Laroca, Pete

LAROCA, PETE (Peter Sims, 7 Apr 1938, New York, New York). Drumset artist and composer who was influenced early by timpani and Latin styles while a student at Manhattan’s High School of Music and Art, Pete LaRoca performed with Stan Getz, Slide Hampton, Art Farmer, Paul Bley, Sonny Rollins, Charles Lloyd, Jackie McLean, and John Coltrane and led his own groups. He took an extended hiatus from the music business in 1968 to drive a cab and practice law (graduated...