The Tonight Show Band with Conan O’Brien

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musical ensemble television house band

The Tonight Show Band with Conan O’Brien was the house band for Conan O’Brien’s tenure on NBC’s The Tonight Show, led by drummer Max Weinberg and known for its energetic, rock-influenced performances.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
The Tonight Show Band with Conan O’Brien canonical	3
The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien	2
Conan O'Brien house band	1
provided musical accompaniment for sketches on Late Night with Conan O’Brien	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2069175 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Tonight Show Band with Conan O’Brien
Context triple: [Max Weinberg, associatedAct, The Tonight Show Band with Conan O’Brien]

A. The Late Show
The Late Show is a long-running American late-night talk show on CBS known for its celebrity interviews, comedy segments, and topical monologues.
B. Late Night with David Letterman
Late Night with David Letterman was a groundbreaking American late-night talk show known for its offbeat humor, innovative comedy segments, and influential role in shaping modern late-night television.
C. Saturday Night Live Band
The Saturday Night Live Band is the long-running house band for the television show "Saturday Night Live," known for its live jazz, rock, and R&B performances that open and punctuate each episode.
D. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon was an American late-night talk show on NBC featuring Jimmy Fallon’s comedic monologues, celebrity interviews, and musical performances, which ran from 2009 to 2014.
E. The Tonight Show
The Tonight Show is a long-running American late-night talk show featuring celebrity interviews, comedy sketches, and musical performances.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Tonight Show Band with Conan O’Brien
Target entity description: The Tonight Show Band with Conan O’Brien was the house band for Conan O’Brien’s tenure on NBC’s The Tonight Show, led by drummer Max Weinberg and known for its energetic, rock-influenced performances.

A. The Late Show
The Late Show is a long-running American late-night talk show on CBS known for its celebrity interviews, comedy segments, and topical monologues.
B. Late Night with David Letterman
Late Night with David Letterman was a groundbreaking American late-night talk show known for its offbeat humor, innovative comedy segments, and influential role in shaping modern late-night television.
C. Saturday Night Live Band
The Saturday Night Live Band is the long-running house band for the television show "Saturday Night Live," known for its live jazz, rock, and R&B performances that open and punctuate each episode.
D. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon was an American late-night talk show on NBC featuring Jimmy Fallon’s comedic monologues, celebrity interviews, and musical performances, which ran from 2009 to 2014.
E. The Tonight Show
The Tonight Show is a long-running American late-night talk show featuring celebrity interviews, comedy sketches, and musical performances.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	musical ensemble ⓘ television house band ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Max Weinberg and The Tonight Show Band ⓘ linked to: The Tonight Show Band
associatedAct	Conan O’Brien ⓘ Max Weinberg ⓘ
basedIn	Universal City, California ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
endTime	2010-01-22 ⓘ
followedBy	Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band ⓘ
genre	jazz ⓘ rhythm and blues ⓘ rock ⓘ
hasAudience	studio audience of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien ⓘ
hasPart	horn section ⓘ rhythm section ⓘ
language	instrumental music ⓘ
leader	Max Weinberg ⓘ
network	NBC ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	comedic musical bits with Conan O’Brien ⓘ energetic performances ⓘ rock-influenced sound ⓘ
notableMember	Jerry Vivino ⓘ Jimmy Vivino ⓘ LaBamba Rosenberg ⓘ Mark Pender ⓘ Max Weinberg ⓘ Mike Merritt ⓘ Scott Healy ⓘ
occupation	house band for a late-night talk show ⓘ
partOf	The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien ⓘ linked to: The Tonight Show
performerIn	The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien ⓘ linked to: The Tonight Show
performerOf	bumpers and interstitial music for The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien ⓘ show theme music for The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien ⓘ
predecessor	The Max Weinberg 7 ⓘ
primaryInstrument	drums ⓘ
startTime	2009-06-01 ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Max Weinberg → associatedAct → The Tonight Show Band with Conan O’Brien ⓘ

The Max Weinberg 7 → hasRole → provided musical accompaniment for sketches on Late Night with Conan O’Brien ⓘ

linked to: The Tonight Show Band with Conan O’Brien

Mark Pender → memberOf → The Tonight Show Band with Conan O’Brien ⓘ

Mark Pender → associatedAct → The Tonight Show Band with Conan O’Brien ⓘ

Jimmy Vivino → notableWork → The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien ⓘ

linked to: The Tonight Show Band with Conan O’Brien

Scott Healy → notableWork → Conan O'Brien house band ⓘ

linked to: The Tonight Show Band with Conan O’Brien

Mike Merritt → employer → The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien ⓘ

linked to: The Tonight Show Band with Conan O’Brien

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