Nick LaRocca Videos

So All the Matters, a big combo or a small big band, performing Nick LaRocca's At the Jazzband Ball in the picturesque churchbuilding of Valkkoog, a small village near Schagen in the nother part of the provice of Noord Holland in the Netherlands. It really swings, doesn't it?

Starting in 1925 in Ohio the Mills Brothers became a local sensation by recreating instruments with the voices, while usually limiting the accompaniment to a guitar. They were among the first performers to rely on a studio device the microphone for the sound of their music. They relocated to New York in 1930, where they continued to "impersonate" jazz music. Their interpretations of Nick LaRocca's Tiger Rag 1931 , Goodbye Blues 1932 , Dinah 1932 , with Bing Crosby, Elmer Scho...

A short clip of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band playing Tiger Rag in 1936. They started in 1917 and reformed in 1936. This clip contains all the original members. Nick LaRocca leader and cornet, Larry Shields clarinet, Eddie Edwards trombone, Tony Sbarbaro drums, Russell Robinson piano.

This early jazz number dates from 1918, composed by Nick LaRocca, Eddie Edwards, Tony Sbarbaro & Larry Shields. This performance concluded the finale concert at the 9th annual Sutter Creek Ragtime Festival on Sunday 12 August 2007. Performers are: Patrick Aranda, piano & trombone Brad Kay, cornet & piano Carl Sonny Leyland, piano Marty Eggers, tuba Kitty Wilson, washboard This is not the last video from the 2007 Sutter Creek Ragtime Festival you'll see from me, though, for I ha...

Stock Footage: MOT 1937 : BRINGING BAND BACK TOGETHER : Two men listening to record CU Record label for ""Clarinet Marmalade Blues by Original Dixieland Jazz Band"" band leader Nick LaRocca 1889 1961 on telephone. Nick LaRocca w/ trombonist Eddie Edwards 1891 1963 49303072 015

Original Dixieland Jass Band ODJB was founded in New Orleans in 1916. Their first jazz recording is dated 1917. In late 1917 it changed the name's spelling to "Jazz." L'ODJB first members were: Larry Shields clarinet , Eddie Edwards trombone , Henry Ragas piano , Tony Sbarbaro drums e Nick LaRocca cornet .

Many people think that Nick LaRocca created Jazz in the early 1900's with his Original Dixieland Jazz Band. See this short video preview produced by Ghost Rider Pictures.