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...

commercially and to have hit recordings in the genre. Band leader and cornetist Nick LaRocca argued that ODJB deserved recognition as the first band to record jazz...

Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro, and Larry Shields in 1917. "Tiger Rag" was first copyrighted in 1917 with music composed by Nick LaRocca. In...

player Michelle Rocca, presenter of the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 Mo Rocca, American writer, comedian, and political satirist Nick LaRocca, Sicilian-American...

Dixieland Jass Band (a white 5-piece group from New Orleans led by cornetist Nick LaRocca) for the Victor Talking Machine Company in the United States, becomes...

as the LaRocca crime family or the Pittsburgh Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The LaRocca family...

Sbarbaro, Henry Ragas, Nick LaRocca, and Eddie Edwards, the members of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band. It was composed by Nick LaRocca and Larry Shields...

stand and worked as a sports coach. He returned to music in 1936 when Nick LaRocca reformed the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, playing with them until 1938...

John Sebastian LaRocca (May 1, 1901 – December 3, 1984) was the Sicilian-born American boss of the Pittsburgh crime family from the 1950s until his death...

alternate title of "Barnyard Blues" with Leo Feist in New York listing Nick LaRocca as the composer. The sheet music cover contained a reference to the Victor...

jazz song "Livery Stable Blues". The personnel on the recording were Nick LaRocca (cornet), Larry Shields (clarinet), Eddie Edwards (trombone), Henry Ragas...

"Petite Fleur" (Sidney Bechet) – 04:11 "Fidgety Feet" (Eddie Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields) – 05:34 "Luscious" (Connick)...

labels. Mares recorded George Lewis, Papa Celestin, Sharkey Bonano, Nick LaRocca, and Raymond Burke. Bands practiced at the label's studio behind Mares...

Wayne Shorter Newk: Sonny Rollins NHØP: Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Nick: Nick LaRocca O Bruxo (The Sorcerer): Hermeto Pascoal Ol' Blue Eyes: Frank Sinatra...

and "At the Jazz Band Ball", "Ostrich Walk", and "Fidgety Feet" with Nick LaRocca. These compositions became jazz classics and standards that were re-recorded...

Beeswing – 1837, 1840, 1841, 1842 Leading jockey (8 wins): Joe Mercer – Nick La Rocca (1953, dead-heat), Grey of Falloden (1964), The Accuser (1968), Biskrah...

the earliest, and among the most controversial, figures in jazz was Nick LaRocca, who was of Sicilian heritage. Modern Sicilian-American jazz artists...

direction of Nick LaRocca; however, Nunez and Ray Lopez filed copyright for a sheet music version of the tune before LaRocca. Nick LaRocca and the band...

Butera Dukes of Dixieland (Frank Assunto, Freddie Assunto, Papa Assunto) Nick LaRocca Carlos Marcello Louis Prima Vaccaro brothers (including Joseph Vaccaro)...

Rodgers – Lyrics by Lorenz Hart "At the Jazz Band Ball" – Written by Nick LaRocca & Larry Shields – Performed by Bix Beiderbecke "Poor Butterfly" – Music...

thought this less risky than leaving town. Christian was replaced by Nick LaRocca, and thus Frank Christian missed his chance to be in the Original Dixieland...

centers on Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero's illegitimate son, Joey LaRocca, as he works his way up in the Soprano crime family. Road to Respect was...

Band in 1917. The music was credited to band members Eddie Edwards, Nick La Rocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro and Larry Shields, and lyrics to Harry Da...

Tut Strut is the title of more than one song: A jazz tune composed by Nick LaRocca, and not recorded by his Original Dixieland Jazz Band, but recorded decades...

Australian rules footballer Nick LaRocca (1889–1961), American jazz cornetist and trumpeter Nick Lashaway (1988–2016), American actor Nick Lassa (1898–1964), American...

a. Tony Spargo) on drums; Edwin "Daddy" Edwards on trombone; D. James "Nick" LaRocca on cornet; Larry Shields on clarinet, and Henry Ragas on piano....

to love hot jazz; he taught himself to play cornet by listening to Nick LaRocca's horn lines. He also listened to jazz from the riverboats that docked...

(Jones) Melodisc 1158 1919 Rag (arr. by Lu Watters) / Ostrich Walk (Nick La Rocca) Melodisc 1170 South (Moten/Hayes)/ Richard M. Jones Blues Melodisc...

Ballard MacDonald m. Mary Earl "Clarinet Marmalade" m. Edwin B. Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Tony Spargo & Larry Shields "Dallas Blues" w. Lloyd Garrett m. Hart...

Buddy Bolden, Freddie Keppard, Jelly Roll Morton, James Reese Europe, Nick LaRocca 2 "The Gift" 1917–1924 Chicago jazz, Harlem Renaissance, New Orleans...