Mickey Roker
Granville William "Mickey" Roker (September 3, 1932 – May 22, 2017) was an American jazz drummer. He was born in Miami, Florida. In 1992, he replaced Connie Kay in the Modern Jazz Quartet.[1] He played with Jimmy Oliver, Jimmy Heath, Jimmy Divine, King James and Sam Reed before moving to New York in 1959.
Roker died on May 22, 2017 from lung cancer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the age of 84.[2]
Mickey Roker Media
Left to right: Roker, Ben Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, and a hidden Rodney Jones in Buffalo, N.Y., 1977
References
- ↑ Feather, Leonard and Gitler, Ira (1999) The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, p. 356. Oxford University Press at Google Books. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
- ↑ Chinen, Nate (May 22, 2017). "Mickey Roker, Dynamic Hard-Bop Drummer and Philly Jazz Institution, Dies at 84". WGBO. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
Other websites
- Adler, David R. "Old-school drummer shares laughs, post-bebop classics". philly.com (12/31/2007)
- Delvecchia, Mike. "Mickey Roker: The Voltan of Ortlieb's Jazzhaus". Philadelphia Arts Writers Web site (June 2004)
- "Mickey Roker" (Drummerworld Web Site)
- DTM interview
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