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Thursday 6: Vieux Carre Jazzmen - The Holystone, Whitley Road, Holystone, North Tyneside NE27 0DA. Tel: 0191 266 6173. 1:00pm. Free. OUTDOOR gig.

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

RIP Mickey Roker

Mickey Roker died yesterday (May 22). A drum legend, often cited by Dizzy Gillespie as his all-time favourite, recorded and toured with many of the hardbop stars of the 1950s onwards including Duke Pearson, Herbie Hancock, Lee Morgan and many others including Sonny Rollins. As I type I'm listening to Sonny Rollins on Impulse! where Roker spurs the tenorist on on the up tempo numbers and provides a cushion on the ballads.
Sadly, I never got to hear him live.
He was 84. Rest In Peace
Lance.
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1 comment :

Gerry Richardson said...

I saw him with Dizzy at Ronnie's in about 1969 he was fantastic, amazing Chinese cymbal used to great effect.

Still a bloody good innings!

Thursday, May 25, 2017 9:08:00 pm

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