Mickey Roker
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Mickey Roker was an American jazz drummer renowned for his work with leading hard bop and post-bop musicians, including long associations with Dizzy Gillespie and the Modern Jazz Quartet.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mickey Roker canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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jazz drummer ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2010s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Dizzy Gillespie
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Duke Pearson NERFINISHED ⓘ Herbie Hancock NERFINISHED ⓘ Horace Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Heath NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ Milt Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ Modern Jazz Quartet NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Philadelphia Jazz Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1932-09-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-05-22 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| fieldOfWork | performance of jazz drumming ⓘ |
| fullName | Granville William Roker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
hard bop
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jazz ⓘ post-bop ⓘ |
| givenName | Granville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Art Blakey
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Max Roach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | drum set ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
hard bop
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post-bop ⓘ |
| nickname | Mickey Roker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Philadelphia jazz scene mainstay
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work with Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ work with the Modern Jazz Quartet ⓘ |
| notableWork | member of the Modern Jazz Quartet in the 1990s ⓘ |
| occupation |
drummer
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jazz musician ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Miami, Florida, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Blue Note Records
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Impulse! Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Verve Records ⓘ |
| residence | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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