Nick LaRocca

Nick LaRocca

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.

Birth and Death Data: Born April 11, 1889 (New Orleans), Died February 22, 1961 (New Orleans)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1917 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, cornet, leader, speaker

Notes: Surname also appears as "La Rocca." Full name is Dominic James "Nick" La Rocca.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-19331	10-in.	2/26/1917	Livery stable blues	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet, composer
Victor	B-19332	10-in.	2/26/1917	Dixieland jass band one-step	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Victor	B-21583	10-in.	3/19/1918	At the Jazz Band Ball	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet, composer
Victor	B-21584	10-in.	3/19/1918	Ostrich walk	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet, composer
Victor	B-21700	10-in.	3/25/1918	Skeleton jangle	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet, composer
Victor	B-21701	10-in.	3/25/1918	Tiger rag	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet, composer
Victor	B-22041	10-in.	6/25/1918	Bluin' the blues	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Victor	B-22042	10-in.	6/25/1918	Fidgety feet	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet, composer
Victor	B-22043	10-in.	6/25/1918	Mournin' blues	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Victor	B-22044	10-in.	6/25/1918	Sensation rag	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Victor	B-22066	10-in.	7/17/1918	Clarinet marmalade blues	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Victor	B-22067	10-in.	7/17/1918	Lazy daddy	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet, composer
Victor	B-22337	10-in.	12/3/1918	'Lasses candy	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	composer, instrumentalist, cornet
Victor	B-22338	10-in.	12/3/1918	The satanic blues	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Victor	B-24580	10-in.	11/24/1920	In the dusk	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Victor	B-24581	10-in.	11/24/1920	Margie	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Victor	B-24590	10-in.	12/4/1920	Palesteena	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Victor	B-24809	10-in.	12/30/1920	Broadway Rose	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Victor	B-24810	10-in.	12/30/1920	Sweet mamma (Papa's getting mad)	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	speaker, instrumentalist, cornet
Victor	B-24825	10-in.	1/28/1921	Home again blues	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Victor	B-24826	10-in.	1/28/1921	Crazy blues	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Victor	BVE-37190	10-in.	12/28/1926	Tiger rag	The Original Memphis Five	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BVE-37744	10-in.	2/7/1927	Tiger rag	Phil Napoleon Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BVE-38011	10-in.	4/27/1927	Tiger rag	Charles Dornberger Orchestra	Jazz/dance band (takes 4-7); with male vocal chorus (takes 1-3)	composer
Victor	CVE-56045	12-in.	8/27/1929	Tiger rag (Rag)	Victor Records technical staff (unnamed)	Dubs from records	composer
Victor	BRC-69979	10-in.	6/26/1931	Tiger rag	Irving Mills Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BVE-87729	10-in.	1/28/1935	Tiger rag	The Wanderers	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	BS-0301	10-in.	9/2/1936	Bluin' the blues	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band ; Larry Shields	Jazz/dance band, with trumpet and clarinet solos	leader
Victor	BS-0302	10-in.	9/2/1936	Tiger rag	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band ; Larry Shields	Jazz/dance band, with clarinet solo	leader, composer
Victor	BS-0303	10-in.	9/2/1936	Ostrich walk	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band ; Larry Shields	Jazz/dance band, with clarinet solo	composer, leader
Victor	BS-0304	10-in.	9/2/1936	Original Dixieland one-step	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band ; Alex Palocsay ; Larry Shields	Jazz/dance band, with clarinet solo and trombone solo	composer, leader
Victor	BS-0305	10-in.	9/2/1936	Clarinet marmalade	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band, with trumpet solo and clarinet solo	leader
Victor	BS-0306	10-in.	9/2/1936	Satanic blues	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band ; Larry Shields	Jazz/dance band	composer, leader
Victor	BS-0489	10-in.	9/25/1936	Toddlin' blues	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band ; Larry Shields	Jazz/dance band	composer, leader
Victor	BS-0490	10-in.	9/25/1936	Did you mean it?	Chris Fletcher ; Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader, instrumentalist, cornet
Victor	BS-0491	10-in.	9/25/1936	Who loves you?	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Victor	BS-0492	10-in.	9/25/1936	Old Joe Blade	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band ; J. Russel Robinson	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer, leader
Victor	BS-0493	10-in.	9/25/1936	Your ideas are my ideas	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Victor	BS-0494	10-in.	9/25/1936	Fidgety feet	Nick LaRocca ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	composer, leader
Victor	BS-0495	10-in.	9/25/1936	Clarinet marmalade	The Original Dixieland Five	Jazz/dance band	leader, instrumentalist, cornet
Victor	BS-0496	10-in.	9/25/1936	Bluin' the blues	The Original Dixieland Five	Jazz/dance band	leader, instrumentalist, cornet
Victor	BS-0497	10-in.	9/25/1936	Tiger rag	The Original Dixieland Five	Jazz/dance band	composer, leader, instrumentalist, cornet
Victor	BS-0498	10-in.	9/25/1936	Skeleton jangle	Nick LaRocca ; The Original Dixieland Five	Jazz/dance band	composer, leader, instrumentalist, cornet
Victor	BS-02488	10-in.	11/10/1936	Barnyard blues	The Original Dixieland Five	Jazz/dance band	composer, instrumentalist, cornet, leader
Victor	BS-02489	10-in.	11/10/1936	Original Dixieland one step	The Original Dixieland Five	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet, leader
Victor	BS-03064	10-in.	11/18/1936	Tiger rag	Benny Goodman Trio	Jazz/dance trio	composer
Victor	BS-037819	10-in.	6/29/1939	Tiger rag	Boston Pops Orchestra ; Arthur Fiedler	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BS-043375	10-in.	11/10/1939	At the Jazz Band Ball	Ragtime Band [Muggsy Spanier]	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-057651	10-in.	11/18/1940	Tiger rag	Alvino Rey Orchestra ; Four King Sisters	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal quartet	composer
Victor	BS-067548	10-in.	8/11/1941	Satanic blues	Dixieland Octet of NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street ; Dr. Gino Hamilton ; Henry Levine	Jazz/dance band, with speaker	composer
Victor	[Trial 1918-06-25-01]	Not documented	6/25/1918	Sweet mamma	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band, with vocal chorus	instrumentalist, cornet
Columbia	78032	10-in.	8/29/1918	Jazz band ball	Guido Deiro	Piano accordion solo	composer
Columbia	78033	10-in.	8/29/1918	Ostrich walk	Guido Deiro	Piano accordion solo	composer
Columbia	80765	10-in.	1/5/1923	Tiger rag	Ted Lewis Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	81808	10-in.	6/5/1924	Barnyard blues	Ted Lewis Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	142195	10-in.	5/12/1926	Tiger rag	University Six	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	W142444	10-in.	7/16/1926	Tiger rag	Ted Lewis and his Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	W144764	10-in.	10/14/1927	Tiger stomp	Dixieland Blue Blowers ; Curtis Mosby	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	[W]149757	10-in.	1/15/1930	Tiger rag	Hotel Pennsylvania Music [Lloyd Keating and his Music]	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble	composer
Columbia	W150683	10-in.	7/25/1930	New tiger rag	Paul Whiteman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	W151261	10-in.	2/2/1931	Tiger rag	The Red Devils	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	74103	12-in.	5/14/1920	Sphinx	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Columbia	74104	12-in.	5/14/1920	Alice blue gown	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Columbia	74105	12-in.	5/14/1920	Soudan	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Columbia	76418	12-in.	4/16/1919	Barnyard blues	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	composer, instrumentalist, cornet
Columbia	76419	12-in.	4/16/1919	At the Jazz Band Ball	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet, composer
Columbia	76458	12-in.	5/12/1919	The ostrich walk	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Columbia	76459	12-in.	5/12/1919	Sensation rag, one step	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Columbia	76467	12-in.	5/19/1919	Look at 'em doing it	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Columbia	76468	12-in.	5/19/1919	Tiger rag	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet, composer
Columbia	76566	12-in.	8/13/1919	Satanic blues	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Columbia	76567	12-in.	8/13/1919	Lasses candy, one-step	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet, composer
Columbia	76751	12-in.	1/8/1920	My baby's arms	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Columbia	76752	12-in.	1/8/1920	Tell me	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Columbia	76753	12-in.	1/8/1920	I've got my captain working for me now	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Columbia	76754	12-in.	1/8/1920	I'm forever blowing bubbles	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Columbia	76755	12-in.	1/8/1920	Mammy o' mine	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
Columbia	76756	12-in.	1/8/1920	I lost my heart in Dixieland	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, cornet
OKeh	8778	10-in.	Nov. 1924	Fidgety feet	Arcadian Serenaders	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	9412	10-in.	Oct. 1925	Original Dixieland	Arcadian Serenaders	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	9498	10-in.	Nov. 1925	Tiger rag	Wingy Manone ; San Sue Strutters	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	9612	10-in.	3/13/1926	Tiger rag	Birmingham Society Serenaders ; Jack Linx	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-70247	10-in.	Oct. 1921	Rambling blues	Jazz Hounds ; Mamie Smith	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-71044	10-in.	Nov. 1922	Toddlin' blues	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-71429	10-in.	April 1923	Tiger rag	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-71430	10-in.	April 1923	Barnyard blues	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	W81071	10-in.	5/9/1927	Ostrich walk	Frankie Trumbauer’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	W81518	10-in.	10/5/1927	At the Jazz Band Ball	Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	W401309	10-in.	11/10/1928	Tiger rag	Tommy Dorsey	Trumpet solo, with guitar, string bass, and drums	composer
OKeh	W404002	10-in.	5/4/1930	Tiger rag	Louis Armstrong Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	W405155	10-in.	3/11/1932	New tiger rag	Louis Armstrong Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with talk	composer
Brunswick	14436-14438	10-in.	12/10/1924	Tiger rag	Mound City Blue Blowers	Jazz/dance quartet	composer
Brunswick	E28680	10-in.	approximately Nov. 1928	Tiger rag	The Home Towners	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	E28940	10-in.	1/8/1929	Tiger rag	Jungle Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	E28941	10-in.	1/8/1929	Tiger rag	Jungle Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	E31912	10-in.	1/27/1930	Lazy daddy	Louisiana Rhythm Kings	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	TE37230	10-in.	9/25/1931	Tiger rag	Mills Brothers	Male vocal quartet, with guitar	composer
Brunswick	E37289	10-in.	10/9/1931	Tiger rag	Mills Brothers	Male vocal quartet, with guitar	composer
Brunswick	E16815-E16816	10-in.	10/30/1925	Tiger rag	Blue Blowers Trio	Jazz/dance trio	composer
Brunswick	E22024-E22026	10-in.	3/19/1927	Fidgety feet	Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	E22219-E22220	10-in.	4/1/1927	Tiger rag	Bowdoin Instrumental Club	Orchestra	composer
Brunswick	C4745	10-in.	11/25/1929	Tiger rag	Reuben Reeves ; River Boys	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	C4747	10-in.	11/25/1929	Tiger rag	Reuben Reeves ; River Boys	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	C5997	10-in.	Aug. 1930	Tiger rag	Phillips’ Louisville Jug Band	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Brunswick	471	10-in.	Jan. 1928	Tiger rag	Bobby Davis ; Fred Elizalde Hot Music ; Chelsea Quealey ; Adrian Rollini	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	11395	10-in.	12/23/1926	Tiger rag	Phil Napoleon Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Gramophone	0EA6506	10-in.	June 1938	Tiger rag	Reginald Foresythe ; Arthur Young	Piano duet	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	CA16028	10-in.	between October 1936 and February 1937	Taming the tiger	Orchestre Raymonde ; G. Walter	Instrumental ensemble	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	CL7415	10-in.	2/20/1941	Tiger-rag	Gus Viseur Orchestre ; Gus Viseur	Accordion solo, with orchestra	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "LaRocca, Nick," accessed November 8, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106826.

LaRocca, Nick. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 8, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106826.

"LaRocca, Nick." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 8 November 2024.