Of banjo innovator Roger Sprung, Alan Lomax wrote, "Bluegrass emerged fifty years after New Orleans' hot music as mountaineers' answer to jazz. It seems to me that Sprung has taken a logical and exciting step... by tastefully adding jazz instruments to the bluegrass ensemble and giving bluegrass an exciting swing."
Of banjo innovator Roger Sprung, Alan Lomax wrote, "Bluegrass emerged fifty years after New Orleans' hot music as mountaineers' answer to jazz. It seems to me that Sprung has taken a logical and exciting step... by tastefully adding jazz instruments to the bluegrass ensemble and giving bluegrass an exciting swing."