Lorenzo Petrocca,
born in 1964 at Crotone/southern Italy, came to Germany in 1979 as an emigrant
with his family. He mastered the big changes of the two cultures and the
loss of everything familiar to him by the boxing - a sport he already practised
in Italy before. In 1981 he succeeded in being the Champion of Wuerttemberg
in his weight class.
Today Lorenzo Petrocca can be heard with his "Lorenzo Petrocca Quartet", his
trio and with his three brothers Davide, Antonio and Franco as "The
Petrocca Brothers" all over Germany and more and more in his home
country Italy as well as in many European countries. Lorenzo Petrocca
is also a demanded sideman - for example as a permanent member of "The
European Swingstars" - a band that comes together several times a
year to tour within Europe.
Lorenzo Petrocca played in following countries: Lorenzo Petrocca has toured and recorded with:
From 1982 on he showed his first musical interests. He then was already
18 years old. And so he bought his first electric guitar. Soon after that
he already played with Italien dance bands, from 1986 on within soul and
funk bands among American soldiers. The Jazz he finally discovered in
1989 when he was already 25 years old.
Italy, Schwiss, Germany, France, Belgium, USA, Luxembourg, Austria, Croatia, Slowenia,
Poland, Russia, Mosambique, South-Africa, England, Ireland, Scotland, North Ireland, Estland, Finnland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden.
In April 2001, he received the Honorary
Citizenship of the City of New Orleans after a one week tour through Lousiana/USA.
Monty Alexander, Scott Hamilton, Herb Ellis, Martin Drew, Jim Sneidero, Tony Scott, Tootie, Jimmy and Percy Heath, Dusko Goykovich, Danny Moss, Oscar Klein, Ack van
Rooyen, Lars Erstrand, Benny Bailey, Billy Mitchel, Peanuts Hucko, Jeff
Clayton, Don Rader, Harry Allen, Jiggs Whigham, Peter Herbolzheimer, Bobby
Burgess, Howard Levy, Tony Mann, John Ruoco, Ron Williams, Dave Glasser, Jasper Thilo, Hazy Osterwald,
Pete York, Alan Barnes, Al Martino, Bruno de Filippi, Gianni Basso, Andrea Marcelli, Paolo Pellegatti,
Paolo Tommelleri, Jimmy Larocca, Massimo Moriconi, Calogero Marrali, Giuseppe Milici, Stefano
Bagnoli, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Charly Antolini, Emil Mangelsdorf, Max Greger
jr., Gustl Mayer, The European Swing Stars, Bill Ramsey, Heiner Franz, Bruce Adams, Paul Kuhn,
Wolfgang Schlüter, Roman Schwaller, Isla Eckinger, Martin Gjakonovski, Rocky Knauer, Helmut Nieberle