{"id":53672,"date":"2022-04-13T10:24:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T08:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/?p=53672"},"modified":"2025-10-23T15:29:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:29:36","slug":"the-roots-of-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/the-roots-of-jazz\/","title":{"rendered":"THE ROOTS OF JAZZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Jazz is in the soul of Sicilian people. They have a natural leaning towards Jazz. Nick La Rocca was the first jazz musician in history. He was born in New Orleans in 1889, but his father was an immigrant from Salaparuta. Nick inherited a passion for music from him. Nick played the cornet in the Bersaglieri fanfare. Nick\u2019s fame grew when he became the leader of the <em>Original Dixieland Jazz Band<\/em>, the group that recorded the first jazz album in history and also inspired the great Louis Armstrong.<br \/>\nThe <strong>Nick La Rocca Research Center<\/strong> of Salaparuta has been organizing festivals, involving jazz music lovers from all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>Salaparuta is also known worldwide today because of the <strong>fabulous wineries on the island<\/strong> founded by the <strong>Duke of Salaparuta<\/strong>, of the Alliata family, in the early 19th century.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":63297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1918,1935],"tags":[],"luogo":[2980],"stagione":[1874,1877,1875,1876],"class_list":["post-53672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arte-e-cultura-en","category-tradizioni-en","luogo-trapani","stagione-autumn","stagione-spring","stagione-summer","stagione-winter"],"acf":{"galleria":false,"sottotitolo":"On the way to Salaparuta","titolo_paragrafo_1":"Dettaglio","paragrafo_1":"<h2><strong>Salaparuta on Sicily, the birthplace of Jazz<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Did you know that Jazz was<\/strong> <strong>born in Sicily?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Those who really love music should plan a trip to Sicily. <strong>Salaparuta<\/strong>, near <a href=\"\/en\/localita\/trapani\/\">Trapani<\/a>, is the perfect destination, considered to be the birthplace of jazz.<\/p>\n<p>Jazz further developed in New Orleans, Louisiana, but it has its roots in Salaparuta. The musician <strong>Renzo Arbore<\/strong> made Italian jazz famous. In his documentary <em>&#8216;From Palermo to New Orleans&#8230; and it was immediately jazz&#8217;<\/em>, he showed all his enthusiasm when he discovered that Sicily has this record as well.<\/p>\n","localizzazione":"<div class=\"leaflet-map\" data-height=\"400\" data-map=\"leaflet\" data-map-lng=\"13.9581299\" data-map-lat=\"37.4225259\" data-map-zoom=\"7\" data-map-layers=\"[&quot;CartoDB.Voyager&quot;]\" data-map-markers=\"[{&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Salaparuta&quot;,&quot;default_label&quot;:&quot;91020 Salaparuta, Sicilia Italia&quot;,&quot;lat&quot;:37.757942,&quot;lng&quot;:13.009741999999999,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;marker_68fa2d33e0072&quot;}]\"><\/div>\n"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>THE ROOTS OF JAZZ - Visit Sicily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Those who really love music should plan a trip to Sicily. 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