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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Mickey Roker canonical 4

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

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Speak Like a Child → featuresMusician → Mickey Roker ⓘ
Mickey Roker → nickname → Mickey Roker ⓘ
First Trip → associatedMusician → Mickey Roker ⓘ
Boss Horn → hasPerformer → Mickey Roker ⓘ