Theo Croker

*PLEASE NOTE: All 6PM and 8PM shows at Smoke are Dinner Shows $25.00 / $40.00 / $50.00 / $55.00 – Wed, Thu, Fri & Sun $25.00 / $50.00 / $60.00 / $65.00 – Sat Theo Croker – trumpet Tyler Bullock II – piano & keyboards Eric Wheeler – bass Koleby Royston – drums “In a field teeming with talented young lions, the bright sound of trumpeter Theo Croker still sticks out.”
– All About Jazz Theo Croker, a GRAMMY Award-nominated trumpeter, returns to SMOKE with another stellar group featuring Tyler Bullock, II, Eric Wheeler, and Koleby Royston. A genre-defying, generation-defining artist who rejects boundaries, Croker lets his voice ring through the music. The grandson of legendary trumpeter Doc Cheatham, Crocker is a leading figure on the contemporary music scene, renowned for his entrancing melodies and innovative approach. He was a student of Donald Byrd, a protégé of Wynton Marsalis, and a veteran of performances with such jazz greats as Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jimmy Heath, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Gary Bartz, Kassa Overall, and many more. Well-versed in the swing, bop, and modal styles of acoustic jazz, Croker’s own music reveals a love of organic funk, soul, and hip-hop. JazzWise reports, “Croker is a spiritualist and a politically minded artist and has long since turned his musical gaze towards a crossover culture where jazz, drum beats, reverberating, ethereal trumpet sounds, elements of hip-hop and club electronics, Afrofuturism, sampled voices and ritual tribal chants meet organically and combine to create a gripping, spacey concoction.” The Wall Street Journal calls his music “timeless and of the moment.”