Theo Croker

Sat, Mar 22

*PLEASE NOTE: All 7PM and 9PM shows at Smoke are Dinner Shows $25 | $30 | $40 | $45 (Wed & Thur) $35 | $40 | $50 | $55 (Fri, Sat & Sun) Theo Croker – trumpet and samples Idris Frederick – piano Eric Wheeler – bass Miguel Marcel Russell – drums “In a field teeming with talented young lions, the bright sound of trumpeter Theo Croker still sticks out.” – All About Jazz Theo Croker makes a highly anticipated SMOKE debut with his stellar group featuring Idris Frederick, Eric Wheeler, and Miguel Marcel Russell. Croker is a GRAMMY Award-nominated trumpeter and genre-defying, generation- defining artist who rejects boundaries and 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.”