Who is Kevin Eubanks?
Kevin Eubanks is a jazz guitarist and composer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is best known for being the band leader on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno from 1995-2010, where he earned an annual salary of $5 million. In addition to leading the band, Eubanks would sometimes interact and joke with Leno during the show.
Eubanks was born into a musical family and studied trumpet, violin and piano before choosing the guitar. He attended the Berklee College of Music and started performing jazz, playing in India, Pakistan, and Jordan. He had his first album titled Guitarist released on Elektra and has since gone on to appear on over 100 albums. He started his own label Insoul Music in 2001 and taught in Canada and Italy, as well as Rutgers University.
Eubanks left The Tonight Show in 2010 to pursue other touring and recording opportunities outside of late night television. He is a pescetarian and a big fan of Philadelphia sports teams. Eubanks was voted PETA’s World’s Sexiest Vegetarian Man in 2007.
As of 2021, Kevin Eubanks has a net worth of $25 million.
