Roker, Mickey
(*1932)
ROKER, MICKEY (3 Sep 1932, Miami, Florida). Drumset artist Mickey Roker , initially a rhythm and blues drummer who moved to New York in the 1950s, performed and/or recorded with Gigi Gryce, Nancy Wilson (two years), Duke Pearson (two years), Lee Morgan (1969-71), Milt Jackson , Dizzy Gillespie (nine years), Joe Williams, Nat Adderley, Ray Bryant, Jim Hall, Zoot Sims, Sonny Rollins, Ella Fitzgerald, Art Farmer, Herbie Hancock, Wes Montgomery, McCoy Tyner, Oscar Peterson, Horace Silver, among…