Jeanne Ricks

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

Dark Angel

“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

New Song & Video ~
'What Were U Thinking?'

Upcoming ‘Live’ Performance Event!

November 18th, 7:30 – 10P

Clement’s Place at Rutgers University

15 Washington Street, Newark NJ
Free Admission

Watch the Evening’s Performance by ‘Live-Stream’

LINKS to Use:
https://www.facebook.com/events/407513298157352/?ref=newsfeed
https://www.facebook.com/gregoryburrusproductions
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf8W7q1qlz0yt5Ebcn4tkSQ
https://www.facebook.com/InstituteJazzStudies
SPECIAL NOTE: due to the nature of Facebook’s procedures for posting/broadcasting ‘Live’ events, the actual link to my performance will not be available & active until approximately 5 minutes before we actually begin playing. So, you’ll need to wait on the site page and click so that it updates, in order for you to see the link to gain access to the ‘Live-stream’ of my performance. The link should be visible/ clickable at around 7:30pm (EST), I’m told that it can take a 15 minutes or so please be patient.

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.