English:Sal La Rocca (Q586208)

After a stint with rock playing guitar, at age 23, Salvatore La Rocca discovers jazz in the early 80's and switches to double bass which he intensively explores on his own, taking as a model Paul Chambers.

Thereafter he is regularly seen aside Jacques Pelzer. Establishing himself as a bass player, a position rather empty at that time in Liège, he plays with the musicians of the region: Robert Jeanne, Robert Grahame, Steve Houben, Pierre Vaiana...