Jeanne Ricks

Producer, Composer, Arranger, Recording Engineer, Programmer & Performer

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“Deep artistry, classic songwriting, rich harmonies” – Bob James

“A Real Musical Force” – Downbeat Magazine

“A wonderful storyteller and a great songwriter” – George Benson

“Jeanne Ricks is described as a singer with a ‘smoky soulfulness’ but, her talents don’t stop there…..”-New Entertainment Weekly Magazine

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Bio

You’ve listened to her instrumental Guitar music for 12 years on The Weather Channel behind the ‘Local On the 8’s’..

Jeanne has penned a number of successful songs. Famed Guitarist George Benson selected Jeanne’s ‘Love Remembers‘ for the title track of his Warner CD; Anita Pointer chose ‘Thorny Rose‘, ‘Always‘ and ‘Stronger than Pride‘ for her upcoming CD; Chaka Khan recorded ‘Don’t Ask Me‘ for a WEA release. In 2020 Artist Nick Colionne recorded Jeanne’s song ‘Only 2C U Smile!’ for his outstanding CD release Finger Painting for Trippin’ n’ Rhythm Records.

Jeanne Ricks a multi-instrumentalist who sings and plays Acoustic & Electric Guitar, as well as Keyboards – because of this she easily lends background vocals to two of Steve Coleman’s tracks on his groundbreaking CD ‘The Sonic Language of Myth’ [RCA/Victor].

She is also an amazing recording and mastering engineer and works with a variety of music software programs.