Jazz Articles about Theo Croker

Theo Croker: Escape Velocity

by Angelo Leonardi
August 30, 2016

A distanza di due anni da Afro-Physicist, Theo Croker incide con la nuova formazione DVRK FUNK mostrando di avere ancora idee da sviluppare nel connubio tra bop, soul, funk e fusion. Come sappiamo è un terreno quanto mai affollato e catturare l'attenzione degli ascoltatori non è facile. Ma ci riesce, confermando il suo talento di solista, compositore e arrangiatore: tutti i brani sono suoi eccetto “Love from the Sun," composizione di Norman Connors che nel 1973 era cantata dalla 23enne ...

Theo Croker: Afro Physicist

by Angelo Leonardi
September 18, 2014

Nel terreno d'incontro tra neo-bop, soul e fusion, il giovane trombettista e compositore Theo Croker mostra vivo talento e freschezza d'idee. Non è azzardato prevedergli un'imminente luminosa carriera e questo “Afro Physicist"--prodotto da Dee Dee Bridgewater e pubblicato dalla Okeh--si caratterizza come un lavoro fantasioso e maturo. Nipote di Doc Cheatham, Theo ha iniziato a suonare la tromba giovanissimo sull'esempio del nonno e oggi, giunto alle soglie dei trent'anni, mostra di aver accumulato la giusta esperienza per ...

Theo Croker 4 Swing at Cotton's Shanghai

by Jenn Chan Lyman
November 27, 2009

Theo Croker 4 Swing Cotton's Shanghai November 11, 2009 For the past three Wednesdays, Shanghai's favorite “bar-in-a-lane-house" has been presenting A Swinging Affair at Cotton's from 9pm to 12:30am. The quartet performs on the floor right beside the patrons, sitting on the same plush red chairs that Cotton's is renowned for and playing as if they were in their own living rooms. Trumpeter and band leader Theo Croker managed to gather together four ...

Theo Croker Quintet at House of Blues & Jazz in Shanghai

by Jenn Chan Lyman
November 4, 2009

Theo Croker Quintet House of Blues & Jazz Shanghai, China October 26, 2009

On Monday nights House of Blues & Jazz offers a rarity on the Shanghai jazz scene: original music. Tunes written by the players on stage are a special treat when you've been around town listening to covers of standards for the past couple of months. No better place than the o.g. House, where the sound will most likely be supreme ...

Theo Croker: Ace of Trumps

by Jenn Chan Lyman
September 23, 2009

If you've never seen Theo Croker before, he's a pretty easy one to spot. He's the one with the trumpet by his side at all times. The neat dreadlocks and mischievous glint in his eye are also dead giveaways. Having grown up in the U.S. in a musically oriented family, Croker was introduced to the world of jazz and the blues at a young age. He picked up the trumpet at 11 and has been a virtuoso ever since, recording ...

Theo Croker: The Fundamentals

by Ivana Ng
August 8, 2007

Theo Croker's The Fundamentals is a meticulous record. In the liner notes, the 21-year-old grandson of Doc Cheatham, who composed and arranged every song, describes many of the tunes in technical terms. This attention to detail--and perhaps also a need for the listener to understand the songs on levels both technical and non-technical--allows the record to be intricate without being cryptic. “Interlude One," which serves as the bass line for “The Fundamentals," is strangely compelling. Though the ...