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April 14, 2010 / 3:20 PM

'Tonight' hires new musical director

Music Director Rickey Minor arrives Sunday evening at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Rickey Minor is attending the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and Tribute Concert to Herbie Hancock on October 28, 2007. (UPI Photo/Scott Harms)

Music Director Rickey Minor arrives Sunday evening at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Rickey Minor is attending the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and Tribute Concert to Herbie Hancock on October 28, 2007. (UPI Photo/Scott Harms) | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, April 14 (UPI) -- NBC has hired "American Idol" music director Rickey Minor to replace outgoing band leader Kevin Eubanks on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," E! News said.

Minor's first night on the job reportedly will be June 7.

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He is set to start the new gig after the current season of "Idol" wraps.

Eubanks, who has worked for "Tonight" for 18 years, is to leave the show May 28 to focus on his own music.

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