Nick LaRocca
Dixieland, Composer
1889 – 1961
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Who was Nick LaRocca?
Dominic James "Nick" LaRocca, was an early jazz cornetist and trumpeter and the leader of the Original Dixieland Jass Band. He is the composer of one of the most recorded jazz classics of all-time, "Tiger Rag". He was part of what is generally regarded as the first recorded jazz band, a band which recorded and released the first jazz recording, "Livery Stable Blues" in 1917.
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- Born
- Apr 11, 1889
New Orleans - Also known as
- LaRocca, Nick
- Dominic James LaRocca
- Dominic James "Nick" LaRocca
- Profession
- Died
- Feb 22, 1961
New Orleans
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on July 23, 2013
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