A.J. Croce

A piano virtuoso who started playing as a small child and toured with <a href="spotify:artist:5xLSa7l4IV1gsQfhAMvl0U" data-name="B.B. King">B.B. King</a> at just 18-years-old, Nashville-based singer/songwriter has since collaborated and performed with legends and luminaries across a wide expanse of genres (<a href="spotify:artist:5W5bDNCqJ1jbCgTxDD0Cb3" data-name="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1eYhYunlNJlDoQhtYBvPsi" data-name="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6r1Xmz7YUD4z0VRUoGm8XN" data-name="Leon Russell">Leon Russell</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:63aP18bg2ABSOqSNQcAMNy" data-name="Allen Toussaint">Allen Toussaint</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3d1olqhURDe8e5HOta1Qxg" data-name="The Neville Brothers">The Neville Brothers</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2ka8z2lwkcp13fG8Wyv3xU" data-name="Béla Fleck">Béla Fleck</a> &amp; <a href="spotify:artist:1CPwHx5lgVxv0rfcp7UXLx" data-name="Ry Cooder">Ry Cooder</a>, to name a few) all while building up an acclaimed catalog that blurs the boundaries between blues, soul, rock &amp; roll, Americana, and much more. A.J. has also co-written songs with such formidable tunesmiths as <a href="spotify:artist:6r1Xmz7YUD4z0VRUoGm8XN" data-name="Leon Russell">Leon Russell</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4Z8f0RlC4uuFPi8KD5JbvB" data-name="Dan Penn">Dan Penn</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1jjpkAHC8bd9fRFfgKyYLP" data-name="Robert Earl Keen">Robert Earl Keen</a>, and multi- GRAMMY®-winner <a href="spotify:artist:6hLdeOV6ojUpA9Ue1VmVWw" data-name="Gary Nicholson">Gary Nicholson</a>. From childhood, piano became something of a lifeline for Croce, who suffered a total loss of eyesight from ages 4 to 10 and turned to blind pianists like <a href="spotify:artist:1eYhYunlNJlDoQhtYBvPsi" data-name="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a> &amp; <a href="spotify:artist:7guDJrEfX3qb6FEbdPA5qi" data-name="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> for much-needed comfort and inspiration.
Over the course of an extraordinary career that’s found him working with some of the most esteemed producers in music history - including Jack Clement (Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley), Tony Berg (Fiona Apple, Bob Dylan), and Greg Cohen (Tom Waits, John Zorn) -A.J.’s 10 albums have all charted on Top 40, blues, Americana, jazz, college and Radio 1, &amp; has landed 22 singles on a variety of Top 20 charts. His style has evolved from jazz &amp; blues on his debut and sophomore albums to the roots-rock of more recent collaborative recordings like “<a href="spotify:album:4gs8j7Kxxu1DFYuohVGURG" data-name="Cantos">Cantos</a>” with <a href="spotify:artist:45lorWzrKLxfKlWpV7r9CN" data-name="Ben Harper">Ben Harper</a>, “<a href="spotify:album:6XlLcUC9oUEpko0eQI5vkz" data-name="Twelve Tales">Twelve Tales</a>” with <a href="spotify:artist:63aP18bg2ABSOqSNQcAMNy" data-name="Allen Toussaint">Allen Toussaint</a> and “<a href="spotify:album:2QXrlkEy9EML1Vcejy5CTa" data-name="Just Like Medicine">Just Like Medicine</a>” with <a href="spotify:artist:3IhWQSrLj8EJjdvjFTpCyo" data-name="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a>.