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Sammy Nestico (February 6, 1924) is a prolific and well known composer and arranger of big band music.
[edit] Education
He received a Bachelors degree in music education from Duquesne University and has since then received many honorary musical degrees from other institutions.
[edit] Career
He has been a professional music arranger since 1941, when he became a staff arranger for ABC radio station WCAE in Pittsburgh at age 17. During his career, he arranged music for the Count Basie Orchestra (1970 - 1984), the US Air Force Band (15 yrs) and US Marine Band in Washington DC (5 yrs).
[edit] Teaching
In 1998-1999 Nestico was a professor at the University of Georgia, teaching commercial orchestration and conducting the Studio Orchestra. He also directed the music programs at Pierce College, Los Angeles, Ca., Westinghouse Memorial High School, Wilmerding Pa., and the University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
[edit] Television and film industry
During his long career in the television and film industry, he has arranged and conducted projects for artists such as Bing Crosby, Sarah Vaughan, Toni Tennille, Frank Sinatra, Phil Collins, Barbra Streisand, Count Basie, and many others. As orchestrator, he has worked on nearly seventy television programs, including Mission Impossible, Mannix, Charlie's Angels, and Mod Squad.
He has also written commercial jingles for Anheuser Busch, Zenith, Ford Motor Company, Mattel Toys, Pittsburgh Paints, the National Guard, Dodge, Remington Bank, Americard and more.
[edit] Output
Sammy Nestico has published nearly 600 numbers for school groups and many for professional big bands.
[edit] List of arrangements and compositions
[edit] Big band arrangements
- 88 Basie Street
- After The Rain
- Another Lazy Day
- All My Life
- Alright, Okay, You Win!
- A time for love
- Back Home
- Basie straight ahead
- Bashful Albert
- Basie Straight Ahead
- Beautiful Friendship, A
- Big Band Milestones
- Billy May For President
- Blue Chip
- Blues Machine, The
- Boogie Express
- Brasilia
- Broadway
- Bundle O' Funk
- Bustling
- Caught Speeding
- CB Express
- Celebration
- Chelsea Bridge
- Coastline Cruise
- Color Me Warm
- Count The Aces
- Dark Orchid
- Dawdlin'
- Day In, Day Out
- Dimensions In Blue
- Doc's Holiday
- Doin' Basies Thing
- Don't Get Around Much Any More
- Double Exposure
- Dream Tree
- Early Morning
- Easy To Love
- Ev'ry Little Beat Helps
- Fascinating Rhythm
- Fancy Pants
- Feelin' Free
- Flight To Nassau
- Fly Me To The Moon
- Freckle Face
- Front Burner
- Fun Time
- Go Fill Your Dreams
- Good News
- Great Debate, The
- Groovin' Easy
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- Hang In There
- Hard Hearted Hanna
- Hava Nice Day
- Hay Burner
- Heat's On, The
- High Five
- How High The Moon
- Honeydripper, the
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love
- I Get The Blues When It Rains
- I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
- I'll Be Around
- I'm Beginning To See The Light
- It's A Wonderful World
- It's About Time
- It's Gonna Swing
- It's Oh, So Nice
- It's So Peaceful In The Country
- Ja-Da
- Jamie
- Jellybeans
- Joy Of Cooking
- Just In Time
- Just the way you are
- Katy
- Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)
- Light Vibrations
- Light-Hearted
- Little Brown Jug
- Little Happiness, A
- Lonely Street
- Look For The Silver Lining
- Magic Flea, The
- Marguarite
- Midnight Freight
- Montego Bay
- Moten Swing
- Muskrat Love
- My Cherie Amour
- My Friend Willy
- My Funny Valentine
- Nifty
- Night In Tunisia, A
- No More
- Nobody's Perfect
- On The Sunny Side Of The Street
- Opus One
- Orange Sherbert
- Passin' By
- Pick Yourself Up
- Pleasin'
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- Plunger, The
- Pressure Cooker
- Put It Right Here
- Queen Bee, The
- Quincy And The Count
- Reachin' Out
- Reachin' for a rainbow
- Samantha
- Sam's Boogie
- Satin Doll
- Satin and Glass
- Scotts place
- Shiny Stockings
- Shoreline Drive
- Show Me The Way To Go Home
- Smack Dab In The Middle
- Small Talk
- Soft As Velvet
- Soft Touch, A
- Splanky
- St. Louis Blues
- Stardust
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- Sweet Georgia Brown (Short Version)
- Sweet Gingerbread Man
- Swingin' on the Orient Express
- Switch In Time
- Take One
- Take The "A" Train
- Tall Cotton
- Tater Patch
- That Warm Feeling
- The Queen Bee
- There! I've Said It Again
- This Guy's In Love With You
- This Way
- Time For Love, A
- Time waits for no one
- Tribute To The Count
- Tribute To The Duke
- TV Theme Montage
- Twice as Nice
- Warm Breeze, A
- Well Alright, Okay, You Win
- Who's Sorry Now?
- Willow Gold
- Wind Machine
- Ya Gotta Try
- Ya Gotta Try harder
- You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
- You 'n Me
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[edit] Concert Band arrangements
[edit] Classical Arrangements
[edit] Solo Instrument Arrangements
Portrait of A Trumpet
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