Yamaha Provides Gear to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 4, 2007) — Yamaha Corporate Artist Affairs, Inc. provided gear to NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. As of Oct. 8, an MPC6 (6' 11" Grand MIDIPiano) is the official piano of choice for both the house band and visiting musicians, and it will be used in conjunction with a Motif Rack ES (rack module).

"The Tonight Show is such a well-respected night show with ample opportunity to expose great music and artists to the public, so we're thrilled to provide them with our instruments to make that happen," comments Chris Gero, vice president of Yamaha Corporate Artist Affairs, Inc.

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an Emmy-award winning and top-rated late night show featuring humor, talk and entertainment nightly on NBC at 11:35 p.m. ET. 2007 marks the 16th season with comedian Jay Leno as the host.

Aside from the nightly monologue and news-making guests, Leno also features several regular comedy segments such as "Headlines" "Ask Jay Anything," "Jaywalking," and "Stuff We Found on eBay."

Many of the world's most popular celebrities, musical guests and newsworthy names make The Tonight Show with Jay Leno a priority stop on their publicity rounds.

Yamaha Provides Gear to <i>The Tonight Show with Jay Leno</i>
— House band and guests will use an MPC6 and Motif Rack ES —