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La Roca, Pete, 1938-2012

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Personal name headingLa Roca, Pete, 1938-2012
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Variant(s)Roca, Pete La, 1938-2012
LaRoca, Pete, 1938-2012
Sims, Peter, 1938-2012
Sims, Pete, 1938-2012
La Rocca, Pete, 1938-2012
Birth date19380407
Death date20121120
Place of birthManhattan, New York, N.Y.
Place of deathManhattan, New York, N.Y.
Field of activityJazz
Profession or occupationDrummers (Musicians) Jazz musicians
Found inScott, T. Golden moments [SR] p1982: container (Pete LaRoca, drums)
Henderson, J. Our thing [SR] p1985: container (Pete La Roca)
New Grove dict. of jazz (La Roca, Pete (Sims, Peter); b. Apr. 7, 1938, New York; drummer)
32, 1998: container (Pete "LaRoca" Sims)
Ted Curson Group, 1997?: container (Pete La Rocca, drums)
Wikipedia WWW site, Nov. 21, 2012 (Pete La Roca; b. Peter Sims, Apr. 7, 1938, New York; d. Nov. 20, 2012; jazz drummer)
New York times WWW site, Nov. 26, 2012 (in obituary published Nov. 25: Pete La Roca Sims; b. Peter Sims, Apr. 7, 1938, Manhattan; adopted the stage surname La Roca; d. there Tuesday [Nov. 20, 2012], aged 74)