Rob Crocker, a mainstay for more than five decades on radio stations, died on March 7 at his apartment in Manhattan. He was 78.
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Aside from his radio responsibilities, Crocker established himself as a record producer, having produced CDs such as “Alto Memories,” which featured Gary Bartz, Sonny Fortune, Kenny Barron, and Jack DeJohnette; “UK Underground” from Japanese alto saxophonist Malta; two CDs from Japan’s premier jazz vocalist and trumpeter Toku ; “Philly Sounds” and “Dread Rooster,” Babi Floyd’s reggae CD featuring Keith Richards on guitar.
“I loved the sound of the oboe and flute,” said Crocker. He became proficient enough to join a Latin Jazz Band and an Afro-Cuban Jazz Band. “The first time I went to see Rahsaan Roland Kirk play flute, I refused to play my flute for a week,” Crocker said during an interview with this writer and publication in 2022.
Poet Julius Lester was instrumental in getting Crocker a position at WBAI-FM as a reporter. “It was music programmer Bob Fass who influenced me to leave news and move to music,” said Crocker during aninterview in 2022. He then began swinging with the jazz DJs at NYC’s premiere jazz station, WRVR-FM, before its demise to country music. “I learned so much about programming and presentation while working with Hank Spann, Gary Byrd, and Jeff Troy at WWRL-AM.
“‘Radio’ Rob Crocker has left an indelible mark in the world of radio,” noted Sheila Anderson, WBGO on-air person. “Not only was Rob a colleague, he was also a generous and giving friend who had a great sense of humor and kept us in stitches.”
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