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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....

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