Rickey Minor is an Emmy-winning music director, composer and record producer. He was the musical director and bandleader on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno from 2010 to 2014. He also served as music director for numerous tours of superstars including Whitney Houston, Christina Aguilera, Ray Charles, Alicia Keys and Beyoncé. Some of the television productions Minor has worked on as a music director include the Grammy Awards, the Tony Awards, the Oscars, the Kennedy Center Honors, American Idol, the Peoples Choice Awards, the Billboard Music Awards, and the Primetime Emmy Awards. He is nominated for two Primetime Emmys this year for Outstanding Music Direction; for the 43rd Kennedy Center Honors and the 44th Kennedy Center Honors.
Minor 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).
