THEO CROKER'S DREAM MANIFEST
THEO CROKER'S DREAM MANIFEST
Saturday 15th February at the Barbican — 8pm
Theo Croker’s DREAM MANIFEST
Presented by Brick Lane Jazz Festival and co-curated by fashion designer Nicholas Daley, Theo Croker's DREAM MANIFEST is led by the US-based trumpeter extraordinaire and joined by special guests from the London and international jazz scenes.
Themed around imagination, DREAM MANIFEST is a sonic exploration of the power to manifest in our universe. Defying genres and deeply rooted in tradition, it includes a retrospective on Croker’s last two albums BLK2LIFE : A Future Past (2021) and Love Quantum (2022) to complete the trilogy. Croker plays and manipulates samples from the albums, reassembling elements of the band’s real-time performance to architect a sonic world on stage.
Joining Croker on stage are musicians Idris Frederick (keys), Eric Wheeler (bass), and Miguel Marcel Russell (drums) and special guests still to be announced.
Acclaimed fashion designer Nicholas Daley, renowned for his intricate interplay weaving across music, fashion and culture will be co-curating a special evening at the iconic Barbican Centre in collaboration with Brick Lane Jazz festival.
“I am truly excited to be collaborating on this amazing opportunity by the Brick Lane jazz festival to co-curate an evening at the iconic Barbican centre as part of the festival 2025 line-up. This will be a true creative collaboration with one of my favourite artists US Trumpeter Theo Crocker who has always continued to push boundaries through his genre bending music of R’n’b, Hip Hop and of course Jazz. The evening will guarantee to showcase an eclectic array of artist from the London and international jazz scene, whilst highlighting Theo’s musical impact on the global contemporary jazz world. It will be an exploration of soundscapes, community and style whilst hosting it at such an important cultural institute in London with one of London's leading Jazz festivals.” — Nicholas Daley
