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 "Progressive Jazz"

 
 

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

 
 

1951 ..............................

...........................Recording with Charlie Parker - "Repetition"
and "Night and Day"; first white musician with
Count Basie - recorded "Little Pony"

 
 

1952 ..............................

..........................................With Elliot Lawrence in New York

 
 

1954 ..............................

........................................European tour with Woody Herman

 
 

1955 ..............................

............................Kenton tour - LP "Contemporary Concepts"

 
 

1957 ..............................

................Med Flory Big Band in Los Angeles, LP "Jazzwave"

 
 

1959 ..............................

.........With Woody Herman at Monterey Jazz Festival - live LP

 
 

1960 ..............................

Terry Gibbs Big Band in Los Angeles, LP "Live at the Summit"

 
 

1961 ..............................

.................National and international tours with Frank Sinatra,
Sinatra LPs with Count Basie, Don Costa, Duke Ellington

 
 

1962 ..............................

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

 
 

1963/5 ............................

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

 
 

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 Together"

 
 

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)

 
 

1975 ..............................

.................In Japan with Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, LP "New Life"

 
 

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

.......In Europe with Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, LP "Live in Munich"

 
 

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

......Settled in Munich, work with SDR, SFB and own Big Band

 
 

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
Jazz Festival Burghausenlive 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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