WHO IS the bassist in the jay leno show

blowabs · #1 06-09-2010, 10:47 PM

...just noticed him,,,,,,& he's out front too!!!!! ;-]

John Wentzien · #2 06-09-2010, 11:00 PM

Derrick Murdock

lullbass · #3 06-09-2010, 11:02 PM

the new bass plyr is Rickey Minor

John Wentzien · #4 06-09-2010, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by lullbass

the new bass plyr is Rickey Minor

When did they switch bassists? I really liked "Dock"

John Wentzien · #5 06-09-2010, 11:06 PM

Found it...Jay must have cleaned house..
http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/06/08/ja...-tonight-show/

blowabs · #6 06-09-2010, 11:06 PM

thanks....but..i thought i saw a different guy (light-skinned skinny cat)tonight...and i see Eubanks is gone too.

JimmyM · #7 06-09-2010, 11:19 PM

Eubanks quit. Rickey Minor is now the bandleader. I swear to God, Rickey Minor may be the best networker in history. Good bass player, doesn't do a whole lot for me quite honestly, but man, that dude can network!

willgroove2 · #8 06-10-2010, 08:17 AM

Ricky will tell you that his major talent is networking and making very hard to please people comfortable. He wrote a book "There's no traffic on the extra mile" that is worth every working musician or want to be working musician at least glancing thru. Not the greatest bass player in the world but solid and consistent with a good tone.

T-MOST · #9 06-10-2010, 01:49 PM

Jay didn't "clean house". kevin opted out of his contract. Ricky as the new band leader had the right to bring in his own crew of musicians (just as Kevin did).

Richland123 · #10 06-10-2010, 02:51 PM

Current Tonight Show band lineup

Leader/Bass: Rickey Minor
Saxophone: Randolph Ellis, Miguel Gandelman
Trumpet: Raymond Monterio
Trombone: Garrett Smith
Keyboard: J.Wayne Linsey, David Delhomme
Guitar: Paul Jackson Jr.
Drums: Teddy Campbell
Percussion: Kevin Ricard
Vocals: Dorian Holley

Tampabass · #11 06-10-2010, 03:01 PM

Minor was the longtime "American Idol" bandleader until taking the Leno gig.

There was a news blurb recently regarding the fact that he was a bit annoyed at not getting a little on-air recognition during the season finale. http://www.tmz.com/2010/05/27/ricky-...show-jay-leno/

Understandable, since he made that band "go" for six seasons. On the other hand, I presume that the "AI" gig is pretty lucrative.

midbass · #12 06-10-2010, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Richland123

Current Tonight Show band lineup

Leader/Bass: Rickey Minor
Saxophone: Randolph Ellis, Miguel Gandelman
Trumpet: Raymond Monterio
Trombone: Garrett Smith
Keyboard: J.Wayne Linsey, David Delhomme
Guitar: Paul Jackson Jr.
Drums: Teddy Campbell
Percussion: Kevin Ricard
Vocals: Dorian Holley

Paul Jackson jr.....there's a legend!

midbass · #13 06-10-2010, 10:21 PM

Do you think a Nathan East or a Marcus Miller would take the bass to a level where most viewers would notice the difference versus a Ricky Minor??

JimmyM · #14 06-10-2010, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Tampabass

There was a news blurb recently regarding the fact that he was a bit annoyed at not getting a little on-air recognition during the season finale. http://www.tmz.com/2010/05/27/ricky-...show-jay-leno/

here's why i think he didn't get any mention on the show...

simon carried that show on his back for years and helped make everyone on that show rich. when he left, yes, the gravy train could be ending for a lot of folks, but he made them so rich that it took a lot of the sting away.

rickey, otoh, deserted what he perceived as a sinking ship. he was never a factor in how well the show did in the ratings, he left with very little notice, and it's clear to anyone with half a brain that he left because he thought AI was over without simon and was looking to save his own ass. should they have mentioned his leaving? maybe. but i'll tell you...if i ran AI and a non-essential employee that i made a rich man deserted me like rickey did, i'd probably feel the same way. i'm sure a guy like rickey who buys into leno's bill of goods would say "it's just business," but people take stuff like that personally.

JimmyM · #15 06-10-2010, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by midbass

Do you think a Nathan East or a Marcus Miller would take the bass to a level where most viewers would notice the difference versus a Ricky Minor??

nope. actually, i think the band is fairly inconsequential to the success of a talk show until the host turns the bandleader into a comedic personality a la doc severinsen and paul shaffer. even on jimmy fallon's show where the band almost overshadows the host in popularity (the roots, btw), they're not THAT important to the show's success.

burk48237 · #16 06-10-2010, 10:36 PM

He has previously been the Music director and Bassist on tours with Christina Augural, Whitney Houston, Ray Charles, Alicia Keys and Beyonce. His mentor was Quincy Jones, I'd say that was pretty good resume. I've seen some of the other touring bassist like David Dyson and Andrew Gouche headline their own shows at NAMM and most of them are killer players and could probably do the solo thing if they wanted to live from paycheck to paycheck. Most of these guys at that level are monster players with great time who understand playing what makes the song work, not showing off their chops. Besides, God wants Sadowskys dominating Late Night!

Here's his resume.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...ifixqtgldje~T4

Tampabass · #17 06-10-2010, 11:00 PM

Hmmm, did he announce he was going to leave, and then get the Leno gig, or get the Leno gig, and then announce he was going to leave? IMO, it makes a difference.

I don't know any of the background stuff on this but ... I'm not sure that any bassist who got the call to do the "Tonight Show" could or should turn down that gig. Would you?

And I'm not sure if it's really fair to say that he "deserted" "American Idol." I mean, he was there for six seasons! Yes, maybe he "got rich" but seems like he put in his time there, paid his dues, and ought to have access to as much as upward mobility as any of the other entertainers affiliated with that show. I mean, how much notice did Paula give? Isn't Simon "deserting" the show, too?

Again, I don't know the "real" background of all of this, and I don't know Rickey at all, but just seems that he ought to get some slack here. He did a good job, he was paid well, and he chose to leave for a better, higher-profile gig. He's hardly the first musician who has done that, and he won't be the last.

And it's not like "AI" is ever going to have trouble finding good musicians/bandleaders to pay big $$. Simon's a billionaire.

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here's why i think he didn't get any mention on the show...

simon carried that show on his back for years and helped make everyone on that show rich. when he left, yes, the gravy train could be ending for a lot of folks, but he made them so rich that it took a lot of the sting away.

rickey, otoh, deserted what he perceived as a sinking ship. he was never a factor in how well the show did in the ratings, he left with very little notice, and it's clear to anyone with half a brain that he left because he thought AI was over without simon and was looking to save his own ass. should they have mentioned his leaving? maybe. but i'll tell you...if i ran AI and a non-essential employee that i made a rich man deserted me like rickey did, i'd probably feel the same way. i'm sure a guy like rickey who buys into leno's bill of goods would say "it's just business," but people take stuff like that personally.

JimmyM · #18 06-10-2010, 11:23 PM

well i'm of the opinion that there's no more upward mobility for a bandleader than being the bandleader on the highest rated show on tv. but yes, rickey is entitled to do whatever he thinks he needs to do to keep his career afloat and god bless him.

but to put rickey in the category with paula and simon is wishful thinking imho. paula was a show star who left because of a contract dispute. she didn't like the contract she was offered and AI told her to get lost. her being whacked out on pain pills a lot of the time did not help her position, either. simon WAS the show, however, and even though he did desert the show in a way, he sure made a lot of people he worked with rich along the way and is pretty darn powerful because of it, so i'm sure there's a lot of "let's not rattle the cage in case he wants to hire any of us in the future" going on. you get away with a lot when you have showbiz power.

but rickey had zero power and zero effect on the ratings. rickey got on the show because he convinced the producers that they needed a live band a good year or two into the show, long after the show was an established hit. and yes, in typical leno backstabbing weasel fashion (ask howard stern and dave letterman about that, both whom have had high profile personnel stolen from their shows in a weasely fashion), leno hired him before he announced he was leaving. and i'm absolutely positive the producers thought it was all handled in a weasel-like fashion.

eddievanbassman · #19 06-10-2010, 11:26 PM

Yeah I miss Kevin Eubanks

BassJunkie730 · #20 06-10-2010, 11:42 PM

i worked on SNL as a lowly music intern during the spring part of the 2003 season. Aguilera came through. and it was a circus, no less than 15 musicians and 8 dancers that I had to wrangle (get lunch, administer payment forms, keep posted about when to start moving upstairs - they were so big we had to keep them in the conan green room two floor down.) My boss had to tend to christina and her entourage, so she gave me the reigns for downstairs.

Everyone was so nice and seemed to realize how difficult it was trying to orchestrate all those people.

everyone - except mr Minor. Who would disappear. And I'd ask where this guy was - and the rest of the band would roll their eyes. Not to mention he really counldn't be bothered with anyone "underneath" him.

he was a douchbag then, and this is proof that he's still a douchebag.

I don't care who you are - when you are on that level, a little niceness goes a long way.

Now, Roscoe Beck - there's a stand up guy! Best in the business...when he's not telling country bassist jokes. which are utterly terrible, glad he didn't quit his day job for comedy.