Doc Severinsen
American retired jazz trumpeterWikipedia
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Sep 23, 2026
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From New York, The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.
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This is Ed McMahon along with Doc Severinsen and the NBC Orchestra inviting you to join Johnny and his guests.
Christopher KleinCORRESPONDENT
With an average of 12 million Americans tuning in every night, The Tonight Show was among television's greatest showcases.
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And now, here's Johnny.
Frank SweeneyHOST
Down on the field right now, the Oklahoma marching band serenading the crowd.
Frank SweeneyHOST
A little bit later on, Doc Severinsen, the famous nationally known trumpeter, is going to perform with the Oklahoma band.
Frank SweeneyHOST
While we have this moment, however, let's bring you up to date on some of the scores of other games being played around the country today.
Frank SweeneyHOST
We hope that you enjoyed the halftime ceremony down in the field with Doc Severinsen being featured with the Oklahoma band and Lance Smith of the Notre Dame Alumni Association, our guest up here in the booth.
Frank SweeneyHOST
In case you joined us late, while we look across the way and see the Irish returning to the field, Notre Dame leads by a 17-0 score.
Frank SweeneyHOST
And in just a moment or two, we hope to have some information on the extent of Jim Seymour's injury.
JD RyznarHOST
I wouldn't describe this as a, as a groove.
Hunter StairHOST
You did just go to the doc, the Doc Severinsen right there.
JD RyznarHOST
Mm-hmm.
Hunter StairHOST
Some of that trumpeter work.
Austin HandleyGUEST
There's, you know, the itch kinda came back.
Austin HandleyGUEST
Um, and then I saw Doc Severinsen at one of my band conferences that we went to.
Austin HandleyGUEST
I think he was, like, 90, 92 at the time, but, and trumpet player for the-
John ChapmanHOST
Mm-hmm
Oliver Nelson Jr.GUEST
But just a great arranger, composer, Duke Ellington, Count Basie.
Oliver Nelson Jr.GUEST
James Brown, Doc Severinsen, Cannonball Adderley, and the names just go on and on and on that he did arranging for.
David PonceHOST
It's really amazing.
David PonceHOST
And the first time I looked at your bio and really kind of got an understanding for this because my tradition really wasn't that deep a dive into jazz, but it did drive me to start listening to your dad's music and to listen to arrangements and also things like wow, that television show was stuff that he was composing for.
John ChapmanHOST
There's, you know, the itch kinda came back.
Austin HandleyGUEST
back.Um, and then I saw Doc Severinsen at one of my band conferences that we went to.
Austin HandleyGUEST
I think he was, like, 90, 92 at the time, but, and trumpet player for the-
John ChapmanHOST
Mm-hmm
Kyle WarrenHOST
And, um, but I used to love to stay up and watch Johnny Carson or watch The Tonight Show, and they always-- I always thought it was kind of classy.
Kyle WarrenHOST
You know, I, I thought it was kind of cool with, uh, Doc Severinsen and the NBC Orchestra, you know? And, uh, 'cause I knew they were, they were playing through the breaks, you know, and this kind of thing.
Kyle WarrenHOST
And I just thought the music and the, uh, the whole nine yards of the whole thing was just fascinating to me.
Kyle WarrenHOST
And I, I liked the way that Johnny was always able to bring out, um, uh, you know, just, you know, bring out little nuggets from, uh, his guests, whatever that might be.
Jeff DaytonHOST
Really? Doing that song.
Jeff DaytonHOST
And he said, you know, two weeks after he said he'd take the gig, there he was talking to Doc Severinsen, giving him the tempo for the song.
Gary TalleyGUEST
I know.
Gary TalleyGUEST
That's so funny about the music business, because the people that you just idolize, you can be just, you know, watching them on TV and buying their records.
ModiHOST
Yeah.
ModiHOST
Doc Severinsen-
Leo VeigaHOST
How do you know that?
ModiHOST
... was his name.
KyleHOST
And we know Elvis and Carson weren't complete strangers.
KyleHOST
Mark Malkoff's book reproduces a photograph of Elvis Presley, Johnny Carson, CeCe and Bud Robinson, and Doc Severinsen together at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas.
KyleHOST
Importantly, Malkoff dates the photograph only to the mid to late 1960s.
KyleHOST
So I'm not going to give you a more specific date than the evidence gives us.