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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Doc Severinsen hadn’t seen the newspaper, so he knew nothing about the man sitting in the front row for Friday's question-and-answer session on campus. He didn’t know John Ulrich’s parents had bought ...

Doc Severinsen, the creatively attired high-note trumpet player who led the band on “The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson” for 30 years, tried to retire to Mexico a few years ago. That didn’t ...

Johnny Carson called him “the greatest trumpeter in the world” in 1972. Robert Moody, music director of the Winston-Salem Symphony, also said that he is one of the finest trumpet players in the world.

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 legendary trumpet player and bandleader of "The Tonight Show'' back in the Johnny Carson era, retired to Mexico about seven years ago. That didn't last long. At age 85, he's ...

The Song That Changed My Life is a segment that gives us the chance to talk with some of our favorite artists about the music that made them who they are today. This time around, we're joined by ...