American Idol’ Hires Ray Chew as New Music Director

The last little piece is finally in place. American Idol lost it’s bandleader, Rickey Minor when he left the show to head the Tonight Show band shortly after Jay Leno returned to late night. According to The Hollywood Reporter: Chew has served as bandleader and musical director for such programs as NBC’s It’s Showtime at the Apollo and The Singing Bee. He also curated all the music for the 2008 Democratic National Convention, where Idol alum Jennifer Hudson sang the nati...

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