Star People Nation
- Brand: Theo Croker
- Product Code: TheoCroker–StarPeopleNation
Artist :
Theo Croker
Label :
Masterworks
Format :
LP - Colored Vinyl
Condition :
New
Released :
2020
Limited edition heavyweight Colored vinyl of 1000 copies. Includes 4-page booklet.
Star People Nation is trumpeter, producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Theo Croker’s fifth studio album and perhaps his most personal project yet. Croker describes the album as an intimate exploration of “the everyday rituals of blackness”. The ten-track album is a translation of his personal and spiritual experience, a self-reflective collection of provocative, powerfully passionate and boundary crossing compositions that aims to reflect Croker’s inner thoughts and asks us as listeners to introspect with him. Grandson of the late great trumpeter Doc Cheatham and former student of legendary jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd, Theo Croker is firmly placed within a lineage of legendary trumpet players. Croker first introduced his singular style in 2014 on the Dee Dee Bridgewater-assisted Afro Physicist. His 2016 follow-up, Escape Velocity, marked a watershed moment for the artist, with the Wall Street Journal praising the album as “timeless and of-the-moment” and earning him the accolade of ‘Best UK Jazz Album’ 2016 by Echoes magazine.
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