During the Conan O'Brien tenure (2009-10), The Tonight Show Band consisted of the musicians from the band
The Max Weinberg 7. Conan brought them over from his previous show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993), when he took over as the host in 2009. The bandleader
Max Weinberg played the drums and with him were:
Scott Healy, keyboards;
Mike Merritt, bass;
Mark 'Love Man' Pender, trumpet;
Richie 'La Bamba' Rosenberg, trombone;
Jerry Vivino, saxophone;
Jimmy Vivino, guitar and
James Wormworth, percussion. Also
Ronnie Gutierrez would occasionally fill in for percussion.