Cleto Escobedo III, Jimmy Kimmel Live! Bandleader, Dies at 59

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Cleto Escobedo Iii, Jimmy Kimmel Live! Bandleader, Dies At 59

By Pitchfork

Cleto Escobedo III, the leader of the Jimmy Kimmel Live! house band, has died. The saxophonist, who led the late-night TV show’s group, Cleto and the Cletones, from its inception in 2003, was host Jimmy Kimmel’s childhood friend since elementary scho ...Read more

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