NOW IN BELGIUM : DENISE KING US 4tet - 2015 by Sal La Rocca

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, Phil ... read more

Sal La Rocca

8 years ago

NOW IN BELGIUM : DENISE KING US 4tet - 2015

DENISE KING TOP AMERICAN JAZZ SINGER Denise King - vocal, Ivan Paduart - piano, Sal La Rocca - doublebass, Hans van Oosterhout - drums LIVE @ The Music Village Jazz Club - June 2015 Philadelphian Denis King is a singer whose naturally beautiful voice, vibrato and phrasing please musicians as well as fans. Whether she’s singing a Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughan standard, or an Aretha Franklin cover, she puts her heart and soul into every note. In the company of some top famous jazz cats. ”Denise King sings pop and jazz standards with touches of the blues, soul and even gospel in a voice steeped in a sophisticated, swinging, sometimes soulful, satin style much like one of her idols, Sarah Vaughan.” - All About Jazz - http://www.denisekingsings.com/ http://www.sallarocca.com