Tonight Show superstar and Grammy-winning trumpeter Doc Severinsen brings his big band back on the road for the first time in almost five years. Severinsen was the principal pops conductor for several American orchestras during and after his tenure on the Tonight Show. His first was with the Phoenix Symphony in 1983. He held similar positions with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra,the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Pacific Symphony Orchestra. Severinsen retired from active conducting in 2007, and was named Pops Conductor Emeritus in Milwaukee and Pops Conductor Laureate in Minnesota. Severinsen was also Distinguished Visiting Professor of Music and Katherine K. Herberger Heritage Chair for Visiting Artists at Arizona State University School of Music in 2001-2002. He has also conducted the New York Pops at the world-famous Carnegie Hall in New York City. As of 2012 he is still performing on a regular basis with the group Doc Severinsen & the San Migeul 5 (formerly known as El Ritmo De La Vida). The group plays an eclectic variety of styles, including classical Spanish, gypsy jazz, and Latin and American ballads.
