Kevin Eubanks (Composer/Bandleader/Music Director)

Abstract

A music lover from a young age, Kevin Eubanks (1957–) followed his passion around the world, touring as a jazz musician before accepting a job in beautiful downtown Burbank. For nearly two decades, viewers watched Eubanks—first as a band member, then as the bandleader/music director—on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. They also observed Eubanks’s and Leno’s easy rapport—a natural chemistry that made Eubanks’s decision to leave the program a difficult one. Amy Harrington conducted the interview on September 23, 2011, in North Hollywood, California.