# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nick-larocca
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:33:28.063Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nick-larocca"
name: "Nick LaRocca"
slug: "nick-larocca"
description: "Dominic James \"Nick\" LaRocca, was an American early jazz cornetist and trumpeter and the leader of the Original Dixieland Jass Band, who is credited by some as being \"the father of modern jazz\". 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."
tagline: "American jazz musician (1889–1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nick_larocca.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1889-04-11"
deathDate: "1961-02-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.12
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.17890933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0488393/"
    handle:    "nm0488393"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "نيك لاروكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Nick LaRocca"
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    title: "Nick LaRocca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_LaRocca"
    title: "Nick LaRocca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_La_Rocca"
    title: "Nick La Rocca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_LaRocca"
    title: "Nick LaRocca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_La_Rocca"
    title: "Nick La Rocca"
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    title: "ニック・ラロッカ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_LaRocca"
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    title: "Нік ЛаРокка"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump