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Joe Morello

1928 - 2011

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Joseph Albert 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". In fact, "Take Five", the album's biggest hit (and the first jazz single to sell more than one million copies) was specifically written by Desmond as a way to showcase Morello's ability to play in 54 time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Joe Morello is the 1,779th most popular musician (down from 1,467th in 2024), the 9,456th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,404th in 2019) and the 678th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Joe Morello ranks 1,780 out of 3,175. Before him are Rick Allen, Glenn Cornick, Camilla Wicks, Yegor Letov, José Antonio Labordeta, Herb Ellis, and Avishai Cohen. After him are Rex Brown, Peter Tork, Bart Berman, Vitamin C, and Yoko Shimomura.

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Among people born in 1928, Joe Morello ranks 493. Before him are Gregory Walcott, Manuel Muñoz, Jeanne Cooper, Camilla Wicks, Imre Hódos, and Muhammadu Maccido. After him are Nigel Davenport, Michel Brault, William Alexander Morgan, Tommy Docherty, Carlo Giuffrè, and Pete Rademacher. Among people deceased in 2011, Joe Morello ranks 382. Before him are Kuno Klötzer, Roberto Lippi, Marianna Nagy, Assar Rönnlund, Irena Kwiatkowska, and Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola. After him are Yozhef Betsa, Bob Brookmeyer, Park Wan-suh, Knut Steen, Žarko Nikolić, and Annie Easley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Morello ranks 9,458 out of 20,380. Before him are Herb Ellis (1921), John Cody (1907), Sharon Mitchell (1956), James Burnham (1905), Riley Steele (1987), and Jeanette J. Epps (1970). After him are Mary Carlisle (1914), Happy Rockefeller (1926), Rex Brown (1964), Little Crow (1810), Douglas Trumbull (1942), and Ricky Jay (1946).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Joe Morello ranks 678. Before him are Lee Ranaldo (1956), Shelly Manne (1920), Mike Mills (1958), Chuck Mangione (1940), Camilla Wicks (1928), and Herb Ellis (1921). After him are Rex Brown (1964), Peter Tork (1942), Vitamin C (1972), Elizabeth Cotten (1893), Bob Brookmeyer (1929), and Tom Harrell (1946).

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