Mickey Roker

Mickey Roker

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In the mid-50s, Mickey Roker returned from two years in the army, where he played in orchestras, and began his career in rock and roll bands alongside his musical studies. He then joined saxophonist Gigy Grice's band, where he made his mark on the jazz scene, and in the early '60s was sought after by Ray Bryant and Junior Mance. The mid-60s were marked by a series of recorded encounters with Sonny Rollins and numerous other collaborations with prestigious leaders such as Milt Jackson, Ben Webster, Hank Mobley, Bobby Hutcherson, McCoy Tyner and Dizzy Gillespie. He is also very close to Nancy Wilson, for whom he is the regular drummer for several years. Although he doesn't record under his own name, Mickey Roker's sideman discography is extremely rich, thanks to the numerous sessions he has recorded for other leaders and his participation in the most prestigious jazz festivals. A drummer with an unflappable swing, Mikey Roker has remained one of the most faithful rhythmicists to the bop tradition since the beginning of his career.

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03
Funkia
Ron Carter
Funkia
05:47
01
Caravan (Instrumental)
Milt Jackson
A Celebration Of Duke
04:03
Writer: Juan Tizol - Irving Mills / Composers: Juan Tizol - Irving Mills
02
Hurry Home (Remastered/ 2013)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4 (Original Jazz Classics Remasters)
06:28
Writer: Joseph Meyer - Bob Emmerich - Buddy Bernier / Composers: Joseph Meyer - Bob Emmerich - Buddy Bernier
04
Be Bop (Dizzy's Fingers) (Remastered/ 2013)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4 (Original Jazz Classics Remasters)
04:32
Writer: Dizzy Gillespie / Composers: Dizzy Gillespie
01
Frelimo (Instrumental)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4
08:14
Writer: Dizzy Gillespie / Composers: Dizzy Gillespie
09
Jitterbug Waltz (Take 3, Alternate) (Take 3 / Alternate Version)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4 (Original Jazz Classics Remasters)
06:57
Writer: Fats Waller / Composers: Fats Waller
01
Concorde
Joe Pass
Quadrant
04:18
Composers: Joe Pass
01
Ole' for the Gypsies
Ron Carter
Funkia
05:23
03
Russian Lullaby (Remastered/ 2013)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4 (Original Jazz Classics Remasters)
06:53
Writer: Irving Berlin / Composers: Irving Berlin
12
When You Wish Upon a Star
Sonny Rollins
The Standard Sonny Rollins
03:16
Writer: Ned Washington - Leigh Harline / Composers: Ned Washington - Leigh Harline
01
Frelimo (Remastered/ 2013)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4 (Original Jazz Classics Remasters)
08:14
Writer: Dizzy Gillespie / Composers: Dizzy Gillespie
05
Grooveyard
Joe Pass
Quadrant
06:59
Composers: Carl Perkins
03
Lady Be Good
Joe Pass
Quadrant
07:50
Composers: George Gershwin - Ira Gershwin
02
Joe's Tune
Joe Pass
Quadrant
04:30
Composers: Joe Pass
05
Birks' Works (Remastered/ 2013)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4 (Original Jazz Classics Remasters)
08:56
Writer: Dizzy Gillespie / Composers: Dizzy Gillespie
09
In A Sentimental Mood (Instrumental)
Milt Jackson
The Ellington Album "All Too Soon"
04:44
Writer: Irving Mills - Manny Kurtz / Composers: Irving Mills - Manny Kurtz
07
Jitterbug Waltz (Remastered/ 2013)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4 (Original Jazz Classics Remasters)
06:55
Writer: Fats Waller / Composers: Fats Waller
06
The Man I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)
Joe Pass
Quadrant
07:49
Composers: George Gershwin - Ira Gershwin
04
Ray's Tune
Joe Pass
Quadrant
04:41
Composers: Ray Brown
01
Midnight Waltz
Milt Jackson
It Don't Mean A Thing If You Can't Tap Your Foot To It
05:07
Composers: Cedar Anthony Walton

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Albums
The Last Recordin'
Massimo Farao'
01-09-2020
The Last Recordin'
01
It's a Blue World (Live)
Massimo Faraò
The Last Recordin'
07:01
Composers: Bob Wright - Chet Forrest
02
Invitation (Live)
Massimo Faraò
The Last Recordin'
10:02
Composers: Bronislau Kaper
03
Teach Me Tonight (Live)
Massimo Faraò
The Last Recordin'
06:16
Composers: Gene De Paul
04
Funji Mama (Live)
Massimo Faraò
The Last Recordin'
04:57
Composers: Blue Mitchell
05
Easy Living (Live)
Massimo Faraò
The Last Recordin'
08:34
Composers: Leo Robin - Ralph Rainger
06
Kelly Blue (Live)
Massimo Faraò
The Last Recordin'
05:18
Composers: Wynton Kelly
07
But Not for Me (Live)
Massimo Faraò
The Last Recordin'
12:43
Composers: George Gershwin
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Dizzy's Big 4 (Original Jazz Classics Remasters)
℗ 2013 Concord Music Group, Inc.
01-01-2013
Dizzy's Big 4 (Original Jazz Classics Remasters)
01
Frelimo (Remastered/ 2013)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4 (Original Jazz Classics Remasters)
08:14
Writer: Dizzy Gillespie / Composers: Dizzy Gillespie
02
Hurry Home (Remastered/ 2013)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4 (Original Jazz Classics Remasters)
06:28
Writer: Joseph Meyer - Bob Emmerich - Buddy Bernier / Composers: Joseph Meyer - Bob Emmerich - Buddy Bernier
03
Russian Lullaby (Remastered/ 2013)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4 (Original Jazz Classics Remasters)
06:53
Writer: Irving Berlin / Composers: Irving Berlin
04
Be Bop (Dizzy's Fingers) (Remastered/ 2013)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4 (Original Jazz Classics Remasters)
04:32
Writer: Dizzy Gillespie / Composers: Dizzy Gillespie
05
Birks' Works (Remastered/ 2013)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4 (Original Jazz Classics Remasters)
08:56
Writer: Dizzy Gillespie / Composers: Dizzy Gillespie
06
September Song (Remastered/ 2013)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4 (Original Jazz Classics Remasters)
02:52
Writer: Maxwell Anderson - Kurt Weill / Composers: Maxwell Anderson - Kurt Weill
07
Jitterbug Waltz (Remastered/ 2013)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4 (Original Jazz Classics Remasters)
06:55
Writer: Fats Waller / Composers: Fats Waller
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Dizzy's Big 4 [Original Jazz Classics Remasters]
℗ 2013 Concord Music Group, Inc.
01-01-2013
Dizzy's Big 4 [Original Jazz Classics Remasters]
01
Frelimo
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4 [Original Jazz Classics Remasters]
08:14
Writer: Dizzy Gillespie / Composers: Dizzy Gillespie
02
Hurry Home
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4 [Original Jazz Classics Remasters]
06:28
Writer: Joseph Meyer - Bob Emmerich - Buddy Bernier / Composers: Joseph Meyer - Bob Emmerich - Buddy Bernier
03
Russian Lullaby
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4 [Original Jazz Classics Remasters]
06:53
Writer: Irving Berlin / Composers: Irving Berlin
04
Be Bop (Dizzy's Fingers)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4 [Original Jazz Classics Remasters]
04:32
Writer: Dizzy Gillespie / Composers: Dizzy Gillespie
05
Birks' Works
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4 [Original Jazz Classics Remasters]
08:56
Writer: Dizzy Gillespie / Composers: Dizzy Gillespie
06
September Song
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4 [Original Jazz Classics Remasters]
02:52
Writer: Maxwell Anderson - Kurt Weill / Composers: Maxwell Anderson - Kurt Weill
07
Jitterbug Waltz
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4 [Original Jazz Classics Remasters]
06:55
Writer: Fats Waller / Composers: Fats Waller
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Swoosh
2012 Geco Records
10-04-2012
Swoosh
01
Beatrice
Mickey Roker
Swoosh
06:15
Composers: N - Mickey Roker - Massimo Faraò & Carmelo Leotta
02
Body and Soul (feat. Fulvio Albano)
Mickey Roker
Swoosh
07:58
Composers: N - Mickey Roker - Massimo Faraò & Carmelo Leotta
03
Oasis
Mickey Roker
Swoosh
08:16
Composers: N - Mickey Roker - Massimo Faraò & Carmelo Leotta
04
Fsr
Mickey Roker
Swoosh
04:55
Composers: N - Mickey Roker - Massimo Faraò & Carmelo Leotta
05
L'armadio
Mickey Roker
Swoosh
06:23
Composers: N - Mickey Roker - Massimo Faraò & Carmelo Leotta
06
Exactly Like You
Mickey Roker
Swoosh
09:10
Composers: N - Mickey Roker - Massimo Faraò & Carmelo Leotta
07
Gypsy (feat. Fulvio Albano)
Mickey Roker
Swoosh
07:07
Composers: N - Mickey Roker - Massimo Faraò & Carmelo Leotta
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It Don't Mean A Thing If You Can't Tap Your Foot To It
℗ 1990 Pablo Records, Distributed by Concord.
01-01-1984
It Don't Mean A Thing If You Can't Tap Your Foot To It
01
Midnight Waltz
Milt Jackson
It Don't Mean A Thing If You Can't Tap Your Foot To It
05:07
Composers: Cedar Anthony Walton
02
Ain't That Nothin'
Milt Jackson
It Don't Mean A Thing If You Can't Tap Your Foot To It
05:08
Composers: Raymond M Brown
03
Stress And Trauma
Milt Jackson
It Don't Mean A Thing If You Can't Tap Your Foot To It
05:31
Composers: Milt Jackson
04
Used To Be Jackson
Milt Jackson
It Don't Mean A Thing If You Can't Tap Your Foot To It
05:27
Composers: Ray Brown - Milt Jackson
05
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Milt Jackson
It Don't Mean A Thing If You Can't Tap Your Foot To It
07:13
Writer: Edward Kennedy Ellington - Irving Mills / Composers: Edward Kennedy Ellington - Irving Mills
06
If I Were A Bell
Milt Jackson
It Don't Mean A Thing If You Can't Tap Your Foot To It
04:53
Writer: Frank Loesser / Composers: Frank Loesser
07
Close Enough For Love
Milt Jackson
It Don't Mean A Thing If You Can't Tap Your Foot To It
07:51
Writer: John Mandel - Paul H Williams / Composers: John Mandel - Paul H Williams
A Celebration Of Duke
℗ 1980 Pablo Records
01-01-1980
A Celebration Of Duke
01
Caravan (Instrumental)
Milt Jackson
A Celebration Of Duke
04:03
Writer: Juan Tizol - Irving Mills / Composers: Juan Tizol - Irving Mills
02
Happy Go Lucky Local
Clark Terry
A Celebration Of Duke
04:29
Writer: Duke Ellington / Composers: Duke Ellington
03
Tonight I Shall Sleep
Zoot Sims
A Celebration Of Duke
06:42
Writer: Johnny Mercer - Irving Gordon / Composers: Johnny Mercer - Duke Ellington - Irving Gordon
04
I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
Sarah Vaughan
A Celebration Of Duke
04:33
Writer: Don George / Composers: Duke Ellington - Don George
05
Come Sunday
Clark Terry
A Celebration Of Duke
02:34
Composers: Duke Ellington
06
Everything But You
Sarah Vaughan
A Celebration Of Duke
05:25
Writer: Harry James - Don George / Composers: Harry James - Duke Ellington - Don George
07
Take The 'A' Train (Instrumental)
Milt Jackson
A Celebration Of Duke
03:35
Writer: Billy Strayhorn / Composers: Billy Strayhorn
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The Ellington Album "All Too Soon"
℗ 1980 Pablo Records, Inc.
01-01-1980
The Ellington Album "All Too Soon"
01
Caravan (Instrumental)
Milt Jackson
The Ellington Album "All Too Soon"
04:03
Writer: Juan Tizol - Irving Mills / Composers: Juan Tizol - Irving Mills
02
Sophisticated Lady (Instrumental)
Milt Jackson
The Ellington Album "All Too Soon"
05:33
Writer: Irving Mills - Mitchell Parish / Composers: Irving Mills - Mitchell Parish
03
All Too Soon (Instrumental)
Milt Jackson
The Ellington Album "All Too Soon"
04:05
Writer: Carl Sigman / Composers: Carl Sigman
04
I'm Beginning To See The Light (Instrumental)
Milt Jackson
The Ellington Album "All Too Soon"
03:20
Writer: Don George - Johnny Hodges - Harry James / Composers: Don George - Johnny Hodges - Harry James
05
Mood Indigo (Instrumental)
Milt Jackson
The Ellington Album "All Too Soon"
03:31
Composers: Barney Bigard - Irving Mills
06
Solitude (Instrumental)
Milt Jackson
The Ellington Album "All Too Soon"
03:13
Writer: Duke Ellington - Eddie DeLange - Irving Mills / Composers: Duke Ellington - Eddie DeLange - Irving Mills
07
Take The 'A' Train (Instrumental)
Milt Jackson
The Ellington Album "All Too Soon"
03:35
Writer: Billy Strayhorn / Composers: Billy Strayhorn
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Quadrant
℗ 1979 Pablo Records, Distributed by Concord.
01-01-1977
Quadrant
01
Concorde
Joe Pass
Quadrant
04:18
Composers: Joe Pass
02
Joe's Tune
Joe Pass
Quadrant
04:30
Composers: Joe Pass
03
Lady Be Good
Joe Pass
Quadrant
07:50
Composers: George Gershwin - Ira Gershwin
04
Ray's Tune
Joe Pass
Quadrant
04:41
Composers: Ray Brown
05
Grooveyard
Joe Pass
Quadrant
06:59
Composers: Carl Perkins
06
The Man I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)
Joe Pass
Quadrant
07:49
Composers: George Gershwin - Ira Gershwin
07
Blues For The Stone
Joe Pass
Quadrant
06:17
Composers: Milt Jackson
Dizzy's Big 4
℗ 1975 Pablo Records, Inc.
01-01-1975
Dizzy's Big 4
01
Frelimo (Instrumental)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4
08:14
Writer: Dizzy Gillespie / Composers: Dizzy Gillespie
02
Hurry Home (Instrumental)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4
06:24
Writer: Joseph Meyer - Bob Emmerich - Buddy Bernier / Composers: Joseph Meyer - Bob Emmerich - Buddy Bernier
03
Russian Lullaby (Instrumental)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4
06:51
Writer: Irving Berlin / Composers: Irving Berlin
04
Be Bop (Dizzy's Fingers) (Instrumental)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4
04:33
Composers: Dizzy Gillespie
05
Birks Works (Instrumental)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4
08:55
Composers: Dizzy Gillespie
06
September Song (Instrumental)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4
02:48
Writer: Maxwell Anderson - Kurt Weill / Composers: Maxwell Anderson - Kurt Weill
07
Jitterbug Waltz (Instrumental)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy's Big 4
06:55
Composers: Fats Waller
Funkia
(P) 1974 GM - LRC Ltd
01-01-1974
Funkia
01
Ole' for the Gypsies
Ron Carter
Funkia
05:23
02
Samia
Ron Carter
Funkia
04:53
03
Funkia
Ron Carter
Funkia
05:47
04
Windmills of Your Mind
Ron Carter
Funkia
04:31
05
What's Going on
Ron Carter
Funkia
06:21
06
The Last Tango In Paris
Ron Carter
Funkia
04:34
07
Southern Soul
Ron Carter
Funkia
08:06
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Splits
To Each His Own
01-01-1998
To Each His Own
01
Encounter
Mickey Roker
To Each His Own
05:45
02
To Each His Own
Mickey Roker
To Each His Own
06:48
03
Movin' Along
Mickey Roker
To Each His Own
06:41
04
The Pharaoh
Mickey Roker
To Each His Own
08:38
05
Star-Crossed Lovers
Mickey Roker
To Each His Own
05:41
06
My Romance
Mickey Roker
To Each His Own
07:57
07
Pretty Little One
Mickey Roker
To Each His Own
06:16
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Let's Call This Monk!
01-01-1997
Let's Call This Monk!
01
Let's Call This
Dennis Irwin
Let's Call This Monk!
04:18
02
Work
Dennis Irwin
Let's Call This Monk!
06:23
03
We See
Dennis Irwin
Let's Call This Monk!
05:12
04
Reflections
Dennis Irwin
Let's Call This Monk!
07:28
05
Monk's Dream
Dennis Irwin
Let's Call This Monk!
08:58
06
I Mean You
Dennis Irwin
Let's Call This Monk!
04:15
07
Ruby, My Dear
Dennis Irwin
Let's Call This Monk!
08:50
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Live At Newport (Live)
℗ 1999 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
01-01-1964
Live At Newport (Live)
01
Newport Romp (Live At Newport Jazz Festival, July 5, 1963)
McCoy Tyner
Live At Newport (Live)
07:46
Composers: McCoy Tyner
02
My Funny Valentine (Live At Newport Jazz Festival, July 5, 1963)
McCoy Tyner
Live At Newport (Live)
07:46
Writer: Lorenz Hart - Richard Rodgers / Composers: Lorenz Hart - Richard Rodgers
03
All Of You (Live At Newport Jazz Festival, July 5, 1963)
McCoy Tyner
Live At Newport (Live)
09:06
Writer: Cole Porter / Composers: Cole Porter
04
Monk's Blues (Live At Newport Jazz Festival, July 5, 1963)
McCoy Tyner
Live At Newport (Live)
06:59
Composers: McCoy Tyner
05
Woody 'n You (Live At Newport Jazz Festival, July 5, 1963)
McCoy Tyner
Live At Newport (Live)
09:06
Writer: Dizzy Gillespie / Composers: Dizzy Gillespie
Free Spirits
01-01-1987
Free Spirits
01
Dat Dere
Mary Lou Williams
Free Spirits
04:48
02
Baby Man, Take 2
Mary Lou Williams
Free Spirits
07:56
03
Baby Man
Mary Lou Williams
Free Spirits
08:31
04
All Blues
Mary Lou Williams
Free Spirits
06:59
05
Temptation
Mary Lou Williams
Free Spirits
05:08
06
Pale Blue
Mary Lou Williams
Free Spirits
04:27
07
Free Spirits, Take 2
Mary Lou Williams
Free Spirits
05:04
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Plays The Blues
℗ 2025 UMG Recordings, Inc.
21-08-2025
Plays The Blues
01
C Jam Blues
Oscar Peterson Trio
Plays The Blues
03:21
Composers: Duke Ellington
02
All Blues
Freddie Hubbard
Plays The Blues
13:53
Writer: Miles Davis / Composers: Miles Davis
03
Blues Etude (Live)
Oscar Peterson
Plays The Blues
05:31
Writer: Oscar Peterson / Composers: Oscar Peterson
04
Chicago Blues (Live)
Oscar Peterson
Plays The Blues
13:54
Writer: Oscar Peterson / Composers: Oscar Peterson
05
Night Train
Oscar Peterson Trio
Plays The Blues
04:50
Writer: Lewis C. Simpkins - Jimmy Forrest - Oscar Washington / Composers: Lewis C. Simpkins - Jimmy Forrest - Oscar Washington
06
Blues for Bird
Oscar Peterson
Plays The Blues
12:33
Writer: Dizzy Gillespie - Sonny Stitt - Oscar Peterson / Composers: Dizzy Gillespie - Sonny Stitt - Oscar Peterson
07
One O'Clock Jump
Oscar Peterson
Plays The Blues
05:49
Writer: Count Basie / Composers: Count Basie
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