Nick LaRocca

Nick LaRocca
Background information
Born
Dominic James La Rocca

(1889-04-11)April 11, 1889
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
DiedFebruary 22, 1961(1961-02-22) (aged 71)
GenresDixieland, jazz
OccupationsMusician, bandleader
InstrumentsCornet, trumpet
Years active1912–59
LabelsVictor, Okeh, Vocalion, Columbia, Southland
Formerly ofOriginal Dixieland Jass Band

Dominic James "Nick" LaRocca (April 11, 1889 – February 22, 1961), was an American early jazz cornetist and trumpeter and the leader of the Original Dixieland Jass Band, who is credited by some as being "the father of modern jazz". 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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