Theo Croker

Theo Croker is a jazz trumpeter, composer and singer from the United States. The grandson of jazz legend Doc Cheatham, Croker began playing his chosen instrument at the age of eleven. He attended the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio where he was taught by Gary Bartz, Robin Eubanks, Billy Hart, Wendell Logan and Marcus Belgrave. He graduated in 2007 and with a grant from the Presser Music Foundation Award he made his first album, 'The Fundamentals', with The Theo Croker Sextet. Croker lived in China for nearly a decade, with a a five-month residency at Shanghai's House of Blues and Jazz and as the house band for Star television's Asia Uncut TV variety show. Signing for Sony Record's subsidiary jazz label Okeh Records Croker released six albums including the 2019 release 'Star People Nation'.