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. 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. Read more
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Play | Title | Movie | Type | Buy Song |
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Tiger Rag | Bright Young Things | Writer | Buy on Amazon | |
Tiger Rag | Big Sur | Writer | Buy on Amazon | |
At the Jazz Band Ball | Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel | Writer | Buy on Amazon | |
Original Dixieland One-Step | Tolkien | Writer | Buy on Amazon | |
Bluin' the Blues | The Legend of Bagger Vance | Performer | Buy on Amazon |