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Theo Croker Quartet at San Jose Jazz Summer Fest at Cafe Stritch
Courtesy of Massimo Chisessi | Posted on June 4, 2018
Where
Cafe Stritch
San Jose Jazz Summer Fest
374 South 1st St.
San Jose, CA
Map
(408) 280-6161
When
Sat, August 11, 2018
10:00 pm
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Musicians
About
Trumpeter Theo Croker has family and stylistic ties to jazz’s grand history. Combining this deep understanding of jazz tradition with funk, hip-hop and avant-garde approaches, he creates a potent brew of traditional and contemporary sounds.
Growing up in the Central Florida city of Leesburg, he was inspired to take up trumpet at age 11 after hearing Doc Cheatham, his maternal grandfather. Croker was visiting New York City and got to experience Cheatham at one of the legendary trumpeter/vocalist’s Sunday residence performances at Sweet Basil, the legendary and much missed Greenwich Village venue....