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1943 .............................. |
......................................Tour with the Louis Prima Orchestra |
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1944 .............................. |
...................................Call to Hollywood with Tommy Dorsey |
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1945 .............................. |
...............................6 months one-nighters with Georgie Auld |
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1946 .............................. |
...........................Tours with Gene Krupa and Woody Herman |
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1947 .............................. |
....................Touring with Stan Kenton, LP "Progressive Jazz" |
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1948 .............................. |
.............................................6 months tour with Gene Krupa |
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1949 .............................. |
....................Tour with Woody Herman, recorded "More Moon" |
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1950 .............................. |
.....................................................Touring with Stan Kenton |
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1951 .............................. |
...........................Recording with Charlie Parker - "Repetition" |
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1952 .............................. |
..........................................With Elliot Lawrence in New York |
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1954 .............................. |
........................................European tour with Woody Herman |
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1955 .............................. |
............................Kenton tour - LP "Contemporary Concepts" |
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1957 .............................. |
................Med Flory Big Band in Los Angeles, LP "Jazzwave" |
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1959 .............................. |
.........With Woody Herman at Monterey Jazz Festival - live LP |
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1960 .............................. |
Terry Gibbs Big Band in Los Angeles, LP "Live at the Summit" |
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1961 .............................. |
.................National and international tours with Frank Sinatra, |
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1962 .............................. |
......................................Fifth year at Monterey Jazz Festival, |
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1963/5 ............................ |
...National tours with Jerry Lewis, Judy Garland and Peggy Lee |
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1968 .............................. |
..................England tour with Buddy Rich, LP "Mercy, Mercy" |
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1969 .............................. |
.............................................European tour with Thad Jones/ |
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1970/71 .......................... |
.................Live concerts with Chuck Mangione and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, LPs "Friends and Love" and Together" |
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1972 .............................. |
...........Fifth tour with Woody Herman, LP "The Raven Speaks" |
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1974 .............................. |
................Live recording with own orchestra and Mel Torme at |
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1975 .............................. |
.................In Japan with Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, LP "New Life" |
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1976.............................. |
.......In Europe with Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, LP "Live in Munich" |
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1977.............................. |
......Settled in Munich, work with SDR, SFB and own Big Band |
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1983 .............................. |
..........................Tour of U.S. universities for band workshops; |
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1984 .............................. |
..................................Concert in Studio #2 for Bavarian Radio |
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1986 .............................. |
"Second Big Band Meeting" at Munich's concert hall Gasteig, |
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1987 .............................. |
......................................Al Porcino Big Band with Al Cohn
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1988 .............................. |
..................................Concert in Studio #2 for Bavarian Radio |
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1989 .............................. |
...............................................Tour of Japan as leader of the |
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1990 .............................. |
....................................Tour of Canary Island as leader of the |
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1991 .............................. |
..................In Memoriam SAL NISTICO at DOMICILE, Munich |
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1992 .............................. |
......Intern. Rosenheimer Jazztage; Filmfest München; Farewell Ceremony of the American Forces Withdrawal |
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1993 .............................. |
.......Celebrating 50 SWINGING YEARS at ALLOTRIA, Munich |
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1994 .............................. |
...........................Al Porcino Big Band with CONTE CANDOLI |
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1995 .............................. |
................Celebrating 70th birthday with CHARLIE MARIANO
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96/97/98 ......................... |
.......House-band on Mondays at Nachtcafé with guest soloists |
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1998 .............................. |
.......................Concert in Studio #2 for Bavarian Radio in July, |
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1999 .............................. |
.Live recording at Nachtcafé, "AL PORCINO BIG BAND LIVE!", |
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2000 .............................. |
.....Two day 75th birthday concert at Schlachthof, Munich, with |
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2003 .............................. |
.......Celebrating 60 years on stage with two days at Unterfahrt, Munich; live recording by Bavarian Radio |
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2005 .............................. |
..........................................................80th birthday concerts |
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...........Gärtnerplatz Theater, Munich, April 1, live recording by Bavarian Radio |
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............................................Audi Forum, Ingolstadt, May 12, |
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..........................................Unterfahrt, Munich, May 13 & 14, |
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2006 .............................. |
.............With L.A. Big Band at ENCORES IN BIG BAND JAZZ presented by Los Angeles Jazz Institute, Los Angeles, CA |
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2008 .............................. |
.......Celebrating 30 years of Al Porcino Big Band in Germany with special featured guest soloists |
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2009 .............................. |
.......Concert in Studio #2 for Bavarian Radio in June |
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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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