Trumpeter,
producer, arranger, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist THEO CROKER today
releases “Subconscious Flirtations and Titillations,” the lead offering from
his upcoming album Star People Nation (Masterworks). Available everywhere now,
“Subconscious Flirtations and Titillations” is a simmering track that ebbs and
flows with sonic seduction.
“’Subconscious
Flirtations & Titillations’ is a sensual composition detailing the
sapiosexual interplay between two lovers,” says Theo Croker. “The track has a
particularly lush soundscape, with its smooth, soaring horn lines, ethereal
drum and percussion grooves, euphoric synth pads and sumptuous piano fills, all
of which are complimented by a warm, sensual solo trumpet that weaves in and
out to mimic the flirtatious game of slap and tickle.”
With its
syncopated drum beat, passionate piano and emotionally-pulsating trumpet,
“Subconscious Flirtations and Titillations” illuminates the newly-broadened
scope of sound explored throughout the entirety of Croker’s forthcoming Star
People Nation. The new album finds Croker at the helm of production,
songwriting and performance for the first time in his career, resulting in an
intimate exploration of what he describes as, “the everyday rituals of
blackness.” A translation of his personal, spiritual and creative experience,
Star People Nation is a self-reflective collection of provocative,
powerfully-passionate and boundary-busting compositions that speak to our
greater, shared human existence.
2019 THEO
CROKER – STAR PEOPLE NATION TOUR DATES
Fri, Jan 18
| Ludwigshafen, Germany | w/ China Moses &
Württembergische
Philharmonie Reutlingen
Sat, Jan 19
| Ludwigshafen, Germany | w/ China Moses &
Württembergische
Philharmonie Reutlingen
Tue, March 5
| Clermont-Ferrand, France | La Cooperative de Mai
Fri, March 8
| Faches-Thumesnil, France | Centre Musical Les Arcades
Sat, March 9
| Minden, Germany | Jazz Club Minden
Mon, March
11 | Berlin, Germany | Gretchen
Wed, March
13 | Vienna, Austria | Porgy & Bess
Thu, March
14 | Clermont-Ferrand, France | La Cooperative de Mai
Fri, March
15 | Friedrichshafen, Germany | Kulturufer Friedrichshafen
Sat, March
16 | Brno, Czech Republic | Jazz Fest Brno
Wed, March
20 | Paris, France | New Morning
Fri, March
22 | Caen, France | Théâtre
Sun, March
24 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Festival De Jazz St. Moritz (Pre-Show)
Thu, May 9 |
Norfolk, VA | Virginia Arts Festival
Fri, May 10
| Germantown, MD | BlackRock Center for the Arts
Sat, May 11
| Washington, D.C. | The Arc
Thu, June 13
| New York, NY | Jazz Standard
Fri, June 14
| New York, NY | Jazz Standard
Sat, June 15
| New York, NY | Jazz Standard
As the
grandson of the late venerable trumpeter Doc Cheatham, and former student of
legendary jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd, trumpeter, composer, bandleader and
multi-instrumentalist Theo Croker naturally follows an internal need to
compose. Learning to play the trumpet at age 11 after hearing Cheatham play in
New York City, by his teens Croker was studying music formally at the Douglas
Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville followed by the Music Conservatory
at Oberlin College. Launching his career with seven years spent in Shanghai,
Croker first introduced his singular style in 2014 on the Dee Dee
Bridgewater-assisted AfroPhysicist. His 2016 follow-up, Escape Velocity, marked
a watershed moment for the artist, with the Wall Street Journal extolling the album
as “timeless and of-the-moment.” Croker has also lent his talents to the world
of hip hop, with rap superstar J. Cole’s platinum-certified No. 1 opus 4 Your
Eyez Only, with Croker acting as trumpet arranger and performer on multiple
tracks. GRAMMY® Award-winning rapper Common also sought out Croker for his
critically-acclaimed album Black America Again.
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