Eclecto Groove Recording Artists: Jason Ricci and New Blood mix blues, rock, funk, eastern, and jazz  into a seamless cohesion both eclectic and idiosyncratic while always avoiding clichè's and histrionics. Television, radio, and literary critics compare them to acts as diverse as The Rolling Stones, John Coltrane, and Lou Reed. Modern day parallels also include acts ranging from Government Mule to Prince and the Revolution. New Blood always delivers a level of musical virtuosity, while effortlessly keeping the fun, angst and energy of a Punk Rock band, with the skill, refinement and reflection typical of a Jazz ensemble.

As a Blues band JR&NB have individually and collectively won various accolades and distinguished awards from blues societies all over the world. Ricci and the boys play many notable blues venues, festivals and events while continuing expansion in this genre.

As a Jam Band, tapers have archived shows from the shores of France and Belgium to San Francisco and weekly Internet downloads, often in the thousands, have surpassed heavily bootlegged acts such as The Grateful Dead and Phish. Jason Ricci's new CD "Blood On The Road" sold over 12,000 copies in under a year from stage, by word of mouth and through the Internet and without the help of record labels, national distributors, or publicists.

As a mainstream rock and roll band they were listed in the Mercury News "Top Ten shows of 2005" along side Prince, Rush, and Green Day. Jason Ricci and New Blood are a group of young, seasoned rockers who balance soul and virtuosity, defy category, amaze critics while securing bigger festivals and venues over 300 days per year.

"As a lover of live music, a JRNB show is absolutely exhilarating. Imagine the best virtuoso-filled "jam band" you've ever seen (think early '90's Phish, old Fleck tones, Allmans, Robert Randolph, Derek Trucks, etc.) and then double the energy and stage presence."
- Blake Taylor (Writer for Cincinnati City Beat in response to Brad Kava's story for the Mercury News San Francisco/L.A./San Jose.

"Ricci links the jazz mastery of Howard Levy, with the blues precision of Jerry Portnoy and hits speeds that make John Popper look like he's standing still."
- Brad Kava (Mercury News)

"Instead of trying to be the next Little Walter via Estrin/Piazza/Wilson or blowing high-end speed harp like John Popper or Sugar Blue, Ricci relies on an individualistic style that has touches of his heroes, but more often is all Ricci."
- Art Tipaldi (writer for Blues Revue Magazine and author of Sons of the Blues)

At a young age Jason Ricci has compiled a musical resume that most musicians don't achieve in a lifetime. Jason has won the Sonny Boy Blues Society Contest, The Mars Music National Harmonica Contest, The Muddy Waters Award and many other accolades. Ricci has been featured on television, as well as in various commercials, evening and morning news broadcasts, and on two episodes of Emeril Lagassi's show "Emeril Live." Jason has also gigged/toured or worked with Big Al and the Heavy Weights, Jimmy Lloyd Rea, Susan Tedeschi, Billy Gibson, Bobby Little, The Hounds, Nick Curran, Josh Smith, Enrico Crivellaro, Big Bad Smitty, Satan and Adam, Junior Kimbrough, Shawn Kellerman, and many more.

Jason Ricci is that rare individual that only comes along once in a generation — an artist with the unique ability to help shape and redefine the sound of his chosen instrument and forever change the course of music history. His style is varied and his influences far reaching, having spent countless hours absorbing everything from Sun Ra to Little Walter, the Rolling Stones to the Pixies, Lou Reed to Govt. Mule, and everything in between. The depth of his music criscrosses the audible landscape leaving no stone unturned as he fully explores blues, jazz, funk, rock, punk, and even drawing inspiration from the current crop of jam bands, all while still retaining the stamp of his own inimitable style.

Born in Detroit, Shawn moved to south Florida and started playing guitar at age 11. As time went on, he became one of South Florida's great guitarists.

Shawn has played many styles of music ranging from Chicago Blues, Swing, Rock, and Country. One of the things Shawn is known for are his heart felt solos, that start slow and build to an explosion (and let's not forget his love of the ladies).

Shawn is often compared to greats like Duane Allman, Jimi Hendrix, BB King, Wes Montgomery, Dickie Betts, Derek Trucks, Robben Ford, Danny Gatton and other such guitar monsters.

Todd "Buckweed" Edmunds mentors were Bernard Odum and Laffeyette Neal. Laffeyette played B3 and keys with BB and Bernard and also played (bass/sang) with James Brown since the end of WW2.

Todd "Buckweed" Edmunds has played bass or tuba (Rock, Jazz, Blues, Funk, or anything you can imagine) professionally with almost anyone you can think of; Pondo Sinatra, Shelley Magee and Bluesdeville, Drink Small, Nappy Brown, Mary Ward, G.C. Cameron "Spinners/Temps" Lee Barbour and Skip Person, Fred Wesley, John Blackwell, Chris Potter, Joe Sample, Ron Westray and Wycliffe Gordon, Dunzip, Deitra Farr, Lee Shot Williams, Emekris (reggae), Marvin "Doc" Holliday (Dizzy, Mingus, Basie), Roger Bellows (master picker), Buzz Clifford, James McEntyre, Armen Boyajin, Eric Hillman, Rickey Godfrey, Kerry Michaels, Clifford Curry, Billy Scott, Dave Freeman and more...

Ed Michaels has played with Grammy nominee Roy Rogers and the Delta Rhythm Kings, touring with Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Cray, B.B. King, Ry Cooder and David Lindley, among others and played the North Sea, Montreal and the Montreux Jazz Festivals, which was recorded and released on a live CD.

He has also toured and recorded with Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen, Marty Balin of The Jefferson Airplane and The Starship, recording the CD Better Generation on the GWE label and playing L.A.ís Greek theater, James Montgomery, Pete Sears, Silver Tongue Devils with Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde), Rick Derringer, The Russell Brothers, Johnny Nitro and the Door-slammers, Davey Pattison, Carlos Guitarlos and Marcy Levy (Eric Clapton), Doyle Bramhall II, Stu Blank, John Cipollina, Sam Andrew, Harmonica player Mojo Buford of the Muddy Waters Band, Jock Rockenbach (CD nominated for Bay Area Music Award), Cinema with Mike Varney, Ms. Justice with bassist Jeff Pilson (Dokken) and guitarist Mark Karan (The Other Ones, Rat Dog), Shanghai Pearl, Brian Marnell (SVT), Harvey Mandel, Freddie Roulette, Mark Naftalin (Paul Butterfield), Dracula Milk Toast, Lethal Gospel, The Bandaloons, Jo Baker (Elvin Bishop, Stone Ground), Annie Sampson (Stone Ground), Ron Thompson and the Resistors, Bill Kirchen, Daniel Castro, David Landon, Alexis Guinness, John Sinclair among many others.