Editing Doc Severinsen (section)

{{Short description|American jazz trumpeter (born 1927)}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Doc Severinsen
| image           = Doc Severinsen 1974.JPG
| caption         = Severinsen in a 1974 publicity photo<br/>for ''The Tonight Show''
| birth_name      = Carl Hilding Severinsen
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1927|7|7}}
| birth_place     = [[Arlington, Oregon]], U.S.
| genre           = [[Jazz]], swing, fusion, pop
| occupations     = Musician, bandleader
| instrument      = [[Trumpet]]
| years_active    = 1946–2022
| label           = [[Command Records|Command]], [[RCA Victor]], Amherst, [[Telarc International Corporation|Telarc]]
| past_member_of  = [[The Tonight Show Band|The NBC Orchestra]]
| website         = {{URL|www.docseverinsen.com}}
}}

'''Carl Hilding''' "'''Doc'''" '''Severinsen''' (born July 7, 1927) is an American retired jazz trumpeter who led the [[The Tonight Show Band|NBC Orchestra]] on ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''.