CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

1943 ..............................

......................................Tour with the Louis Prima Orchestra

 

 

 

 

1944 ..............................

...................................Call to Hollywood with Tommy Dorsey

 

 

1945 ..............................

...............................6 months one-nighters with Georgie Auld

 

 

 

 

1946 ..............................

...........................Tours with Gene Krupa and Woody Herman

 

   

 

 

1947 ..............................

....................Touring with Stan Kenton, LP "One Night Stand"

 

   

 

1948 ..............................

.............................................6 months tour with Gene Krupa

 

   

 

1949 ..............................

....................Tour with Woody Herman, recorded "More Moon"
and "Not Really the Blues"; with Chubby Jackson
at Royal Roost, N.Y., recorded "Tiny's Blues"

 

   

 

1950 ..............................

.....................................................Touring with Stan Kenton, Chubby Jackson, Maynard Ferguson, Gene Roland, Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughn, Stan Getz

 

   

 

1951 ..............................

...........................Recording with Charlie Parker - "Repetition"
and "Night and Day"; first white musician with
Count Basie - recorded "Little Pony" LP: Chico O'Farrill

 

   


 

1952 ..............................

..........................................With Elliot Lawrence in New York and 2 LP's with Charlie Barnet

 

   


 

1954 ..............................

........................................European tour with Woody Herman and LP with Dick Collins

 

   


 

1955 ..............................

............................Kenton tour - LP "Contemporary Concepts" - LP: Dizzy Gillespie, One Night in Washington - LP: Ann Richards & Stan Kenton, Two Much!

 

   

 

1957 ..............................

................Med Flory Big Band in Los Angeles, LP "Jazzwave" LP: Bill Holman, The Fabulous Bill Holman, LP: Shorty Rogers, Richard Rodgers

 

   

 

1958 ..............................

.........LP: Mel Torme, LP: 2 x Shorty Rogers, LP: Bobby Troup, LP: Jackie and Roy, LP: Maxwell Davis, LP: David Allen, LP: Ella Fitzgerald, LP: Bill Holman

 

   

 

1959 ..............................

.........With Woody Herman at Monterey Jazz Festival - live LP, LP: 2 x Shorty Rogers, LP: Jessy Belvin, LP: Buddy Bregman, LP: Johnny Mandel, LP: 2 x Marty Paich, LP: Ella Fitzgerald, LP: Terry Gibbs

 

   

 

1960 ..............................

LP: Terry Gibbs Dream Band, LP: Shorty Rogers, LP: Ethel Azama, LP: Gil Fuller & James Moody, LP: Mavis Rivers, LP: Bill Holman's Great Big Band, LP: Ray Charles, LP: Shelly Manne, LP: Mark Murphy, LP: Sammy Davis Jr., LP: Sarah Vaughan, LP: Harry Betts, LP: Kenyon Hopkins, LP: Gerald Wilson,

 

   

 

1961 ..............................

.................Tours with Frank Sinatra and LPs with Count Basie, Don Costa, Duke Ellington
Press: Live in Sydney 1961 on YouTube
LP: Anita O'Day, LP: Neal Hefti, LP: Jimmy Witherspoon, LP: The Hi-Lo's, LP: Jimmy Cook, LP: June Christy, LP: 4 x Terry Gibbs Band, LP: Peggy Lee

 

   

 

1962 ..............................

.......................Fifth year at Monterey Jazz Festival,
LP with Dizzy Gillespie "New Continent"

LP: Anita O'Day, LP: Frank Sinatra, "Swinging Brass",
LP: Frank Sinatra, "Sinatra & Strings"

 

   

 

1963 ............................

...National tours with Jerry Lewis, Judy Garland and
Peggy Lee, Press: Bye Bye Birdie on YouTube

Lp: Frank Sinatra with Count Basie

 

   

 

1964 ............................

...National tours with Jerry Lewis, Judy Garland
and Peggy Lee

Lp: Junior Mance

 

   

 

1965 ............................

...National tours with Jerry Lewis, Judy Garland
and Peggy Lee

Lp: Paul Horn, Lp: Ray Charles

 

   

 

1967 ............................

...LP: Charlie Barnet, LP: Tommy Vig Orchestra, LP: Frank Sinatra & Duke Ellington

 

   

 

1968 ..............................

............England tour with Buddy Rich, LP "Mercy, Mercy"

 

   

 

1969 ...................

........European tour with Thad Jones/Mel Lewis,
LP "Consummation"

 

   

 

1970/71 ..........................

.Live concerts with Chuck Mangione and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, LPs "Friends and Love" and MOB"

 

   

 

1972 ..............................

...........Fifth tour with Woody Herman, LP "The Raven Speaks"

 

   

 

1974 ..............................

................Live recording with own orchestra and Mel Torme at
St. Regis Hotel, New York City
(Atlantic-SD 181129)
LP "Live at the Maisonette"

 

   

 

1975 ..............................

.................In Japan with Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, LP "New Life" In New York, The Jazz Adventures

 

   

 

1976..............................

.......Live In Munich with Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, LP Mose Allison, "Your Mind is on Vacation", LP Mike Barone,"Organic"

 

   

 

1977..............................

...Settled in Munich, work with SDR, SFB and own Big Band
LP: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, Mach 2
Discography 1977 by Tom Lord

 

   

SFB       SWF-SDR   

 

1978..............................

...LP: Bosko Petrovic, "Green Lobster Dream"

 

   

Discography 1978 by Tom Lord  

 

1983 ..............................

..........................Tour of U.S. universities for band workshops;
"Piano Hour" - Jazz show for Munich Television

 

 

1984 ..............................

..................................Concert in Studio #2 for Bavarian Radio

 

 

1986 ..............................

"Second Big Band Meeting" at Munich's concert hall Gasteig,
LP with Al Cohn in New York "In Oblivion" (Jazz Mark 106)

 

   

 

1987 ..............................

...........................Al Porcino Big Band with Al Cohn at
1. Jazzwoche Burghausen: Press
Live CD with Al Cohn in Karlsruhe
organic music 9730

   

 

1988 ..............................

..................................Concert in Studio #2 for Bavarian Radio

 

 

1989 ..............................

...............................................Tour of Japan as leader of the
GLEN MILLER MEMORIAL BAND

 

   

 

1990 ..............................

....................................Tour of Canary Island as leader of the
GLEN MILLER MEMORIAL BAND

 

   

 

1991 ..............................

..................In Memoriam SAL NISTICO at DOMICILE, Munich

 

   

 

1992 ..............................

......Intern. Rosenheimer Jazztage; Filmfest München; Farewell Ceremony of the American Forces Withdrawal

 

 

1993 ..............................

.......Celebrating 50 SWINGING YEARS at ALLOTRIA, Munich

 

 

1994 ..............................

...........................Al Porcino Big Band with CONTE CANDOLI
at Jazzfestival Burghausen

 

 

1995 ..............................

................Celebrating 70th birthday with CHARLIE MARIANO
at Nachtcafé, Munich; Live-recording by
Bavarian Radio with video taping

 

 

96/97/98 .........................

.......House-band on Mondays at Nachtcafé with guest soloists

 

 

1998 ..............................

.......................Concert in Studio #2 for Bavarian Radio in July,
by popular demand repeat concert in December 1998

 

 

1999 ..............................

.Live recording at Nachtcafé, "AL PORCINO BIG BAND LIVE!",
organic music 9717

 

 

2000 ..............................

.....Two day 75th birthday concert at Schlachthof, Munich, with
Munich Jazz Orchestra, Sunday Night Orchestra, Summit
Jazz Orchestra, and Al Porcino Big Band

 

 

2003 ..............................

.......Celebrating 60 years on stage with two days at Unterfahrt, Munich; live recording by Bavarian Radio

 

 

2005 ..............................

..........................................................80th birthday concerts

 

 

 

...........Gärtnerplatz Theater, Munich, April 1, live recording by Bavarian Radio

 

 

 

............................................Audi Forum, Ingolstadt, May 12,
with guest soloist Herb Geller, live recording by Bavarian Radio

 

 

 

..........................................Unterfahrt, Munich, May 13 & 14,
with guest soloist Herb Geller

 

 

2006 ..............................

.............With L.A. Big Band at ENCORES IN BIG BAND JAZZ presented by Los Angeles Jazz Institute, Los Angeles, CA

 

 

2008 ..............................

.......Celebrating 30 years of Al Porcino Big Band in Germany with special featured guest soloists

 

 

2009 ..............................

.......Concert in Studio #2 for Bavarian Radio in June

 

 

2010 ..............................

.......Birthday concert in Regensburg for Al’s 85th birthday, Al conducting the Uni Jazz Orchester Regensburg and Volvo Big Band, at Audi Max Universität, Regensburg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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