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Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen (born July 7, 1927, in Arlington, Oregon, USA) is an acclaimed American pop and jazz trumpeter. In 1949, he began his career as a studio musician for NBC, where he worked with notable artists such as Steve Allen, Eddie Fisher, Dinah Shore, and Kate Smith. In 1962, he was appointed the first-chair trumpeter for The Tonight Show Band, which was led by Skitch Henderson. By 1967, Severinsen became the bandleader, transforming The Tonight Show Band into a prominent big band in America. He gained popularity as a bandleader, frequently appearing on television and leading the band during commercials and guest introductions. Throughout the early 1960s, Severinsen recorded big band albums and later shifted towards instrumental pop music by the decade's end. In the 1970s, he explored jazz funk and disco, achieving success with hits like "Night Journey" and "I Wanna Be With You." In 1985, he collaborated with the jazz fusion group Xebron and the following year, he released The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen, which won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance. After Johnny Carson's retirement in 1992, Severinsen toured with several members of the band, including Conte Candoli, Snooky Young, Bill Perkins, Ernie Watts, Ross Tompkins, and Ed Shaughnessy.

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