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Jukka Perko
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Finland
- Active from
- 1968
Discography
- Kaanaanmaa2002
- Kuunnelmia2004
- Retrospective2006
- Maan korvessa2008
- Profeetta2008
- Avara2011
- Rauhan ajan marssit2012
- Streamline Jazztet2012
- It Takes Two to Tango2015
- Dizzy2017
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,985
- Total plays
- 41,625
Tags
Jukka Perko is a Finnish saxophone player. Jukka Perko’s rapid ascent to international fame began in 1987 when none other than legendary Dizzy Gillespie recruited the fresh nineteen-year-old into his big band. Perko’s dazzling talent was compared to the young Charlie Parker and won him rave reviews. Since the two years spent with Dizzy’s band, Perko has had a number of bands and has performed in over forty countries. Powered by his spectacular playing technique <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 8,016x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
· 2017 · cited 6,176x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 5,700x
- Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,585x
- Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 5,082x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Huittinen
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Sibelius Academy
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Genre
- Afro-Cuban jazz
- Instrument
- alto saxophone
- Image
- Jukka Perko (2017).jpg
Show 2 more facts
- date of birth
- 1968-02-18
- birth name
- Jukka Tapani Perko
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