Rachael sammy nestico biography

Sammy Nestico ya da Samuel Louis Nistico (d. 6 Şubat 1924 - ö. 17 Ocak 2021) Amerikalı besteci ve aranjör.

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Nestico, 6 Şubat 1924 tarihinde Pittsburgh, Pensilvanya'da doğdu.^[4][5] En çok Count Basie orkestrası için yaptığı düzenlemeleriyle tanınıyordu.^[6]

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Nestico, 17 Ocak 2021 tarihinde doğum yeri Pittsburgh, Pensilvanya'da 96 yaşında öldü.^[1]

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• 1965 Portrait of a Trumpet
• 1967 Vaquero March
• 1969 A Tribute to Stephen Foster
• A Fireside Christmas
• All Through the Night
• Civil War Sketches
• Long May it Wave
• Los Valientes
• Persuasion
• The Blues

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• The Color Purple
• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• Used Cars
• I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
• Hero at Large
• Analyse this
• Cactus Flower
• Blue Lagoon
• Bud
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  THROUGH THE YEARS: THE SAMMY NESTICO ERA (1954-1955) | Sammy Nestico is a household name among big band composers, arrangers, and performers! Today he is most readily associated with Count Basie, for whose band he arranged for over 20 years beginning in 1967. However, before he achieved the fame that Basie would bring, Master Sgt. (ret.) Nestico served for 15 years in the U.S. Air Force. Here he would hone his arranging and directing skills through his association with and leadership of the fledgling Airmen of Note!

  Sgt. Nestico was first invited to join the band as full-time arranger by Chief Warrant Officer Fred Kepner (the first leader of the 'Note; see previous chapter of "Through the Years"). Nestico's hiring was the biggest step the band had taken toward creating a musical identity for itself; they didn't want to be just another Glenn Miller tribute ensemble! Nestico, also a fine trombonist, had spent time playing and arranging for the Tommy Dorsey big band, and brought elements of this sound into his arrangements for the 'Note. As chief arr

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  My American Grandpa: Sammy Nestico

  By Alexandra Schueller

  My American Grandpa: Sammy Nestico 

  Students in band, especially those in the jazz band, may have played an arrangement by the renowned jazz arranger Sammy Nestico. During his life, Sammy Nestico was a prominent and influential composer and arranger of jazz who lived in Carlsbad. He inspired musicians of all ages through his fervor and love for music. Sammy was best known for his involvement in arranging for the Count Basie Orchestra and working for various artists like Frank Sinatra, Micheal Buble, Quincy Jones, and Phil Collins. 

  Born in Pennsylvania in 1924, Sammy was surrounded by music at an early age, writing his first arrangement while he was only in high school. Having joined his school’s orchestra and playing the trombone, his career as a musician soared into decades of success.

  “He loved music from the age of thirteen. Sammy practiced every day, over and over, and he perfected his techniques with the trombone. He never gave up, he was never embarrassed about his mistakes. That’s how he would learn,” S