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Ask Jimmy LaRocca
a jazz question
Notable:
8/16/2008
Nick LaRocca
Cultural Arts Center
Sicily, Italy
8/4/2002
Kennedy Center
Washington Post
Performance Review
Trip photos added
Also:
View photos on the
Vintage photos page
in the Photo Gallery.
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(The
ODJB has performed for a countless number of convention functions in New Orleans
at all the major locations in the city including: Aquarium of the Americas,
Arnaud’s Restaurant, Cajun Queen Riverboat, City Energy Club, Creole Queen
River Boat, Dutch Alley, Fairmont Hotel, French Quarter Festival, Harrah’s
Casino - Mansion Ballroom, Hilton Hotel, Le Meridien Hotel Corp., Mardi Gras
World, Monteleone Hotel, Morial Convention Center, Musee Wax Conti Museum,
Natchez River Boat, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, New Orleans
Steamboat Company, Omni Royal Hotel, Pat O’Brien’s Annex Bar, Pavilion of
Two Sisters - City Park, Red Room, Riverview Room, Royal Sonesta Hotel, Sheraton
Hotel, Snug Harbor, Storyville District, Treasure Chest Casino, Tulane
University, US Dept. of the Interior, Washington Square and many other
locations.)

Upcoming Performances include:

Past notable performances include:
 | 2012, April French Quarter Festival, New Orleans, LA |
 | 2011, August 18 & 19
Sicilian Festival of Traditional Jazz and Swing, Teatro G. Di Stefano,
Trapani, Italy; (Link
1,
Link 2,
Link 3) |
 | 2010, Sunday, April 25 New Orleans
Jazz and Heritage Festival - Economy Hall Time: TBA (Jazz Fest
2010) |
 | 2010, Tuesday, February 16 (Fat Tuesday - Mardi Gras Day!) Palm
Beach, Florida - Oldest and most prestigious Private Country Club in Palm
Beach. |
 | 2009, Tuesday, June 23 and Thursday, June 25 - Rimini, Italy,
Rimini
International Jazz Festival |
 | 2009, Tuesday, February 24 (Fat Tuesday - Mardi Gras Day!) Palm
Beach, Florida - Oldest and most prestigious Private Country Club in Palm
Beach. |
 | 2008, Saturday, August 16 - Salaparuta, Sicily - ODJB members with
Lino Patruno and Renzo Arbore |
 | 2008, Saturday, April 12 French Quarter
Festival - New Orleans 1:15- 3:15pm (FQF 2008) |
 | 2008, Friday, April 25 New Orleans
Jazz and Heritage Festival - Economy Hall 12:25 to 1:15pm (Jazz Fest
2008) |
 | 2008, Saturday, May 3 New Orleans
Jazz and Heritage Festival - Children's Tent 12:30pm (NEW CD Release - "Dixieland
Jazz For Children" featuring
Johnette Downing and the ODJB) |
 | 2008, Tuesday, February 5 (Fat Tuesday - Mardi Gras Day!) Palm Beach,
Florida - Oldest and most prestigious Private Country Club in Palm Beach. |
 | 2007 (June) Northern Italy Performances:
2007,
June 18 - Ferrarra, Italy
VenetoJazz - Information on Ferrarra
2007,
June 17 -
Verona Jazz Festival, Verona Italy
Information
- 1 -
Information - 2 |
 | 2006, December 9 - Rozsa
Center for the Performing Arts - Michigan Tech University - (www.mtu.edu) |
 | 2006, May 2 & 3 -
Schützenhaus Albisgütli Zurich -
18th International Dixie & Blues Festival Zurich, Switzerland |
 | 2005, December 17 -
Arts Harmony Hall
- 8:00pm, Ft. Washington, MD |
 | 2004, July & August European Summer Tour, Ireland and Scotland
(see attached pdf file for one page with all the details)
1. Cork Opera House, Half Moon Theatre, 9pm, Wednesday July 28th
2. Belfast Waterfront Hall, 8pm, July 29th
3. Dublin - Vicar Street, 8pm, Friday July 30th
4. Dublin - (Private Event), Saturday, July 31st (Time = TBA)
5. Edinburgh, Edinburgh International Jazz Festival, The Hub, Castlehill, Sunday, August 1st
(Time = TBA) |
 | 2004, Saturday, May 1 New Orleans Jazz &
Heritage Festival
Economy Hall 11:15am to 12:05pm
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 | 2004, Sunday, January 4 LSU Alumni
Association - Sugar Bowl
Pre-Event at Antoine's Restaurant New
Orleans. (see
the ad) |
 | 2003, Saturday, November 1 New
Orleans Investment Conference
- The conference keynote speaker was Bill O'Reilly
from the O'Reilly Factor on Fox
Network and the
feature entertainment was the ODJB. |
 | 2003, Saturday, April 12 French Quarter
Festival, New
Orleans. |
 | 2002, Saturday, August 3 - Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
- 6:00 to 7:00pm |
 | 2002, Sunday, August 4 - MusikFest - Bethlehem, PA - 8:30pm |
 | 2002, May 31 - Old US Mint/LA State
Museum,
Release of the Louisiana Quarter. |
 | 2002, May 4 - The New Orleans Jazz &
Heritage Festival
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 | 2002, April - Pensacola Jazz
Festival |
 | 2002, January 19 - The American Library
Association.
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 | 2001, August 3 - New Orleans Jazz Centennial
Celebration - Satchmo Club Strut.
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 | 2001,
May 2 - New
Orleans Jazz Club at Storyville District. |
 | 2000,
June - Natl.
Assn. Of Mortgage Brokers.
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 | 2000,
June 24 - New
Orleans Jazz National Historical Park.
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 | 2000, May 21 - Blaine
Kern’s Mardi Gras World. |
 | 2000,
December 14 & 15 - Memorial
da America Latina, Sao Paulo, Brazil
-
Louis
Armstrong Centennial Concert
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 | 2000, October 16 - Deutsche Post
"Party" - Harrah's Casino New Orleans.
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 | 2000, August - The Nick LaRocca Tribute Festival
in Partanna,
Italy.
Tributo A Nick La Rocca - I concerti si terrano nel Castello di Partanna |
 | 2000, May - New Orleans Jazz &
Heritage Festival |
 | 2000, April 25 - Red Room, CD Release.
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 | 2000, April - French Quarter
Festival, New
Orleans. |
 | 1999, July 24 - New Orleans Jazz National
Historical Park & the Louis Armstrong Foundation. |
 | 1999, July - Storyville Happy Jazz Club,
Helsinki, Finland |
 | 1999, June & July - Imatra Big Band Festival,
Imatra, Finland
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 | 1999, June - Sandviken Big
Band Bang Jazz
Festival, Sweden. |
 | 1999, June 22 - Natchez Riverboat. |
 | 1999, April 10 - French Quarter
Festival, New
Orleans. |
 | 1999, March 14 - Pavilion of Two Sisters. |
 | 1999, March 10 - Fairmont Hotel - VISA Conference.
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 | 1999,
December 6 - Pat
O’Brien’s. |
 | 1998, November - Yokosuka,
Japan.
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 | 1998, November 14
- Tulane University.
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 | 1998, April 24 - New Orleans Jazz &
Heritage Festival |
 | 1998, April 23 - Snug Harbor (CD Release). |
 | 1997,
April - French
Quarter Festival, New Orleans. |
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