Theo Croker at Kuumbwa Jazz Center

Trumpet playerTheo Crokers new album,Escape Velocity, arrives unchecked and un-filtered. It doesnt attempt to fit a single specific musical category, but draws upon the first principle of jazz: to merge and interpret history, styles and ideas and create a unique sound. The album, featuring his bandDVRK FUNK(pronounced dark funk) is Crokers second album since returning from China where he lived and worked for nearly a decade. Of the groups name Croker explains: Darkness has been labeled as a negative thing but the outer reaches of space are dark. Where life starts is dark. Dark is an endless possibility, infinite and unknown. Thats what were about....

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Trumpet playerTheo Crokers new album,Escape Velocity, arrives unchecked and un-filtered. It doesnt attempt to fit a single specific musical category, but draws upon the first principle of jazz: to merge and interpret history, styles and ideas and create a unique sound. The album, featuring his bandDVRK FUNK(pronounced dark funk) is Crokers second album since returning from China where he lived and worked for nearly a decade. Of the groups name Croker explains: Darkness has been labeled as a negative thing but the outer reaches of space are dark. Where life starts is dark. Dark is an endless possibility, infinite and unknown. Thats what were about.

Price for Students at the Door

Show at 7:00 PM
Doors and dinner beginning at 6:00 PM
Ticket price includes 5% city of Santa Cruz Admission Tax. Service charge additional.
All sales final. No refunds or exchanges.
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