John Ruocco

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Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass Hommage Soft Verdict Philippe Aerts Trio Act Big Band Philippe Aerts Quartet Saxo 1000 Akili The Belgian All Stars Big Band Rob Van Bavel Septet Vansina Orchestra Jacob Roved Quintet Mo(ve)ments Ensemble Ruocco Simtaine Rassinfosse Trio

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US jazz saxophone and clarinet player
Born September 18, 1952, New Haven, Connecticut; died May 21, 2025 in Den Haag, Netherlands

ALBUMS

Jacob Roved Quintet Featuring John Ruocco & Thomas Fryland

Remembering Billy Strayhorn

2015, CD, Album, Gateway Music,

John Ruocco And Adrian Mears

Meet The Würzburg Philharmonic

2013, CD, Album, Double Moon Records

Am I Asking Too Much?

2008, CD, Album, Pirouet,

Contemporary Jazz

John Abercrombie & John Ruocco

2007, CD, Album, Challenge Jazz,

Frank Vaganée Trio Feat. John Ruocco

1999, CD, Album, W.E.R.F.

Richard Rousselet, Michel Herr, John Ruocco, Jean-Louis Rassinfosse, Felix Simtaine

1983, LP, LDH (2)

Riccardo Del Fra, Eric Ineke, Serge Lazarevitch, Charles Loos, John Ruocco

Big Band Of The Royal Conservatory*

Big Band Koninklijk Conservatorium

1999, CD, Album, Koninklijk Conservatorium, Den Haag,

Contemporary Jazz

Jacob Roved Quintet

2022, CD, Album, AMP Music & Records

Vansina Orchestra

Morning Forest Aka Nose Up Bottom Down

2014, CD, Album, Rat Records (3),

Contemporary Jazz/Big Band

Ruocco Simtaine Rassinfosse Trio

A Ghost Of A Chance

2007, CD, Album, AZ Productions

Philippe Aerts Quartet

Back To The Old World

2002, CD, Album, Igloo,

1996, CD, Album, Challenge Records (3)

Philippe Aerts Trio

1995, CD, Album, Igloo

Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass

25 Jahre Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass - Die 80er und 90er Jahre

1995, 2xCD, Koala Records,

Big Band/Jazz-Rock

1990, CD, Album, M•A Music,

Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass

Bop/Big Band/Cool Jazz

Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass

Big Band/Jazz-Rock

Act Big Band And Guests - Extremes

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz

Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass

Big Band/Latin Jazz

Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass

Struggle For Pleasure

Modern Classical/Minimal

Zoo Zoo / Un Hollandais

1981, 7", Ooyevaer Disk Production,

1981, LP, Album, LDH (2),

Big Band/Post Bop/Free Jazz

Remembering Bobby Jaspar & René Thomas

1980, LP, Album, MD (6),

APPEARANCES +

Let There Be Life, Love And Laughter: Eric Ineke Meets The Tenor Players

2017, CD, Comp, Daybreak,

Double Entendre

2016, CD, Album, Wim Mertens Music, Usura Music

Filippo Bianchini 4-Tet

Disorder At The Border

2015, CD, Album, September (3),

Contemporary Jazz

Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Fusion

2014, Box, Comp + 22xCD, Universal Music Belgium

Chuck Israels, Axel Hagen

Chaconne A Son Gout

2013, CD, Album, Blue Jack Jazz Records

The David Liebman Trio*

Lieb Plays The Beatles

2013, CD, Album, Daybreak,

2012, CD, Album, Challenge Records (3)

Giovanni Di Domenico & Mo(ve)ments Ensemble

Terra Che Cammina

2010, CD, Spocus Records

The Dutch Jazz Orchestra

Moon Dreams - Rediscovered Music Of Gil Evans & Gerry Mulligan

2008, CD, Album, Challenge Records (3),

Big Band/Cool Jazz/Bop

The Dutch Jazz Orchestra

Dutch Jazz Orchestra Plays The Music Of Rob Madna

2008, 5xCD, Album, Challenge Records (3),

Nicholas*, Daly*, Winter*

2007, CD, Album, Maxanter Records

Free Desmyter Quartet

Something To Share

2007, CD, Album, W.E.R.F.,

Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation

Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz

The Peter Herbolzheimer Orchestra

Getting Down To Brass Tracks

2006, CD, Alanna Records,

Lars Duppler Trio Spielt Kurt Weill

Le Grand Lustucru

2006, CD, Album, GLM Music,

The Peter Herbolzheimer Orchestra

2005, CD, Comp, Alanna Records,

2005, CD, Album, Mons Records,

Thomas Stabenow

12 Miniatures For Clarinet & Piano

2004, CD, Album, Pirouet

Tineke Postma Quartet

2004, CD, Munich Records

2003, CD, Album, Sandpit Records

Contemporary Jazz

Antología. Lo Mejor De Wim Mertens

The Dutch Jazz Orchestra

Something To Live For. The Music Of Billy Strayhorn

The Dutch Jazz Orchestra

So This Is Love - More Newly Discovered Works Of Billy Strayhorn

The Dutch Jazz Orchestra

You Go To My Head

With A Song In My Heart

Contemporary Jazz

Peter Herbolzheimer R C & B*

Live In Concert - 30 Jahre

Peter Herbolzheimer R C & B*

Colors Of A Band

1997, CD, Mons Records,

Dejan Terzić, Sunday Night Orchestra featuring Jerry Bergonzi

Dejan Terzic's Sunday Night Orchestra

1996, CD, Album, Mons Records,

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz

Ernst Vranckx & Stefan Bracaval

1996, CD, Album, Lyrae Records

The Dutch Jazz Orchestra

Portrait Of A Silk Thread - Newly Discovered Works Of Billy Strayhorn

Eryk Kulm, Eryk Kulm International Quintet

Dolphy's coming

1995, CD, Album, Eryk Kulm Jazz Production

Mannen Maken Plannen/Risquons-Tout/A Man Needs A Plan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

1993, CD, Album, Play That Beat!,

No Wall, No War

1993, CD, Album, B.Sharp Records

1993, CD, Album, Timeless Records (3),

Gilbert Isbin with Cameron Brown

Spring Cleaning

1992, CD, Album, Ltd, Num, Tonesetters, VKH Torhout,

Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation

Artist In Residence Project 1991 Vol. 2

1991, Cass, Album, Jazzafdeling Koninklijk Conservatorium,

Fusion/Contemporary Jazz

Songs For Mbizo

African/Contemporary Jazz

1990, Cass, WIMpro

Peter Herbolzheimer R C & B*

20 Jahre Peter Herbolzheimer R C & B - Live In Concert

1990, 2x Vinyl Gatefold,

Big Band/Jazz-Rock

Barbara Dennerlein

Tribute To Charlie

76 Centimeters Per Second

1985, LP, Album, Ariola

Wim Mertens / Soft Verdict

Donders En Bliksems

Folk Rock/Comedy

Peter Herbolzheimer Orchestra*

Music For Swinging Dancers Vol. 4 Close To You

Toots Thielemans

Your Precious Love

Julos Beaucarne

L'avenir A Changé de Berceau

The Peter Herbolzheimer Orchestra

Music For Swinging Dancers Vol. 3 Cheek To Cheek

Easy Listening/Swing/Big Band

Raymond van het Groenewoud

Music From The Film Brussels By Night

1983, LP, Album, Odeon

1983, LP, LDH (2)

Raymond van het Groenewoud

Piece Of My Heart (Music From The Film Brussels By Night)

1983, 7", Single, Odeon

Cecile Van Dijck

Gasty Meyer, The Belgian All Stars Big Band Featuring Benny Bailey & "Toots" Thielemans*

The Music Of Gasty Meyer (Changing Moods)

Miroirs D'Ailleurs

1982, LP, Album, MD (6),

Bossa Nova/Chanson

Anni Anderson En Maurice Dean*

Just A Souvenir

1982, LP, Assekrem, Assekrem

1982, Vinyl Gatefold,

Folk Rock/Acoustic/Comedy/Rock & Roll

Machitún De Chile

Cantos Mojados Y Lágrimas De Fuego - Volume 2

1981, LP, Album, Fonti Musicali,

Folk/Nueva Cancion

Hello Young Lovers

1981, Vinyl Gatefold,

Christine Schaller

1980, LP, Album, Not On Label,

Big Band/Modal/Jazz-Rock

Fabien Degryse Trio

The Heart Of The Acoustic Guitar - Chapter 2

CD, Dig, Midnight Muse records

Peter Herbolzheimer RC & B*

20 Jahre Peter Herbolzheimer RC & B - Live In Concert

2xCD, Album, Mons Records,

Big Band/Jazz-Rock

Ostrów Jazz Summit

2xCD, Comp, Ltd, Not On Label

Jacques Ivan Duchesne

The Original Recordings 1981-1983

Peter Herbolzheimer Orchestra*

Music For Swinging Dancers - Vol. 2 I Won't Dance

Big Band/Easy Listening

The Hague Songbook Exchange

2020, CD, Album + File, WAV, Antilounge Den Haag

The Beatles In Jazz - A Jazz Tribute To The Beatles

The Best Is Yet To Come (Pirouet Jazz Compilation · Vol. 1)

2008, CD, Comp, Pirouet

10 Ans De Jazz À Liège 1991-2000

2001, 2xCD, Comp, Maison Du Jazz,

Toots Thielemans

Your Precious Love