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Eric Crittenden Eric Crittenden is an American jazz, funk and soul musician from Buffalo, New York. Crittenden is known by his artistic name “CRiTT”. Crittenden has received several Buffalo Music Awards and is the son of the late funk musician Doyle “DJ” Jones, who was a touring member of James Brown’s Band [1]. He has played with Mickey Hart and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, Michael Franti, and G-Love & Special Sauce among many others. Crittenden has won several awards and was the assembler of the backing band and the music arranger for Dominic Chianese, a Soprano star [2]. He has also composed the background score for two independent films — “The Darker the Berry the Sweeter the Juice” in 1997 and “The Cuckold” in 2007. He has recorded “Blu”, which features Eric Krasno and Rob Wasserman [2]. Personal life Crittenden is the son of Doyle “DJ” Jones, who was a funk musician. He grew up in a musical atmosphere with a lot of funk and feel-good soul sounds until his 20s. At this point, he was drawn to jazz and self-expressive music and was influenced by Eddie Harris, Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, and Pink Floyd. He says that this was a turning point in his life which influenced him towards mixing genres and make music accessible to all [2]. CRiTT is also an educator in arts along with his wife Ann Marie who has created the IMAGE Urban Arts Workshop in 2005 which is co-sponsored by New Era Cap. He conducts over a hundred workshops and edutainment performances [2]. He has a degree in Music Performance from Empire State College and currently also teaches music at Tapestry Charter School in Buffalo, NY. He runs a program called “Future Sounds of Buffalo” which is a music camp focussed on nurturing young talent [2]. Critt’s Juke Joint CRiTT is the creator of the music band Critt’s Juke Joint which specializes in jazz, funk and soul music. The line-up for this band is revolving/evolving, and it is based in Buffalo. The genres the band plays are folk, RnB-soul, blues, roots and funk [3]. Awards and recognitions •	2010 Buffalo Music Awards Hall of Achievement [4] •	2009 R&B Keyboardist [4] •	2008 R&B Keyboardist [4] •	2007 R&B Keyboardist [4] •	2000 WBNY Local Music Awards Best Front Man [4] Discography SOULO (2017) [5] ZUKERIC (2017) [5] FUNK ROOTS LIVE! (2017) [5] Live! Featuring Bernard "Pretty" Purdie and Grant Green Jr. Live at the Tralf 2012 (2012) [5] Blu (2012) [5] CRITT'S JUKE JOINT: LIVE n' SAUCY (2011) [5] Musicians CRiTT has played with [6] •	Bob Weir and Rat Dog •	Mickey Hart •	Michael Franti & Spear Head •	Oteil & The Peace Makers •	Dickey Betts •	G Love & Special Sauce •	Soulive •	Jefferson Airplane/Starship •	Artemis Pile •	Particle •	Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe •	Dirty Dozen Brass Band •	Melvin Sparks •	Dominic Chianese •	TheWaz •	LastLemming •	Papa Mali •	Future Man •	Dr. Didge •	Bernie Worrell •	P Funk •	Melvin Seals •	Rob Wasserman References

[1] 	K. Petrillo, "bpo.org," 20 July 2015. [Online]. Available: https://bpo.org/bpo-tribute-to-stevie-wonder-is-full-of-civic-pride-nancy-parisi-buffalo-news/. [2] 	[Online]. Available: https://crittmusic.com/index.php/about/. [3] 	[Online]. Available: https://www.facebook.com/musicallycritt/. [4] 	[Online]. Available: https://www.buffalomusicawards.com/bands/ericCrit.html. [5] 	[Online]. Available: https://soundcloud.com/critt/albums. [6] 	[Online]. Available: https://crittmusic.com/index.php/about/.