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Rickey Minor
Born	1957 (age 67–68) Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.
Genres	Jazz, pop, R&B, rock, Soul
Occupation(s)	music director, composer, music producer
Instrument(s)	Bass, keyboards
Years active	1985–present

Website	www.rickeyminorentertainment.com

Musical artist

Rickey Minor is an American bass player, music director, composer and music producer. He was the musical director and bandleader on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno from 2010 to 2014, taking over after Kevin Eubanks left.

Minor worked as musical director for American Idol.

Minor has served as musical director for numerous superstar tours, including Whitney Houston, Christina Aguilera, Ray Charles, Alicia Keys and Beyoncé and for television productions, including the Grammy Awards, the NAACP Image Awards and the Super Bowl. He has received twelve Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Music Direction, winning two of them, for Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America (2017) and The Kennedy Center Honors (2020).

References

Traveling with the Stars: American Idol's Rickey Minor.USA Today News
'American Idol' Lures Musical Director Rickey Minor Back from 'Tonight Show'.thewrap.com
"Rickey Minor Talks Whitney Houston & More". GRAMMY.com. 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
Grobar, Matt (2019-08-15). "'Aretha!' Music Director Rickey Minor Recalls The First Time He Met The Queen Of Soul — Production Value Video Series". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-06-02.
"Nominations Search | Emmy Awards". Television Academy. Retrieved 2020-06-02.

External links

v t e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction
1970s	Peter Matz (1970) Dominic Frontiere (1971) Elliot Lawrence (1972) Peter Matz (1973) Jack Parnell, Ken & Mitzie Welch (1974) No Award (1975) Seiji Ozawa (1976) Ian Fraser (1977) Ian Fraser (1978) No Award (1979)
1980s	Ian Fraser (1980) Ian Fraser, Chris Boardman, Billy Byers, and Bob Florence (1981) Bill Elton, Elliot Lawrence, Lanny Meyers, Tommy Newsom, Jonathan Tunick, and Torrie Zito (1982) Dick Hyman (1983) Ian Fraser, Chris Boardman, Billy Byers, J. Hill, and Lenny Stack (1984) Ian Fraser, Billy Byers, and Angela Morley (1985) Elliot Lawrence, James Lawrence, Lanny Meyers, Tommy Newsom, Glen Roven, Larry Schwartz, and Torrie Zito (1986) Buster Davis, Don Pippin, and Eric Stern (1987) Ian Fraser, Chris Boardman, Alexander Courage, and Angela Morley (1988) Ian Fraser, Chris Boardman, and J. Hill (1989)
1990s	Ian Fraser, Billy Byers, Chris Boardman, Bob Florence, J. Hill, and Angela Morley (1990) Ian Fraser, Billy Byers, Chris Boardman, and J. Hill (1991) Bill Conti, Jack Eskew, Julie Giroux, Ashley Irwin, and Hummie Mann (1992) Ian Fraser (1993) Michael Rafter (1994) Marvin Hamlisch (1995) Glen Roven (1996) Mark Watters (1997) Bill Conti (1998) Mark Adler (1999)
2000s	Paul Bogaev (2000) Marvin Hamlisch (2001) Mark Watters (2002) Bill Conti (2003) Harry Connick Jr. (2004) Michael Kosarin (2005) Paul Gemignani (2006) William Ross (2007) Steve Jordan and Mark Watters (2008) William Ross (2009)
2010s	Dave Pierce (2010) Harry Connick Jr. (2011) Rob Berman and Rob Mathes (2012) Elliot Lawrence (2013) Don Was (2014) Greg Phillinganes (2015) Danny Elfman (2016) Rickey Minor (2017) Gregg Field (2018) Alex Lacamoire (2019)
2020s	Rickey Minor (2020) Bo Burnham (2021) Adam Blackstone (2022) Greg Phillinganes (2023) Rickey Minor (2024)

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