page_title: Pino Rucher
section_title: American influence
hierarchical_section_title: Pino Rucher / American influence
caption_attribution_description: English: Pino Rucher at the guitar with the Vitale Orchestra at Radio Bari Italiano: Pino Rucher alla chitarra con l'orchestra Vitale a Radio Bari Français&#160;: Pino Rucher à la guitare avec l’Orchestre Vitale à Radio Bari
context_page_description: Pino Rucher was an Italian guitarist active in orchestral settings and in film soundtracks.
context_section_description: The presence of American troops in the province of Foggia (and particularly in the area of Manfredonia, Rucher's hometown), between 1943 and 1946 led to Rucher joining several Allied Army's orchestras, where he came into contact with American musical atmosphere and jazz.
  In 1946, Rucher entered the Carlo Vitale orchestra after coming first in a competition for the position of guitarist at Radio Bari. After the dissolution of the Vitale orchestra, Rucher went to work for Radio Milano as a member of the Carlo Zeme orchestra. In the 1950s and the early 1960s he also worked with two forerunners of Italian "swing", Pippo Barzizza and Cinico Angelini.
caption: Pino Rucher with the Vitale Orchestra
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