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Sal La Rocca
Belgium, Brussels

About Sal La Rocca

DOUBLE BASS PLAYER / COMPOSER

Sal La Rocca – Initially briefly interested in guitar rock, he discovered the jazz genre in the early 1980s. Sal traded the guitar for the bass and taught himself the jazz idiom, inspired by the model of Paul Chambers. La Rocca tirelessly built on his abilities as a musician, and it did not take long before he was noticed playing alongside Toots THIELEMANS, Philip CATHERINE, Steve GROSSMAN, Lee KONITZ, Dani KLEIN featuring Vaya Con Dios…

Sal (Salvatore) La Rocca has released three albums under his own name, such as LATINEA (Jan 2003). IT COULD BE THE END (Feb 2012), with : Lorenzo DI MAIO (guitar), Pascal MOHY (piano & Fender Rh.) and Hans van OOSTERHOUT (drums) featuring : Jacques SCHWARZ-BART (t. sax) on the IGLOO RECORDS label.
SHIFTED (Nov 2018), with : Jeroen van Herzeele (t. & s. sax), Pascal Mohy (piano & Wurlitzer) & Lieven Venken (drums) on IGLOO RECORDS & EL NEGOCITO RECORDS labels. – Igloo Records & el Negocito Records

Sal can be experienced live with his, and other groups at numerous world venues.

Sal has shared the stage with an impressive list of talented musicians:
Harold LAND, John ENGELS, Andre CECCARELLI, Jiggs WIGHAM, Steve GROSSMAN, Dave TURNER, Michel GRAILLIER, Sheila JORDAN, Deborah BROWN, Mark MURPHY, Lee KONITZ, Gordon BECK, Sangoma EVEREST, Stanley JORDAN, Charlie MARIANO, Bob MOOVER, , Randy BRECKER, Bob FRANCESCHINI, Richie BEIRACH, Scott HAMILTON, Didier LOCKWOOD, Tony LAKATOS, Roby LAKATOS, Bobby DURHAM, Steve WILLIAMS, Denise KING, Jacques SCHWARZ-BART, Pierrick PEDRON, Alvin QUEEN, Baptiste TROTIGNON, Sylvain BEUF, etc…

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Past Events

Thu

May 07

10:00 PM

All Ages
JAZZ A LIEGE - Klein/La Rocca 4tet

Belgium, Liège, Esplanade de l'Europe 2/A, 4020

Fri

Nov 04

8:30 AM

All Ages
L'An Vert - Sal La Rocca Quartet

Belgium, Liège, Rue Mathieu Polain, 4, 4020

Sun

Nov 06

6:00 AM

All Ages
Cellule 133a - Sal La Rocca Quartet

Belgium, Brussels, 133a Avenue Ducpétiaux, 1060

Thu

Jan 26

9:00 PM

All Ages
Crab Club Jazz - Sal La Rocca 4tet

Belgium, Brussels, Chaussée de Waterloo 7, 1060

Sat

Nov 24

8:30 AM

All Ages
C-minecultuurcentrum

Belgium, Genk, C-mine 10 bus 1, 3600

Thu

Apr 04

8:30 AM

All Ages
EU-Jazz Night

Netherlands, Maastricht, St. Maartenspoort 2, 6221 BA

Mon

May 06

9:30 AM

All Ages
Sounds Jazz Club⎜MASTER SESSION

Belgium, Brussels, Rue de la tulipe, 28, 1050

Sat

May 11

8:30 AM

All Ages
Salle Ysaye⎜WOLF IN THE WOOD

Belgium, Arlon, Place Des Chasseurs Ardennais, 6700

Mon

May 13

9:30 AM

All Ages
Sounds Jazz Club⎜MASTER SESSION

Belgium, Brussels, Rue de la tulipe, 28, 1050

Mon

May 20

9:30 AM

All Ages
Sounds Jazz Club⎜MASTER SESSION

Belgium, Brussels, Rue de la tulipe, 28, 1050

Tue

May 21

9:00 AM

All Ages
Music Village⎜Vincent THEKAL Trio

Belgium, Brussels , Rue des Pierres, 50, Steenstraat, 1000

Sun

May 26

5:30 AM

All Ages
Jacques Pelzer Jazz Club

Belgium, Liège, Boulevard Ernest Solvay 493 , 4000

Mon

May 27

9:30 AM

All Ages
Sounds Jazz Club⎜MASTER SESSION

Belgium, Brussels, Rue de la tulipe, 28, 1050

Thu

May 30

8:30 AM

All Ages
Music Village⎜ Vincent THEKAL Quartet

Belgium, Brussels , Rue des Pierres, 50, Steenstraat, 1000

Sat

Jun 29

5:00 PM

All Ages
Archiduc⎜VINCENT THEKAL 4TET

Belgium, Brussels, Rue Antoine Dansaert 6, 1000

Mon

Sep 30

9:30 PM

All Ages
Sounds Jazz Club⎜MASTER SESSION

Belgium, Brussels, Rue de la tulipe, 28, 1050

Mon

Oct 07

9:30 PM

All Ages
Sounds Jazz Club - MASTER SESSION

Belgium, Brussels, Rue de la tulipe, 28, 1050

Mon

Oct 14

9:30 PM

All Ages
Sounds Jazz Club⎜MASTER SESSION

Belgium, Brussels, Rue de la tulipe, 28, 1050

Mon

Oct 21

9:30 PM

All Ages
Sounds Jazz Club⎜MASTER SESSION

Belgium, Brussels, Rue de la tulipe, 28, 1050

Mon

Oct 28

9:30 PM

All Ages
Sounds Jazz Club⎜MASTER SESSION

Belgium, Brussels, Rue de la tulipe, 28, 1050

Maison Flagey Brussels

Thu

Feb 09

8:00 PM

All Ages
Maison Flagey Brussels

Belgium, Brussels, 39, Avenue Général De Gaule, 1050

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