By Nelson A. King—   Photo by Nelson A. King George Crooks in his office at Trelawni Place Seafood Bar & Grill, Brooklyn. Photo by Nelson A. King George Crooks stands in front of Trelawni Place Seafood Bar & Grill at the corner of Utica Avenue and Farragut Road in Brooklyn.— Jamaican-born George Crooks, founder and chief executive officer of the Brooklyn-based Jammins Entertainment, an arts and cultural promotions event management company, considers himself a promoter of international repute. Jammins Entertainment has evolved, over the years, into a premier entertainment enterprise in the New York Tri-State area. Crooks, 60, who migrated to Brooklyn when he was 12, has developed sound entrepreneurship and path-breaking leadership skills that he said have resulted in the staging of a wide array of activities, in the arts and cultural fields, in the past … Read entire article »

By Cecelia Campbell-Livingston– Jammin’ with George Crooks—- This is the first of a 12-part series looking at Jamaicans who have excelled in the Tri-state (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut) area’s entertainment and leisure industry. FOR nearly 40 years, George Crooks has been one of the West Indian community’s leading show promoters in New York City. Through his Jammins Entertainment company, he has also donated to scholarship funds for the University of the West Indies as well as the New York All Stars Cultural Academy. Among the events Crooks has promoted are Sounds of Reggae, Brooklyn Music Festival, New York Music Festival, the Soul Legend Concert series, Singer In Action (Beres Hammond Tour) and the play, Loving Him Is Killing Me. Despite rising production costs, Crooks is committed to keeping West Indian culture alive in New … Read entire article »