- 1924 –
January 17, 2021),
better known as
Sammy Nestico, was an
American composer and arranger.
Nestico is best
known for his
arrangements for the Count...
- Out with The
Billy May
Orchestra (1991)
Close Your Eyes with The
Sammy Nestico Big Band (1993) Soft and Low (1999) Full
Circle (2000)
Frankie and Billy...
- 1950s and 1960s made use of the work of the
arrangers Neal
Hefti and
Sammy Nestico with
featured musicians such as Thad
Jones and
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis. Count...
-
largely for the
works of jazz composers. Jazz big band
composer Sammy Nestico wrote that
mutes can "inject a much
needed color change into an arrangement"...
- Holiday's "Lady in Satin." It was the
final album orchestrated by
Sammy Nestico prior to his death. The
album reached number one on the
iTunes Jazz Charts...
-
first collaboration between Basie and his long-time orchestrator,
Sammy Nestico, who composed,
arranged and
conducted all of the
songs on the record. The...
-
Parnello arranged tracks 2 & 3.
Frank Foster arranged tracks 6 & 11.
Sammy Nestico arranged tracks 5, 7, 8, 9 & 10.
Quincy Jones – arranger, conductor, producer...
- that
Basie made with his big band. "Put It
Right Here" (Louie Bellson,
Nestico) – 5:14 "By My Side" – 5:18 "Blue Chip" – 4:04 "Fancy Pants" – 4:27 "Hi-Five"...
- in
Palmer Park and
attended Charles Herbert Flowers High School.
Sammy Nestico, band
music arranger,
lived in Oxon Hill in the 1960s. Redveil, rapper...
- down and
credited to a
specific arranger, as with
arrangements by
Sammy Nestico and Neal
Hefti for
Count Basie's
later big bands. Don
Redman made innovations...
