BLK2LIFE || A FUTURE PAST
Theo Croker
Awards:
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, April 2022
This 13-track oratorio takes the ancient-to-future vibe and invests it with fury, connection and understanding, makes it a call-to-arms.
BLK2LIFE || A FUTURE PAST
Theo Croker
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Awards:
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, April 2022
This 13-track oratorio takes the ancient-to-future vibe and invests it with fury, connection and understanding, makes it a call-to-arms.
About
Every trip needs a guide. Through the trumpet, the Grammy Award nominated artist, producer, composer, influencer and tastemaker Theo Croker narrates a human story rooted in intimate experience, yet cognizant of cosmic consciousness. This journey unfolds in technicolour on his sixth full-length offering, BLK2LIFE || A FUTURE PAST. “BLK2LIFE || A FUTURE PAST is meant to be a deeply impactful, personal experience for the listener. One that you can also dance to - it is Black music after all,” Croker says.
BLK2LIFE || A FUTURE PAST consists of 13 tracks and is inspired by the forgotten hero’s journey towards self-actualization within the universal origins of blackness. It’s a sonic celebration of Afro-origin, and ultimately a reclamation of the culture, for the culture. Joining Croker on the album are Ari Lennox, Charlotte Dos Santos, Gary Bartz, Iman Omari, Kassa Overall, Malaya and Wyclef Jean.
Contents and tracklist
- Theo Croker, Michael King (keyboards), Eric Wheeler (bass), Shekwoaga Ode (drums), Jeff Parker (electric guitar), Anthony Ware (woodwinds)
- Theo Croker (trumpet), Michael King (piano), Eric Wheeler (acoustic bass)
- Theo Croker, Ari Lennox (vocal), Ego Ella May (background vocal), Michael King (keyboards), Eric Wheeler (bass), Shekwoaga Ode (drums)
- Theo Croker, Gary Bartz (saxophone), Michael King (keyboards), Eric Wheeler (bass), Shekwoaga Ode (drums), Kassa Overall (drums)
- Theo Croker, Charlotte Dos Santos (vocal), Michael King (keyboards), Eric Wheeler (bass), Shekwoaga Ode (drums)
- Theo Croker, Kassa Overall (vocal), Michael King (keyboards), Eric Wheeler (acoustic bass), Shekwoaga Ode (drums)
- Theo Croker, Iman Omari (vocal), Michael King (keyboards), Eric Wheeler (bass), Shekwoaga Ode (percussion)
- Theo Croker, Malaya (vocal), Michael King (keyboards), Eric Wheeler (bass), Shekwoaga Ode (drums), Anthony Ware (alto saxophone)
- Theo Croker (trumpet), Michael King (keyboards), Eric Wheeler (bass), Shekwoaga Ode (drums)
- Theo Croker, Wyclef Jean (vocal), Kassa Overall (drums)
- Theo Croker, Michael King (keyboards), Eric Wheeler (acoustic bass), Shekwoaga Ode (drums), Anthony Ware (woodwinds)
- Theo Croker (trumpet), Michael King (keyboards), Eric Wheeler (acoustic bass), Shekwoaga Ode (drums), Anthony Ware (woodwinds)
Awards and reviews
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JazzwiseEditor's ChoiceApril 2022
April 2022
This 13-track oratorio takes the ancient-to-future vibe and invests it with fury, connection and understanding, makes it a call-to-arms.
December 2021
It’s a daring work of psychedelic jazz in which Croker, playing trumpet and flugelhorn, brings together forebearers like saxophonist Gary Bartz, softly resplendent on the lovely “Anthem,” and Fugee Wyclef Jean, militant on “State OfThe Union 444,” with futurists like Malaya, the frisky vocalist of “Happy Feet”— and the visionary auteur Croker.
