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Steve Kroon at The Side Door Jazz Club
Courtesy of Janm | Posted on July 8, 2015
Where
The Side Door Jazz Club
85 Lyme St
Old Lyme, CT
Map
(860) 434-2600
When
Sat, August 22, 2015
7:30 pm
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Musicians
Steven Kroon
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STEVE KROON - Sat Aug 22th - Doors 7:30 Show 8:30 www.thesidedoorjazz.com 860-434-0886*
Steve Kroon was born in Spanish Harlem to parents who had moved to New York City from their native Puerto Rico. His surname comes from his grandfather, who immigrated to La Isla Encantada from the Dutch-speaking Caribbean island of Curaçao. At the age of nine, the family moved to Queens, where the youngster’s interest in music was further sparked by the presence of many noted jazz and R&B musicians. “In my neighborhood,” he recalls today, “I had Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis as a neighbor, and Lester Young was four blocks away. James Brown also lived in the area. But I came with all of my Latin roots, thanks to my father. I was fortunate in being able to hear the whole spectrum of music.”...