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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
- SatMay 309:00pm
MUSIC VILLAGE (BE) - A Tribute To Tal Farlow
Belgium, Brussels, Rue des Pierres 50, 1000QUENTIN LIÉGEOIS QUARTET
A TRIBUTE TO TAL FARLOW
Quentin Liégeois (guitar), Pascal Mohy (piano), Sal La Rocca (bass), Mimi Verderame (drums)
American jazz guitarist. Tal Farlow (1921-1998),nicknamed the "Octopus" for his extremely large hands spread over the fretboard, is considered one of the all-time great jazz guitarists. Where other similar players of his day combined rhythmic chords with linear melodies, Farlow preferred placing single notes together in clusters, varying between harmonically enriched tones based on a startling new technique. Famous Quentin Liégeois (Django d’Or 2009) and three of our best jazz cats pay tribute in their brilliant way.18 €All Ages
