An Evening of Classic Jazz Featuring Steve Cromity

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Spend an evening with vocalist Steve Cromity and band, featuring Richard Clements, Gene Ghee, Paul Beaudry and Dwayne "Cook" Broadnax.

A Native of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn NY, Steve Cromity is a vocalist who loves to swing, but can also render touching lyrics and phrases when singing a ballad. He has a natural, smooth and laid back delivery, yet there’s plenty of passion in his renderings of classic and standard jazz compositions. He also places a lot of importance on the meaning of a song, its message. He fairly recently released his second CD which gained him quite a bit of additional exposure and accolades. The CD was played on nearly 50 radio stations nationally. It made the JAZZ CHARTS for several weeks and reached the ranking of number 25. He received many impressive reviews of the production, not only in the states, but as far as London, Italy, and Hungary. He was also interviewed on several radio stations, including WBAI, WHPK, and WHCR.

Steve heard jazz from the earliest days of his life and the spirit of the music only grew within him, as did his commitment to it. Yet, the full-fledged entrance into the jazz scene was delayed, but not denied. His commitment to family and a previous career took precedent. Yet, a relatively later start confirmed his love for jazz and the compelling desire to make a contribution to it.

He has always been blessed with having world-class musicians playing with him from the beginning. On his first CD there was Rodney Kendrick, Eric Wyatt, Joseph Lepore, and Emanuel Harrold. On his second CD, he was joined by Marcus Persiani, Patience Higgins, Kenyatta Beasley, Eric Wyatt, and Darryl Greene. He regularly plays with those mentioned and with Richard Clements, Lonnie Plaxico, Dwight "Cook" Broadnax, and Bruce Cox, Paul Beaudry, Reggie Woods, Gene Ghee, and Stanley Banks. He has also played with Winard Harper, Craig Haynes, James Weidman, Steve Kroon, and Sharp Radway, to name a few. 

As Steve is an active player on the NYC jazz scene, increasingly making his voice heard and presence felt once again after almost a two year lay-off because of the Covid disruption of music. He’s performed at many of New York’s top venues, including Birdland, Smoke, Katano, and, Patrick's, Smalls, and many others.

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