Hal Crook
2020 INDUCTEE
Music Educator, Jazz, Composer, Author
HAL CROOK
COMING SOON
Members of the Historical Archive Committee of the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame are researching and documenting the career of this important Ocean State musician. When work is completed, we will be posting an in-depth biography and complete discography on this page. In the meantime, please enjoy this introduction to his work.
Throughout the course of his six decade career, musician Hal Crook of Cranston has enjoyed international acclaim and success as both a performer and an educator. As a trombonist, composer and arranger, he has recorded and/or performed with a “who’s who” of modern jazz including Phil Woods, Clark Terry and Doc Severinsen & The Tonight Show Band and appears on four dozen albums as a leader or sideman. He designed curriculum and taught at many schools including his alma mater, the Berklee College of Music, the Rhode Island School of Music, URI and UCLA before returning to Berklee in 1986 where he designed and taught courses in jazz arranging, composition, harmony, counterpoint, improvisation, repertoire and ensemble performance for 30 years. He retired in 2016.
HAL CROOK OFFICIAL WEBSITE
https://halcrook.com