Details About Kevin Eubanks: Wife, Net Worth, Salary, Spouse



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Kevin Eubanks is an American jazz and fusion guitarist and composer who was the leader of The Tonight Show Band with Jay Leno from 1995 to 2010. He has released 17 albums as a leader and has appeared on over 100 albums as a sideman.

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Eubanks was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 27, 1957, the son of Shirley (née Oliver) and Raymond Eubanks. His father played trumpet and his mother was a singer. He has two brothers, Robin and Wade, both of whom are also musicians. Eubanks began playing guitar at the age of 8 and studied classical guitar at the Settlement Music School. He also played in rock bands in high school.

Eubanks attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where he studied jazz guitar with Pat Martino. He later studied with Joe Pass and Dennis Sandole. He also attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.

Eubanks began his professional career in New York City in the early 1980s. He played with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Stanley Jordan, and Dizzy Gillespie. He also toured with Roy Ayers and Grover Washington Jr.. In 1985, he made his first appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as a member of Leader’s Edge, a group led by bassist Mark Egan.

In 1986, Eubanks became a member of Branford Marsalis’s band and toured with him for two years. He also appeared on Marsalis’s Grammy-winning album Scenes from the Southside (1988).

In 1990, Eubanks formed his own band, The Kevin Eubanks Quintet. The group released its debut album, The Heat of Heat, in 1991. The album featured Eubanks’s compositions as well as arrangements of standards such as “My Funny Valentine” and “Summertime”.

In 1992, Eubanks appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for the last time as a member of Marsalis’s band. When Jay Leno took over as host of The Tonight Show in May 1995, he chose Eubanks to be the leader of The Tonight Show Band.

Eubanks remained with The Tonight Show Band until May 2010, when he announced that he was leaving the show to focus on his solo career.

Since leaving The Tonight Show, Eubanks has released several albums as a leader, including The Messenger (2011), Soulful Side (2013), and East West Time Line (2017). He has also continued to tour and perform internationally.

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Eubanks has an estimated net worth of $5 million. He has been married twice and has three children.

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