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Theo Croker
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Theo Croker

Theodore Lee Croker
Born 18 Jul 1985United States24 albums

American jazz musician

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Biography

Theodore Lee Croker ( KROH-kər; born July 18, 1985) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, producer and vocalist. He is a Grammy Award nominee, three-time Echo Award nominee, as well as a Theodore Presser Award recipient. Croker has released over seven studio albums, including Fundamentals (2006), In the Tradition (2009), Afro Physicist (2014), Escape Velocity (2016), Star People Nation (2019), BLK2Life / A Future Past (2021), and Love Quantum (2022). He has also been featured on J. Cole's 4 Your Eyez Only (2016), Common's Black America Again (2016), and Ari Lennox's debut album, Shea Butter Baby (2019).

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People

Member of

Theo Croker Quartetprincipal, trumpet

Songs written

  1. 4 Your Eyez Onlyinstrument arranger2016 · 5 releases
  2. Ville Mentalityinstrument arranger2016 · 5 releases
  3. Alapa (For Doc)composer2014 · 2 releases
  4. It's Not You, It's Me (But You Didn't Help)composer2014 · 2 releases
  5. Light Skinned Beautycomposer2014 · 2 releases
  6. Prayer 4 Peacecomposer2022 · 2 releases
  7. Realizecomposer, lyricist2014 · 2 releases
  8. The Fundamentalscomposer2014 · 2 releases
  9. Wanting Your Lovecomposer, lyricist2014 · 2 releases

Songs recorded

  1. High Vibrations4 versions
  2. We Still Wanna Dance4 versions
  3. Crystal Waterfalls3 versions
  4. A Prayer for Peace2 versions
  5. Madagascar2 versions
  6. Midnight Bloom2 versions
  7. Prelude In C Sharp Minor2 versions
  8. Real Episode2 versions
  9. Simple Things2 versions
  10. The Fundamentals2 versions
  11. The Lava Is Calm2 versions
  12. The Right Time2 versions
  13. 1997 - GBTC
  14. 2030 - Gemini Man
  15. 4KNOWLEDGE
  16. 6 Feet Down
  17. 64 joints
  18. A Call to the Ancestors
  19. A Shade of Jade
  20. Alapa (For Doc)
  21. Alkebulan
  22. Alright
  23. Another night (It's just)
  24. Another night (It's just) coda
  25. Anthem
  26. As We Are
  27. Baiamba
  28. Because of You
  29. Beira Mar
  30. Beneath the Noise
  31. Big People Music
  32. Black And Blue
  33. Blame Jerry
  34. Blooze
  35. Bo Masekela
  36. Boa Viagem
  37. Born Under (More) Punches
  38. Bourbon Street Parade
  39. Brazilian Spirit
  40. Bumpy Ride
  41. COSMIC INTERCOURSE, Pt. II
  42. Cambio
  43. Changes
  44. Contes de la nuit
  45. Crestfallen
  46. DIVINITY
  47. Didn't You Know
  48. Dinner With Sade
  49. Do You
  50. Einzelteile
  51. Encontrei Amor
  52. Every Part of Me
  53. Everybody Loves the Sunshine
  54. Falling
  55. First Light
  56. Focus
  57. French Quarter
  58. From Me To You
  59. GOOD DAY
  60. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
  61. Getaway Gold
  62. Grace Is Not Gentle
  63. HUMANITY
  64. Happy Feet (for dancers)
  65. Have You Come to Stay
  66. Here and Now
  67. Hero Stomp // A Future Past
  68. Highline
  69. I Can't Help It
  70. I Cover The Waterfront
  71. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
  72. IF I COULD I WOULD
  73. Il giorno della civetta
  74. Imperishable Star
  75. Improvisation
  76. Improvisation II
  77. In Orbit
  78. Interlude One
  79. Interlude Three
  80. Interlude Two
  81. Introspection
  82. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
  83. It's Gonna Be Alright
  84. It's Not You, It's Me (But You Didn't Help)
  85. JAZZ IS DEAD
  86. Jada
  87. Jojo
  88. Jungle Jig
  89. Just Be (prelude)
  90. Just Let It Ride
  91. King Kong
  92. LOVE QUANTUM (prelude)
  93. LOVE QUANTUM (soliloquy)
  94. LOVE THYSELF
  95. Lady Havana
  96. Late Night
  97. Left Sided
  98. Let the Quiet Speak
  99. Light Remains
  100. Light Skinned Beauty
  101. Limoux
  102. Little Things That Mean So Much
  103. Louise
  104. Love From the Sun
  105. Lucid Dream
  106. Madagascar (single edit)
  107. Magnolia II
  108. Make My Way Back Home
  109. Maria
  110. Meditations
  111. Memento
  112. Memento, Pt. I
  113. Memento, Pt. II
  114. Memento, Pt. III
  115. Moody's Mood for Love
  116. Moody’s Mood for Love
  117. Mouth Full of Sky
  118. New Orleans
  119. No Escape From Bliss
  120. No More Maybe

Albums

The Fundamentals
The FundamentalsTheo Croker · 2007
In The Tradition
In The TraditionTheo Croker · 2008
Afro Physicist
Afro PhysicistTheo Croker · 2014
Dvrkfunk
DvrkfunkTheo Croker & DVRK FUNK · 2015
Escape Velocity
Escape VelocityTheo Croker · 2016
Star People Nation
Star People NationTheo Croker · 2019
Understand Yourself
Understand YourselfTheo Croker · 2020
BLK2LIFE // A FUTURE PAST
BLK2LIFE // A FUTURE PASTTheo Croker · 2021
JAZZ IS DEAD
JAZZ IS DEADTheo Croker feat. Gary Bartz & Kassa Overall · 2022
LOVE QUANTUM
LOVE QUANTUMTheo Croker · 2022
Louise
LouiseÉmile Parisien with Theo Croker, Roberto Negro, Manu Codjia, Joe Martin & Nasheet Waits · 2022
BY THE WAY
BY THE WAYTheo Croker, Ego Ella May & D’LEAU · 2023
Make My Way Back Home
Make My Way Back HomeKassa Overall feat. Nick Hakim & Theo Croker · 2023
Prelude In C Sharp Minor
Prelude In C Sharp MinorUèle Lamore & Theo Croker · 2023
The Lava Is Calm
The Lava Is CalmKassa Overall & Theo Croker · 2023
Uèle Lamore & Theo Croker
Uèle Lamore & Theo CrokerUèle Lamore & Theo Croker · 2023
6 Feet Down
6 Feet DownTara Lily & Theo Croker · 2024
Dinner With Sade
Dinner With SadeTheo Croker · 2024
Crystal Waterfalls
Crystal WaterfallsTheo Croker · 2025
Dream Manifest
Dream ManifestTheo Croker · 2025
High Vibrations (ft Malaya & D'LEAU)
High Vibrations (ft Malaya & D'LEAU)Theo Croker · 2025
Play
PlayTheo Croker & Sullivan Fortner · 2025
We Still Wanna Dance
We Still Wanna DanceTheo Croker ft. D’LEAU · 2025
Maria
MariaMoyses Dos Santos, Lynda Dawn, Theo Croker · 2026

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