American composer and producer
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 .[ 1]
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).[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
1970s 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 2010s 2020s
International National Artists