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Joe Morello

1928 - 2011

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Joseph Albert "Joe" Morello (July 17, 1928 – March 12, 2011) was an American jazz drummer best known for serving as the drummer for pianist Dave Brubeck, as part of the Dave Brubeck Quartet, from 1957 to 1972, including during the quartet's "classic lineup" from 1958 to 1968, which also included alto saxophonist Paul Desmond and bassist Eugene Wright. Morello's facility for playing unusual time signatures and rhythms enabled that group to record a series of albums that explored them. The most notable of these was the first in the series, the 1959 album Time Out, which contained the hit songs "Take Five" and "Blue Rondo à la Turk". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Morello has received more than 621,754 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Joe Morello is the 1,468th most popular musician (up from 1,488th in 2019), the 7,406th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,432nd in 2019) and the 530th most popular American Musician.

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  • 620k

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  • 54.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Joe Morello ranks 1,468 out of 3,175. Before him are Alexander Rosenbaum, Manuel Göttsching, Oliver Nelson, Beth Gibbons, Ted Gärdestad, and Billy Hart. After him are Karl Logan, Josef Labor, Ramsey Lewis, Sean Lennon, Spike Edney, and Johnny Mercer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Joe Morello ranks 428. Before him are Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Martin Turnovský, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Michelle Perrot, Earl Holliman, and Martin Davis. After him are John Ostrom, Tom Lantos, Emilio Caprile, Jean Dotto, Kiyonori Kikutake, and Kenny Drew. Among people deceased in 2011, Joe Morello ranks 335. Before him are Roger Gautier, Leonid Abalkin, Agustín García-Gasco Vicente, Nasser Hejazi, Thorbjørn Svenssen, and Per Berlin. After him are Zoltán Berczik, Joe Arroyo, Edmundo Ros, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Garret FitzGerald, and Kiyonori Kikutake.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Morello ranks 7,406 out of 20,380. Before him are Melina Kanakaredes (1967), Earl Holliman (1928), Robert Strauss (1913), Dale Gardner (1948), Martin Davis (1928), and Juanita Moore (1914). After him are Chuck Russell (1958), Karl Logan (1965), Richard Hilton (1955), Steve Forrest (1925), Shea Whigham (1969), and Debra Monk (1949).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Joe Morello ranks 530. Before him are Joseph Williams (1960), David Tudor (1926), Leslie West (1945), Michael Nesmith (1942), Oliver Nelson (1932), and Billy Hart (1940). After him are Karl Logan (1965), Ramsey Lewis (1935), Sean Lennon (1975), Johnny Mercer (1909), Henry Vestine (1944), and Mark Hoppus (1972).

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