Maggie's Farm

Oh yes - Crawford is one of those musicians that other musicians know about and really enjoy, but never gets a huge reception beyond the narrow confines of his genre.

He is one of a few African American jazz players who are proponents of "roots music". Roots music is a kind of "throw back" to earlier forms of musical expression which is the base for more modern forms like blues, gospel, traditional country, zydeco and tejano.

Eastern music is tempo driven and western music is pitch driven. Ethnic or original (roots) African music, for a variety of reasons, is a combination of both with a few interesting tid bits thrown in for good measure - like playing minor scales over major chord progressions. You can see it and hear it in this video.

Love it. We need a music editor. :>)