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Louis Armstrong mentioned more than once about how enjoyed the Original Dixieland Jass Band records as a young man, noting they were the first availible records of the music played in New Orleans, I think it's stetching the point to call LaRocca an important influence on Armstrong's playing; by his own testimony and that of other New Orleans old timers he seems to have been more influenced by Joe "King" Oliver and Bunk Johnson. -- Infrogmation 15:09, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding Nick LaRocca, and his role in the Formation and Development of Jazz[edit]

Regarding this quote, "The Original Dixieland Jazz Band is now regarded as one of the seminal groups in the formation and development of jazz." And, "A balanced assessment would have to acknowledge that Nick LaRocca was an important figure in taking jazz from a regional style to international popularity...." This is news to me and other graduates of Jazz degree programs in Universities. Tex-mex-girl (talk) 05:59, 2 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

They made the first Jazz records, and took Jazz to Europe - regardless of what you think of their musicality or authenticity, these were major steps in bringing jazz to international popularity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.38.92.222 (talk) 02:48, 6 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Personal life[edit]

There's nothing in the article about LaRocca's personal life such as marriage(s) and offspring. I came here from Original Dixieland Jass Band where I saw this in the "Breakup" section: "Nick LaRocca's son, Jimmy LaRocca, continues to lead bands under the name The Original Dixieland Jazz Band." (no reference cited). Now either Jimmy was born when Nick was very old or Jimmy himself is now very old. Or should that read "grandson"? Whatever, coming to this article didn't give me any understanding of the situation. Akld guy (talk) 06:51, 26 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Jimmy LaRocca was born to Nick LaRocca's younger wife, older but not abnormally old. Google and you can find videos of Jimmy LaRocca from within the last 10 years. Is a summary of Nick LaRocca's marriages etc relevant/useful to the article? -- Infrogmation (talk) 05:15, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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"LaRocca" v/s "La Rocca"[edit]

I reverted the changing of all instances of "LaRocca" to "La Rocca". There may be some arguments either way - spelling on period sources like 78 record labels are frankly inconsistent, with examples of both spellings appearing. "La Rocca" may be the preferred spelling in Italian today, but a fair number of 19th century immigrants to the USA used variants, and were free to spell their name as they chose. However "LaRocca" seems definitive from the man himself and his family. He signed it that way. Note the Hogan Jazz Archives of Tulane University, which houses his papers, has his name as Dominic James "Nick" LaRocca. For his family, note his surviving son Jimmy LaRocca. --Infrogmation (talk) 05:24, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]