Jason Ricci

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jason Ricci
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Feb 3, 1974(1974-02-03)
Age	50
Birthplace	Portland
Country	United States
Birth City	Maine
Horoscope	Aquarius

Jason Ricci Biography

Jason Ricci is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on February 3, 1974 in Portland, Maine, United States. Jason Ricci (born February 3 1974) is an American harmonica player as well as a vocalist. In addition to his own recordings, Ricci has appeared as harmonica players on guest albums by Johnny Winter, Nick Curran, Ana Popovic, Walter Trout, Cedric Burnside, The Mannish Boys and Joe Louis Walker among other artists. Ricci was awarded the title of “Best Harmonica Player” at the 2010 Blues Music Awards, and has also appeared on Grammy award-winning the 2014 Johnny Winter album Step Back. In February of 2015, Ricci played at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with members of the Paul Shaffer Band, Tom Morello and Zac Brown to be inducted as The Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Ricci continues to tour with his group Jason Ricci and the Bad Kind and with other bands, including: “Harmonicon” (Sugar Blue, Billy Branch, Ricci), “JJ Appleton and Jason Ricci” and “Mark Hummel’s Blues Blow Off”. In the year 2017, Jason Ricci and The Bad Kind signed an album deal through the Eller Soul label and released their brand new album, Approved By Snakes that was released on the 16th of June 17th, 2017.

After 15 months of Big Al and the Heavyweights as well as a brief time of time at Raleigh, North Carolina, Ricci began his own group, Jason Ricci & New Blood in 2002. The band is led by Shawn Starski, who, in June 2008, was selected as a finalist by Guitar Player magazine as one of the “Top Ten Hottest New Guitarists.” The year 2005 was the time that Ricci received an award called the Muddy Waters Most promising New Blues Artist Award.

Ricci participates as an Expert Guide (instructor) in the Harmonica Collective, an annual conference for harmonica players wishing to improve their skills and collaborate with other musicians, which he co-founded with Winslow Yerxa in 2013. He also posts free video harmonica lessons to his web site, and teaches live lessons via Skype.

Ricci played harmonica on the song “My Babe” from his 2014 album Step Back. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Blues Album in February 2015.

As of 1999, Ricci took home the Mars National Harmonica Contest in 1999, and then began playing along with Keith Brown, later recording with Brown as well. In 2000, he was presented with an article of two pages published in Blues Access magazine by Adam Gussow (harmonica player for Satan and Adam) telling us:

Jason Ricci Net Worth

Jason Ricci is one of the richest Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jason Ricci 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born within Portland, Maine, United States, Jason Ricci is the son of Joseph Ricci (co-founder of Elan School) as well as his wife of the first time, Cheryl Benton. The couple divorced in 1979. Ricci began to perform in punk groups at the age of 14. As a first-time vocalist, Ricci chose to study an instrument, and the band decided to play the harmonica for him. Being a fan of blues Ricci’s mother was supportive of his progress as an harmonica player. Ricci mentions Howard Levy and his overblowing technique as being the reason for his first harmonica playing, as well as his decision not to change to saxophone. He also developed his playing style by listening to and imitating Little Walter, Paul Butterfield, Pat Ramsey, and Adam Gussow. Jason has also directly cited Pat Ramsey as a major influence in developing the pentatonic method of his playing. He says his preference to be thoughtful when it comes to his notes and prefers speed to “speed’s sake”.

The year 1995 was the time that Ricci made the move to Portland and moved to Memphis, TN, where shortly afterward, he was crowned the top on the Sonny Boy Blues Society contest at the age of 21. In the same year Ricci recorded his debut album, Jason Ricci.

In 2007, Ricci and New Blood were signed to Eclecto Groove, a new subdivision of Delta Groove Productions. His first album with the label, titled Rocket Number Nine, was released October 23, 2007. Later in 2009 the band recorded Done With The Devil for the same Label. Done With The Devil signaled a new direction in Ricci’s musical inspiration, as his study of the occult strongly influenced the writing on the album. The band as a whole has been nominated for Blues Band of the Year three times by Blues Wax magazine. Ricci won the Blues Critic Award for Harmonica Player of the Year (2008) and was nominated for a Blues Music Award for Harmonica Player of the Year in 2009 and 2010. By January 2011, Ricci had relocated to New Orleans, and assembled a new band, Approved By Snakes, with guitarist John Lisi. Ricci received “Best Harmonica Player” at the May 6, 2010 Blues Music Awards.

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Facts & Trivia

Jason Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jason Ricci celebrates birthday on February 3 of every year.