Jimmy Kimmel's lifelong friend and the band leader of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Cleto Escobedo III, passed away on Tuesday, ...
Jimmy Kimmel broke down in tears during an emotional tribute to his longtime friend and bandleader, Cleto Escobedo III, on ...
Escobedo had been leading Kimmel's house band since the show launched in 2003. The musician and the comedian were childhood ...
Jimmy Kimmel is mourning the loss of Cleto Escobedo III, his longtime friend and the bandleader of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," who ...
The musician also toured with Earth, Wind and Fire’s Phillip Bailey and Paula Abdul, and recorded with such artists as Marc ...
C leto Escobedo III, longtime band leader on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, died at the age of 59, Jimmy Kimmel shared via Instagram on ...
Jimmy Kimmel paid tribute to his longtime friend and bandleader Cleto Escobedo III during Tuesday night's monologue. The ...
Late-night television lost a pillar of its musical backbone on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, when Cleto Escobedo III, longtime ...
Cleto Escobedo III, the bandleader of Cleto and the Cletones on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and the host’s lifelong friend, has died. He was 59 years old.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! returned to ABC following an unexpectedly canceled episode, reportedly due to a 'personal matter' for host ...
Kimmel returned to air on Sept. 23 after the preemption was lifted, which marked the highest viewership the show had seen in a decade. The episode's 6.2 million viewers represented four times the show ...