story,” on PBS’s ...

He’s played with the likes of Kansas City-great Count Basie, though he’s best known for leading The Tonight Show band when Johnny Carson was hosting. Doc Severinsen is back in Kansas City for a ...

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 ...

It has been almost 20 years since trumpeter/band leader Doc Severinsen displayed his music and his eye-popping wardrobe in American living rooms via “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson. But ...