Association With Conan O'Brien
While touring in Europe with Southside Johnny in 1993, Rosenberg got a phone call from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg, who had been tapped as the bandleader for Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Rosenberg joined fellow Miami Horns trumpeter Mark Pender on the show's band, The Max Weinberg 7. The band moved over with O'Brien to The Tonight Show in 2009 and became Max Weinberg and The Tonight Show Band. When Conan left as a result of the 2010 Tonight Show conflict, the band followed him again, this time to TBS, where they are Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band.
In addition to playing the trombone, he also performs in skits such as "In the Year 2000." He is also commonly the butt of Conan O'Brien's jokes during his monologues or interviews in which Rosenberg is often implied to be some variety of sexual deviant; Rosenberg responds with chagrin, or a few times, hides his face behind a sheet of music. He also occasionally acts in comedy bits, during or after which O'Brien nearly always ridicules Rosenberg's meager line reading and acting skills.
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