Roger Sprung (born August 29, 1930, in New York City) is an American banjo player and teacher best known for introducing authentic bluegrass banjo picking styles to the folk music community in the north and for the eclectic manner in which he has adapted bluegrass banjo techniques to music of other genres.
His 1963 album [1] Progressive Bluegrass may have been the first use of that title, later applied to a subgenre of bluegrass music by him and others.