Name Al Porcino | Role Vocalist | |
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Died December 31, 2013, Munich, Germany Albums Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie Similar People Al Cohn, Bob Thiele, Bones Howe, Chip Douglas | ||
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Al Porcino (May 14, 1925 – December 31, 2013) was an American lead trumpeter.
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- Al porcino radio interview kboo fm
- Discography
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Porcino began playing professionally in 1943, and played in many of the big bands of the 1940s and 1950s, including those of Georgie Auld, Louis Prima, Jerry Wald, Tommy Dorsey, Gene Krupa, and Chubby Jackson. He played with Woody Herman in 1946, 1949-1950, 1954, 1959 and 1972. He also did two stints with Stan Kenton, in 1947-48 and 1954-55. In the 1950s, he played with Pete Rugolo, Count Basie, Elliot Lawrence, and Charlie Barnet.
In 1957 he moved to Los Angeles and played in studios. While there he played in the Terry Gibbs Dream band from 1959 to 1962. In the 1960s, he often played in orchestras backing vocalists, and also played with Buddy Rich in 1968, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis in 1968-70, again in '76 and Herman again, in 1972. In the 1970s, he formed his own big band, who recorded behind Mel Torme in addition to their own work.
In the 1977 Porcino moved to Germany, leading big bands there until his death in 2013. His ensemble played on one of Al Cohn's final recordings in 1987.
He died in Munich on December 31, 2013.
Al porcino radio interview kboo fm
Discography
With Mose Allison
With Louis Bellson
With Gil Fuller
With Dizzy Gillespie
With Stan Kenton
With Junior Mance
With Johnny Mandel
With Shelly Manne
With Charlie Parker
with Shorty Rogers
With Pete Rugolo
With Lalo Schifrin
With Mel Tormé
With Gerald Wilson