Rickey Woodard, a Los Angeles-based jazz saxophonist, was born in Nashville where he played in a family band with his brothers and sisters, playing Blues and R and B around the Nashville area. He began his career touring with the Ray Charles Orchestra from 1980 to 1988 and then settled in Los Angeles where he is a main stay of the Los Angeles jazz scene. In addition to leading his own groups, Woodard is a member of the the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham’s Sweet Baby Blues Band. He toured with Horace Silver in the 1990s and has worked with top artists including Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, John Legend and Diana Krall.
Currently he performs live, frequently leading his own quartet or quintet and also works in theater productions, such as “Ain’t Misbehavin’” and “The Color Purple.” This soulful sax player captures audiences wherever he performs.