Great trumpet player, Al Porcino was born Angelo Paul Porcino in New York on May 14th, 1925.
He has played with many of the great orchestras along the years: Gene Krupa (1946), Tommy Dorsey, Stan Kenton (1947, 1950 (or maybe 1948?), 1954 to December 1955), Chubby Jackson (1949), Count Basie, Woody Herman (1946, and again from 1949 to 1950, and in 1954 and in 1972), Dizzy Gillespie (1962), Buddy Rich (1968), Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra (1969), Chuck Mangione (1971) and others.
He cofounded a big band with Med Flory from 1957 to 1959. Then, Al joined Terry Gibbs from 1959 to 1962.
He has also backed singers such as Frank Sinatra, Vic Damone or Mel Torme.
Al Porcino formed his own orchestra in 1971.
He appears in many recordings along the years. Al Porcino sadly passed away on December 31th, 2013. His list of credits is endless, so I´ve just included some of them, and I´ll be adding more in the future when I have some more time...
CHARLIE PARKER GROUP
This was the Charlie Parker Group in 1949:
CHARLIE PARKER GROUP #? |
1949 |
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Charlie Parker † sax | Al Porcino † trumpet | Red Rodney † trumpet | Al Cohn † sax | Zoot Sims † sax | Frank Rosolino † trombone |
Freddie Gruber † drums |
Other info on members of Charlie Parker Group (I know up to 33 members) | |
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Already covered (1): | Hank Jones |
To be covered (21): | Tony Aless, Walter Bishop Jr, Al Cohn, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham, George Duvivier, Leonard Gaskin, Dizzy Gillespie, Al Haig, Roy Haynes, Major Quincey Holley, Teddy Kotick, Stan Levey, Mundell Lowe, Shelly Manne, Charlie Parker, Max Roach, Frank Rosolino, Tony Scott, Zoot Sims, Art Taylor |
Not enough info (10): | Will Davis, Freddie Gruber, Duke Jordan, Sal Mosca, Jackie Paris, Tommy Potter, Bud Powell, Red Rodney, Curley Russell, Charles Thompson |
STAN KENTON ORCHESTRA
This was the Stan Kenton Orchestra around 1950:
This is the Stan Kenton Orchestra in May 1955:
They appear in the triple live album At Soldiers Club, Fort Ord, California 12th May 1955 and in Live at Palo Alto.
STAN KENTON ORCHESTRA #? |
1950 |
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Stan Kenton † piano, leader | Maynard Ferguson † trumpet | Al Porcino † trumpet | Shorty Rogers † trumpet | Chico Alvarez trumpet | John Howell trumpet |
Art Pepper sax | Bud Shank † sax | Bob Cooper † sax | Milt Bernhart † trombone | Harry Betts † trombone | Shelly Manne † drums |
+ others unknown to me. Help! |
This is the Stan Kenton Orchestra in May 1955:
STAN KENTON ORCHESTRA #? |
1955 |
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Stan Kenton † piano | Ann Richards † vocals | Ralph Blaze guitar | Al Porcino † trumpet | Ed Leddy trumpet | Sam Noto trumpet |
Stu Williamson † trumpet | Bobby Clark trumpet | Bob Fitzpatrick trombone | Kent Larsen trombone | Gus Chappell trombone | Ted Dechter trombone |
Don Kelly trombone | Charlie Mariano † sax | Bill Perkins † sax | Lennie Niehaus sax | Dave Van Kriedt sax | Gordon Davidson sax |
Max Bennett bass | Mel Lewis † drums |
They appear in the triple live album At Soldiers Club, Fort Ord, California 12th May 1955 and in Live at Palo Alto.
Other info on members of Stan Kenton Orchestra (I know up to 227 members) | |
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Already covered (5): | Milt Bernhart, Larry Bunker, Joe Morello, Bud Shank, Tommy Whittle |
To be covered (221): | Pepper Adams, Sam Aleccia, Laurindo Almeida, Chico Alvarez, Jim Amlotte, John Anderson, Buddy Arnold, Don Bagley, Gabe Baltazar, Norman Baltazar, Michael Bard, Dave Barduhn, Gary Barone, Mike Barrowman, Dee Barton, Tim Bell, Max Bennett, Bob Benrendt, Ernie Bernhart, Eddie Bert, Harry Betts, Allan Beutler, Ralph Blaze, Bud Brisbois, Ray Brown,... up to 221 musicians. |
TERRY GIBBS GROUP
This was the Terry Gibbs Dream Band in March 1959:
This was the Terry Gibbs Dream Band in January 1960:
This was the lineup of the Terry Gibbs Dream Band that recorded the live album The exciting Terry Gibbs Big Band in January 1961:
TERRY GIBBS GROUP #? |
1959 |
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Terry Gibbs vibraphone | Pete Jolly † piano | Conte Candoli † trumpet | Al Porcino † trumpet | Ray Triscari trumpet | Stu Williamson † trumpet |
Bob Enevoldsen trombone | Vern Friley trombone | Joe Cadena trombone | Joe Maini † sax | Charlie Kennedy † sax | Bill Holman sax |
Med Flory sax | Jack Schwartz sax | Max Bennett bass | Mel Lewis † drums |
This was the Terry Gibbs Dream Band in January 1960:
TERRY GIBBS GROUP #? |
1960 |
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Terry Gibbs vibraphone | Pat Moran piano | Conte Candoli † trumpet | Al Porcino † trumpet | Ray Triscari trumpet | Frank Higgins trumpet |
Bob Edmonson trombone | Frank Rosolino † trombone | Vern Friley trombone | Stu Williamson † trombone | Joe Maini † sax | Charlie Kennedy † sax |
Bill Perkins † sax | Richie Kamuca † sax | Jack Nimitz † sax | Buddy Clark † bass | Mel Lewis † drums |
This was the lineup of the Terry Gibbs Dream Band that recorded the live album The exciting Terry Gibbs Big Band in January 1961:
TERRY GIBBS GROUP #? |
1961 |
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Terry Gibbs vibraphone | Buddy Clark † bass | Pat Moran piano | Conte Candoli † trumpet | Al Porcino † trumpet | Ray Triscari trumpet |
Frank Higgins trumpet | Stu Williamson † trumpet | Bob Edmonson trombone | Frank Rosolino † trombone | Vern Friley trombone | Joe Maini † sax |
Charlie Kennedy † sax | Bill Perkins † sax | Richie Kamuca † sax | Jack Nimitz † sax | Mel Lewis † drums |
Other info on members of Terry Gibbs Group (I know up to 40 members) | |
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Already covered (4): | Bob Brookmeyer, Herb Ellis, Pete Jolly, Bud Shank |
To be covered (26): | Benny Aronov, John Audino, Max Bennett, Bob Burgess, Conte Candoli, Buddy Clark, Alice Coltrane, Bob Enevoldsen, Med Flory, Vern Friley, Terry Gibbs, Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca, Lee Katzman, Stan Levey, Lou Levy, Mel Lewis, Joe Maini, Jack Nimitz, Bill Perkins, Jerome Richardson, Frank Rosolino, Bobby Shew, Bill Smiley, Ray Triscari,... up to 26 musicians. |
Not enough info (9): | Don Abney, Joe Cadena, Bob Edmonson, Frank Higgins, Charlie Kennedy, Pat Moran, Terry Pollard, Chuck Redd, Jack Schwartz |
LOUIE BELLSON GROUP
In January 1962, Louie Bellson assembled this superb big band:
The live album Big band jazz from The Summit was released.
LOUIE BELLSON GROUP #? |
1962 |
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Louie Bellson † drums | Tony Rizzi guitar | Jimmy Bond bass | Lou Levy † piano | Conte Candoli † trumpet | Al Porcino † trumpet |
Ray Triscari trumpet | John Audino trumpet | Jimmy Zito trumpet | Uan Rasey trumpet | Frank Huggins trumpet | Bill Perkins † sax |
Joe Maini † sax | Bill Green sax | Carrington Visor Jr sax | Lee, Teddy_0 | Ernie Tack trombone | Mike Barone trombone |
Nick DiMaio trombone | Arthur Maebe french horn | Red Callender † tuba | Gene Estes vibraphone |
The live album Big band jazz from The Summit was released.
Other info on members of Louie Bellson Group (I know up to 49 members) | |
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Already covered (2): | Herb Geller, Snooky Young |
To be covered (31): | John Audino, Louie Bellson, Herb Besson, Jimmy Bond, Red Callender, Conte Candoli, Joel DiBartolo, Harry ´Sweets´ Edison, Gene Estes, Bill Green, Milt Hinton, Frank Huggins, Jennifer Leitham, Lou Levy, Arthur Maebe, Joe Maini, Don Menza, Bob Millikan, Oliver Nelson, Bill Perkins, Tim Ries, Scott Robinson, Joe Roccisano, Bobby Shew, Marvin Stamm,... up to 31 musicians. |
Not enough info (15): | Early Anderson, Mike Barone, Nick DiMaio, Kirsten Gustafson, Matthew Holder, Fred Hunter, Teddy Lee, Larry Novak, Uan Rasey, Tony Rizzi, Jack Schatz, Jim Seeley, Darryl Shaw, Jack Stuckey, Carrington Visor Jr |
THAD JONES-MEL LEWIS ORCHESTRA
This was the lineup of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra around September 1969:
This was the lineup of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra around December 1969:
This was the lineup of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra that recorded the Live in Munich album in September 1976:
THAD JONES-MEL LEWIS ORCHESTRA # |
1969 |
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Richard Davis bass | Roland Hanna † piano | Thad Jones † cornet | Danny Moore trumpet | Al Porcino † trumpet | Richard Williams trumpet |
Snooky Young † trumpet | Eddie Bert † trombone | Ashley Fannell trombone | Cliff Heather trombone | Jimmy Knepper † trombone | Jerry Dodgion sax, flute |
Pepper Adams † sax | Joe Henderson † sax | Jerome Richardson † sax | Eddie Daniels flute | Mel Lewis † drums |
This was the lineup of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra around December 1969:
THAD JONES-MEL LEWIS ORCHESTRA # |
1969 |
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Richard Davis bass | Roland Hanna † piano | Jimmy McGriff † organ | Thad Jones † cornet | Danny Moore trumpet | Marvin Stamm trumpet |
Al Porcino † trumpet | Snooky Young † trumpet | Jimmy Knepper † trombone | Benny Powell † trombone | Julian Priester trombone | Bob Burgess † trombone |
Jerry Dodgion sax, flute | Pepper Adams † sax | Joe Henderson † sax | Jerome Richardson † sax | Eddie Daniels sax | Mel Lewis † drums |
This was the lineup of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra that recorded the Live in Munich album in September 1976:
THAD JONES-MEL LEWIS ORCHESTRA # |
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Bob Bowman bass | Harold Danko piano | Thad Jones † cornet | Al Porcino † trumpet | Lynn Nicholson trumpet | Earl Gardner trumpet |
Frank Gordon trumpet | John Mosca trombone | Bill Campbell trombone | Earl McIntyre trombone | Clifford Adams trombone | Gregory Herbert † sax, flute, clarinet |
Larry Schneider sax, flute, clarinet | Jerry Dodgion sax, flute | Ed Xiques sax, flute | Pepper Adams † sax | Mel Lewis † drums |
Other info on members of Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra (I know up to 59 members) | |
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Already covered (4): | Bob Brookmeyer, Frank Foster, Hank Jones, Snooky Young |
To be covered (41): | Pepper Adams, Bill Berry, Eddie Bert, Randy Brecker, Garnett Brown, Bob Burgess, Eddie Daniels, Richard Davis, Jerry Dodgion, Ray Drummond, Jon Faddis, Joe Farrell, Earl Gardner, Ian Hamer, Roland Hanna, Billy Harper, Joe Henderson, Gregory Herbert, Quentin Jackson, Thad Jones, Jimmy Knepper, Mel Lewis, Jimmy McGriff, Tom McIntosh, Earl McIntyre,... up to 41 musicians. |
Not enough info (13): | Clifford Adams, Bob Bowman, Bill Campbell, Harold Danko, Ashley Fannell, Frank Gordon, Cliff Heather, Sam Herman, Danny Moore, John Mosca, Walter Norris, Jack Rains, Ed Xiques |
AL PORCINO ORCHESTRA
This was the Al Porcino Big Band that backed sax player Al Cohn in the live album Al Cohn meets Al Porcino, recorded live in March 1987:
AL PORCINO ORCHESTRA #? |
1987 |
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Al Cohn † sax | + | Al Porcino † trumpet | Paulo Cardoso bass | Roberto Di Gioia pìano | Claus Reichstaller trumpet |
Franz Weyerer trumpet | Peter Tuscher trumpet | Thomas Zoller sax | Otto Staniloi sax | Thomas Faist sax | Hermann Martireiter sax |
Petri Kral sax | Erwin Gregg trombone | Auwi Geyer trombone | Gerd Fink trombone | Jon Welch trombone | Wolfgang Haffner drums |
Other info on members of Al Porcino Orchestra (I know up to 17 members) | |
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To be covered (2): | Roberto Di Gioia, Wolfgang Haffner |
Not enough info (14): | Paulo Cardoso, Thomas Faist, Gerd Fink, Auwi Geyer, Erwin Gregg, Johannes Herrlich, Petri Kral, Hermann Martireiter, Claus Reichstaller, Otto Staniloi, Peter Tuscher, Jon Welch, Franz Weyerer, Thomas Zoller |
BIG BAND TRIBUTE TO WEST COAST JAZZ
In June 2002, we can find the fantastic lineup of veteran under the so-called Big Band Tribute To West Coast Jazz doing some festivals in Europe:
   BANDS AND SELECTED RECORDINGS:
   SOME SESSIONS:
BIG BAND TRIBUTE TO WEST COAST JAZZ #? |
2002 |
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Chuck Berghofer bass | Pete Jolly † piano | Al Porcino † trumpet | Jack Sheldon trumpet | Bob Summers trumpet | Carl Saunders trumpet |
Bud Shank † sax | Bill Perkins † sax | Mike Brignola sax | Teddy Edwards † sax | Lanny Morgan sax | Dick Nash trombone |
Andy Martin trombone | George Roberts trombone | Dave Eshelman trombone | Joe LaBarbera drums |
Other info on members of Big Band Tribute To West Coast Jazz (I know up to 16 members) | |
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Already covered (2): | Pete Jolly, Bud Shank |
To be covered (12): | Chuck Berghofer, Mike Brignola, Teddy Edwards, Joe LaBarbera, Andy Martin, Lanny Morgan, Dick Nash, Bill Perkins, George Roberts, Carl Saunders, Jack Sheldon, Bob Summers |
Not enough info (1): | Dave Eshelman |
   BANDS AND SELECTED RECORDINGS:
BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS | ||||||||
Georgie Auld Group |   |  
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Charlie Barnet Orchestra |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Count Basie Orchestra |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Louie Bellson Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Big Band Tribute To West Coast Jazz |   |  
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Vic Damone Group |   |  
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Tommy Dorsey Orchestra |   |  
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Gil Evans Orchestra |   |  
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Eddie Fisher Group |   |  
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Med Flory Orchestra |   |  
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Terry Gibbs Group |   | 10 RECORDINGS:
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Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Woody Herman Orchestra |   | 8 RECORDINGS:
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Chubby Jackson Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra |   | 3 RECORDINGS:
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Stan Kenton Orchestra |   | 8 RECORDINGS:
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Gene Krupa Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Elliot Lawrence Orchestra |   |  
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Chuck Mangione Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Charlie Parker Group |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Al Porcino Orchestra |   | 6 RECORDINGS:
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Louis Prima Group |   |  
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Buddy Rich Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Pete Rugolo Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Frank Sinatra Band |   |  
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Mel Torme Group |   |  
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Jerry Wald Orchestra |   |  
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   SOME SESSIONS:
BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS | ||||||||
Mose Allison Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Ernie Andrews Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Ann-Margret Band |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Buddy Bregman Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Ralph Burns Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Pupi Campo Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Betty Carter Group |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Benny Carter Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Ray Charles Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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June Christy Group |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Nat King Cole Group |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Dick Collins Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Vic Dana Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Bobby Darin Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Miles Davis Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Duke Ellington Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Maynard Ferguson Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Ella Fitzgerald Group |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Frank Foster Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Gil Fuller Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Wardell Gray Group |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Johnny Hartman Group |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Neal Hefti Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Bill Holman Orchestra |   | 4 RECORDINGS:
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Paul Horn Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Helen Humes Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Jazz At The Philharmonic |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Jonah Jones Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Quincy Jones Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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B B King Band |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Linda Lawson Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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The Lighthouse All-Stars |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Junior Mance Group |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Henry Mancini Orchestra |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Johnny Mandel Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Shelly Manne Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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The Monkees |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Hugo Montenegro Orchestra |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Gerry Mulligan Group |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Walter Murphy Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Oliver Nelson Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Anita O´Day Group |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Marty Paich Orchestra |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Art Pepper Group |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Flip Phillips Group |   | 1 COMPILATIONS:
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Mavis Rivers |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Howard Roberts Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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Shorty Rogers Group |   | 4 RECORDINGS:
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Cal Tjader Group |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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VVAA |   | 2 RECORDINGS:
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Gerald Wilson Orchestra |   | 5 RECORDINGS:
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Jimmy Witherspoon Band |   | 1 RECORDINGS:
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RELATED WEBSITE LINKS: 1
Wikipedia doesn´t want to include links to this website, but I won´t do the same with them. So, from the great Wikipedia, we have:
RELATED MUSICIANS:
Al Porcino mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
Mel Lewis (51)
Conte Candoli (50)
Frank Rosolino (41)
Ray Triscari (41)
Stu Williamson (36)
Bill Perkins (35)
Bud Shank (30)
Bill Holman (29)
Charlie Kennedy (29)
Shelly Manne (29)
Pete Candoli (26)
Joe Mondragon (26)
Don Fagerquist (25)
Jack Nimitz (24)
Shorty Rogers (24)
Dick Nash (23)
Milt Bernhart (22)
Jack Sheldon (22)
Vincent DeRosa (20)
Richie Kamuca (20)
Joe Maini (20)
Harry Betts (19)
Bob Enevoldsen (19)
Vern Friley (19)
Al Cohn (18)
Marty Paich (18)
George Roberts (18)
Ken Shroyer (18)
Lew McCreary (17)
Larry Bunker (16)
Bob Cooper (16)
Plas Johnson (16)
Max Bennett (15)
Red Callender (15)
Victor Feldman (15)
Bob Fitzpatrick (15)
Terry Gibbs (15)
Woody Herman (15)
Buddy Childers (14)
Buddy Clark (14)
Russ Freeman (14)
Bill Harris (14)
Bill Hood (14)
Art Pepper (14)
Jimmy Rowles (14)
Zoot Sims (14)
Med Flory (13)
Bernie Glow (13)
Al Hendrickson (13)
Barney Kessel (13)
Lou Levy (13)
John Audino (12)
Buddy Collette (12)
Urbie Green (12)
Ollie Mitchell (12)
Earl Palmer (12)
Kai Winding (12)
Chuck Gentry (11)
Jimmy Giuffre (11)
Conrad Gozzo (11)
Milt Holland (11)
Quincy Jones (11)
Don Lamond (11)
Ray Linn (11)
Flip Phillips (11)
Ernie Royal (11)
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