"He's paid some serious dues. He's got the
gift, watch him shine! This guy's cookin' with the hot sauce!"
-Paul
Delay
”I showed you everything I had learned over
25 yrs of playing and you picked it all up in a very short time. Now
listening to your new CD I realize that I need to take some lessons
from you.”
-Pat Ramsey
(From www.jasonricci.com, Guest book)
"I'm convinced
that he – along with New Jersey's Dennis Gruenling, also 26 – is one
of the very best harmonica players of his generation."
- Adam Gussow (from the Blues Access article:
"Playing From the Heart")
"This young man is a monster talent,
putting on a harp show that left the crowd, many of whom were blues
harmonicists themselves (the festival is sponsored by Harp Depot and
stages a clinic and contest), shaking their heads in bewilderment.
By comparison, Piazza was a bit of a letdown, and that takes nothing
away from the fine show he and the Flyers put forth."
- Bill Kolter
(Summertime Blues Band's review of the Bean Blossom Festival 2002
published on www.thebluessite.com)