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Thomas Penn Newsom (February 25, 1929 – April 28, 2007) was a saxophone player in the NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, for which he later became assistant director.
May 1, 2007 · Tommy Newsom, the good-humored backup bandleader on “The Tonight Show” who earned fame as Johnny Carson’s comical punching bag — and respect among musicians as a composer, arranger and saxophone...
Thomas Penn Newsom, retired saxophonist, arranger and assistant conductor with The Tonight Show band, died Saturday, April 28, 2007, after a courageous three-year battle with cancer. He was 78 years old.
May 5, 2007 · Tommy Newsom, the former backup band leader on The Tonight Show, died this week at the age of 78. Musician Ed Shaughnessy remembers his friend as an innovative musician.
May 1, 2007 · Tommy Newsom, the former longtime saxophonist for “The Tonight Show” orchestra who regularly subbed for bandleader Doc Severinsen and earned the tongue-in-cheek nickname “Mr. Excitement” as...
May 1, 2007 · Tommy Newsom, the former backup bandleader on “The Tonight Show” whose “Mr. Excitement” nickname was a running joke for Johnny Carson, has died. He was 78. Newsom died of cancer at his...
Apr 30, 2007 · Tommy Newsom, the former backup bandleader on “The Tonight Show” whose “Mr. Excitement” nickname was a running joke for Johnny Carson, has died. He was 78. Newsom died of cancer Saturday at his...
Apr 30, 2007 · Portsmouth, VA - Two-time Emmy-winner Tommy Newsom, former longtime saxophonist and assistant music director for the Johnny Carson-era Tonight Show band, died Saturday. The Virginia native was 78.
May 8, 2007 · You may know Tommy Newsom as the congenial big band sidekick on the Johnny Carson Show. But you may not know that he plays a bluesy, big-assed saxophone with intelligence, and style. On Friendly Fire he’s put together a quintet of pros who swing with something to say.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) - Tommy Newsom, the former backup bandleader on "The Tonight Show" whose "Mr. Excitement" nickname was a running joke for Johnny Carson, has died. He was 78. Newsom...
