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Bob Brookmeyer

1929 - 2011

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Robert Edward "Bob" Brookmeyer (December 19, 1929 – December 15, 2011) was an American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Brookmeyer first gained widespread public attention as a member of Gerry Mulligan's quartet from 1954 to 1957. He later worked with Jimmy Giuffre, before rejoining Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Brookmeyer has received more than 190,248 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Bob Brookmeyer is the 1,132nd most popular musician (up from 1,575th in 2019), the 5,545th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,848th in 2019) and the 393rd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Bob Brookmeyer ranks 1,132 out of 3,175. Before him are Richard Marx, John Mellencamp, Randy Jackson, Frank Thomas, Billy Cox, and David Bryan. After him are Al Kooper, Glenn Danzig, Gary Peacock, Travis Barker, Jay Chou, and Bruce Kulick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Bob Brookmeyer ranks 299. Before him are James Shigeta, Hubert Dreyfus, Fazlur Rahman Khan, Dominique Fernandez, Terry Sawchuk, and Karl-Erik Palmér. After him are Nicolas Bouvier, Viguen, Nusrat Bhutto, József Tóth, Petr Eben, and Charles Antenen. Among people deceased in 2011, Bob Brookmeyer ranks 240. Before him are Andrée Chedid, Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, Nilla Pizzi, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Radivoje Ognjanović, and Dorian Gray. After him are Theodore Roszak, Maurice Guigue, Justinas Marcinkevičius, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Dennis Oppenheim, and Jean Bartik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Brookmeyer ranks 5,545 out of 20,380. Before him are David Bryan (1962), George C. Williams (1926), Anne Haney (1934), Margaret Taylor (1788), Michael Tomasello (1950), and Margaret Colin (1958). After him are Robert Byrd (1917), Al Kooper (1944), Strom Thurmond (1902), Mark Forest (1933), Mike Wallace (1918), and Cesar Chavez (1927).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Bob Brookmeyer ranks 393. Before him are Richard Marx (1963), John Mellencamp (1951), Randy Jackson (1961), Frank Thomas (1912), Billy Cox (1939), and David Bryan (1962). After him are Al Kooper (1944), Glenn Danzig (1955), Gary Peacock (1935), Travis Barker (1975), Bruce Kulick (1953), and Paul Butterfield (1942).

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