Nick LaRocca | Composers

Dominic James "Nick" LaRocca was an American cornetist, bandleader and jazz pioneer. He was a member of some of the bands in which jazz was developed in New Orleans and which eventually brought the then new form of music to Chicago and New York around 1916. Nick LaRocca is also considered to be the composer or co-composer of some early jazz standards such as Tiger Rag and Fidgety Feet.