Theo Croker

Theo Croker is a trumpeter, composer, producer, and vocalist who fuses jazz with hip-hop, R&B, and electronic textures into a sound all his own. Born in Leesburg, Florida in 1985, he is the grandson of the jazz trumpet legend Doc Cheatham and studied at the Oberlin Conservatory under Donald Byrd. After seven formative years in Shanghai he returned to the United States and built a celebrated career as a leader, with albums including Star People Nation, BLK2Life / A Future Past, and Love Quantum. A Grammy nominee, he has worked closely with Dee Dee Bridgewater and reaches well beyond the traditional jazz audience.