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Mickey Roker

American jazz drummer (1932–2017)
Person human Q741767

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
March 9, 1932, September 3, 1932[2][8]
Date of death
May 22, 2017
Place of birth
Miami
Place of death
Philadelphia
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
jazz musician, musician, drummer
Genre
jazz, bebop[12][13]
Cause of death
lung cancer[14]
Family name
Roker[15]
Given name
Mickey[16]
Instrument
drum kit[18]
Manner of death
natural causes[17]
Member of
The Milt Jackson Big 4[10]
P14750
844B-A674-503A-AEB3-4465[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Mickey Roker de Mikey Roker fa میکی راکر ja ミッキー・ローカー uk Гренвілл Вільям Рокер uk Мікі Рокер
🔖 Identifiers · 31
ISNI
0000000055147801
VIAF cluster ID
61732926
Library of Congress authority ID
n81058272
GND ID
134500997
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Mickey Roker & Dizzy Gillespie 2.jpg ↗
All About Jazz musician ID
11641
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000474198
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13899126z
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10025506
Carnegie Hall agent ID
59873
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134500997
Discogs artist ID
271155
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Europeana entity
agent/base/105900
FAST ID
1448613
Find a Grave memorial ID
179645702
Freebase ID
/m/03f4sqn
GTAA ID
259728
Grove Music Online ID
A2276396
IMDb ID
nm7539959
IdRef ID
080563325
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID
13768
MusicBrainz artist ID
81c21851-c298-4bc8-acf1-e0aa42c7a285
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007332266605171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
072536381
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100426725
Rate Your Music artist ID
mickey_roker
SBN author ID
MILV323735
SNAC ARK ID
w6cc27vw
SecondHandSongs artist ID
56735
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJr7VHPMbPxp6J9MjMyjmd
Yale LUX ID
person/11b090b5-1b1a-4e55-ac41-1a7aca2678b3

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Genre 2
jazz, bebop
Occupation 2
musician, jazz musician
Cause of death 1
lung cancer
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
drum kit
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Mb:member of band 1
The Milt Jackson Big 4
Place of birth 1
Miami
Place of death 1
Philadelphia
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Mickey Roker's place of birth was Miami[1]. He was born on March 9, 1932[2]. He passed away in Philadelphia[3]. He died on May 22, 2017[4]. He worked as a jazz musician[5], musician[6], and drummer[7].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[20]

  • Country: US[21]

  • Began / founded: 1932-03-09[22]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2017-05-22[23]

  • Genre(s): hard bop, jazz, post-bop[24]

  • Community tags: hard bop, jazz, post-bop[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 81c21851-c298-4bc8-acf1-e0aa42c7a285[26]

FAQs

Where was Mickey Roker born?

Mickey Roker was born in Miami[1].

Where did Mickey Roker die?

Mickey Roker died in Philadelphia[3].

What did Mickey Roker do for work?

Mickey Roker worked as jazz musician[5], musician[6], and drummer[7].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [4] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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