July 2007 L.A. Jazz Scene - I'm Just The Guy For You! (CD Review) By Jim Santella Rick Blessing sings fourteen original songs for this project that all reach his audience as if they were long-affixed standards from the past. His songwriting skills have that effect... VIEW THE FULL PDF

June 2007 All About Jazz Magazine - I'm Just The Guy For You! By By Budd Kopman Vocalists always seem to get the short end of the jazz stick. Even back in the Swing Era, the female singers standing in front of the bands were called “the birds” and were not considered musicians by the players. Be that as it may, Rick Blessing is a wonderful vocalist and songwriter so thoroughly in touch with the style of the fifties and sixties swinging jazz/pop singer, that you would think he really is his father's age. Having grown up with this music in his house and watching the music die as he grew up, he wanted to bring it back. So he created I'm Just The Guy For You. READ THE FULL ARTICLE

May 2007 All About Jazz Magazine - I'm Just The Guy For You! By Michael P. Gladstone It takes a bunch of chutzpah to create a musical persona and bring it off on disc and in an on-stage act successfully, and singer Rick Blessing has essentially done just that. His preferred ambiance on this debut album is the comfort level of a Frank Sinatra mid-Twentieth Century crooner. Pictured on the album's artwork, and included in the photos, is a snapbrim “Ring-A-Ding-Ding” hat along with a hipster picture of two-toned shoes somewhat akin to those retro swing groups of the 1990s. The most important aspect of this album is that Blessing has taken it upon himself to write all of the music and provide a peerless supporting combo. READ THE FULL ARTICLE