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Nick LaRocca

American jazz musician (1889–1961)
Person Human Q737521
Nick LaRocca
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Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
April 11, 1889
Date of death
February 22, 1961
Place of birth
New Orleans
Place of death
New Orleans
Country of citizenship
United States[11]
Occupation
composer, conductor, bandleader, jazz musician, cornetist
Genre
jazz[14]
Cause of death
cardiovascular disease[16]
Given name
Dominic[17]
Instrument
trumpet[18]
Member of
Original Dixieland Jass Band[12]
Place of burial
Greenwood Cemetery[10]
Record label
Victor Talking Machine Company[15]
Start of work period
1912[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Nick LaRocca en Dominic James "Nick" LaRocca cs Nicoló LaRocca cs Dominic James La Rocca cs Nick de la Rocca de Dominic James „Nick“ LaRocca fr Nick La Rocca ja ニック・ラロッカ uk Нік ЛаРокка
🔖 Identifiers · 46
ISNI
0000000113182120
VIAF cluster ID
47557026
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n93026472
GND ID
118726579
All About Jazz musician ID
8589
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000335514
American National Biography ID
1800690
BIBSYS ID
3001764
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14022863q
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
larocca-nick
Carnegie Hall agent ID
1002527
Classical Archives composer ID
33117
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DAHR artist ID
106826
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118726579
Discogs artist ID
326830
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Nick-La-Rocca
Europeana entity
agent/base/61273
FAST ID
1510935
Find a Grave memorial ID
6589060
Freebase ID
/m/01420_
GTAA ID
259378
Grove Music Online ID
J259200
HAND ID
9BB5-B835-EE1C-0A11-1A65
IMDb ID
nm0488393
Internet Broadway Database person ID
496793
J9U entity ID
987007322350405171
KANTO ID
000198836
KBR person ID
14564516
Kinobox person ID
1370989
Library of Congress JukeBox ID (former scheme)
3897, 5872
MusicBrainz artist ID
56ccb1ca-96b4-4314-a167-944e7c01bec8
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
550076
NL CR AUT ID
xx0085477
NLP ID
a0000002507697
NUKAT ID
n2013141171
National Library of Latvia ID
000323347
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810697003105606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1503061
Obálky knih ID
xx0085477
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100052267
SBN author ID
CFIV207743
SVKKL authority ID
0287446-LaRocca-Nick-18891961
SecondHandSongs artist ID
55477
WikiTree person ID
LaRocca-103
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJmP9gvycCYvccDQ3xtR8C
Yale LUX ID
person/00b8503b-46d2-4aa4-972f-a58432ee29bc

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🔗 Connections
Mb:composer 6
Tiger Rag, Tiger Rag, Dixieland Jass Band One-Step, Dixieland Jass Band One-Step, At the Jazz Band Ball, At the Jazz Band Ball
Occupation 4
composer, conductor, bandleader, jazz musician
Belongs to 1
Original Dixieland Jass Band
Compositions 1
Tiger Rag
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Genre 1
jazz
Given name 1
Dominic
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
trumpet
Mb:member of band 1
Original Dixieland Jass Band
Place of birth 1
New Orleans
Place of death 1
New Orleans
Record label 1
Victor Talking Machine Company
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Chovguziv
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Summary

Nick LaRocca was born on April 11, 1889[1], in New Orleans[2]. He died on February 22, 1961[3], in New Orleans[4]. He worked as a composer[5], conductor[6], bandleader[7], jazz musician[8], and cornetist[9].

FAQs

Where was Nick LaRocca born?

Nick LaRocca's place of birth was New Orleans[2].

Where did Nick LaRocca die?

Nick LaRocca passed away in New Orleans[4].

What did Nick LaRocca do for work?

Nick LaRocca worked as a composer[5], conductor[6], bandleader[7], jazz musician[8], and cornetist[9].

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . es.findagrave.com. es.findagrave.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Lesko987a · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    WikiTree person ID → LaRocca-103
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #59257: P2949 FindaGrave"
  2. 5w ago · Nick Number · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Find a Grave memorial ID → 6589060
    "Created claim: Find a Grave memorial ID: 6589060"
  3. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [de] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57984: Import missing aliases from dewiki 1/3"
  4. 12w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of burial → Greenwood Cemetery
    HAND ID → 9BB5-B835-EE1C-0A11-1A65
    "Created claim: HAND ID: 9BB5-B835-EE1C-0A11-1A65, batch #269215"
  5. 19w ago · Cris2020 · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cause of death → cardiovascular disease
    "Created claim: Cause of death: cardiovascular disease"
  6. 22w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of citizenship → United States
    Sex or gender → male
    SVKKL authority ID → 0287446-LaRocca-Nick-18891961
    Instance of → human
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0287446-LaRocca-Nick-18891961, batch #259497"
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