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Sammy Nestico

Samuel «Sammy» Lewis Nestico (født 6. februar1924 i Pittsburg i Pennsylvania i USA, død 17. januar 2021 i Carlsbad i California) var en komponist og arrangør av storbandmusikk. Nestico er mest kjent for hans arrangement for Count Basies orkester.

Liv og virke

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Utdannelse

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Han tok en bachelorgrad i musikk ved Duquesne University i Pittsburgh i 1950. Siden det har han blitt utnevnt til æresdoktor i musikk ved Duquesne, han har også mottatt tallrike priser.

Karriere

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Han har vært profesjonell musikkarrangør siden 1941, da han 17 år gammel ble arrangør for ABC sin radiostasjon WCAE i Pittsburgh. I løpet av karrieren har han arrangert musikk for Count Basies orkester (1967–1984), The US Air Force Band (15 år) og The US Marine Band (5 år), begge de sistnevnte var i Washington, DC. I tillegg spilte han trombone i storbandene til Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Gene Krupa og Charlie Barnet.

Undervisning

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I 1998-1999 var Nestico professor ved University of G

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Acclaimed for his swinging work with the Count Basie Orchestra, Sammy Nestico is an award-winning composer, arranger, and educator. A trombonist in his youth, Nestico first emerged as a sideman and arranger with Charlie Barnet's big band before embarking on an over-15-year career in the military leading the prestigious Airmen of Note and the Marine Band. Following his service in the late '60s, he developed a fruitful relationship with Count Basie, arranging over ten albums with the legendary bandleader, including winning Grammys for 1981's Warm Breeze and 1983's 88 Basie Street. He also established himself as a go-to composer for film and television, as well as an in-demand arranger for such luminaries as Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble, Toni Tennille, and others. In the '90s, he branched out into university teaching, but has remained an active arranger, earning further Grammy nominations for his own albums like 2002's This Is the Moment, 2009's Fun Time with the SWR Big Band, and 2015's A Very Swingin' Basie Christmas! Born Samuel Louis Nestico in 1924, Nestico grew up in Pittsburgh

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Sammy Nestico composer / arranger

Born in Pittsburgh, at a very young age Sammy Nestico became the staff arranger for the ABC radio station there. He later received his degree in music education from Duquesne University.
Sammy youned the U.S. Air Force Band in Washington as staff arranger, and subsequently led the famous Airmen of Note. After 15 years with the air Force, he joined the U.S. Marine Band in Washington as chief arranger and directir of the White House orchestra during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.
Between 1970 and 1980 Sammy wrote for the Count Basie Orchestra. He directed the recording of ten Basie albums of original music. Four of which won Grammy awards. He also worked for Capitol Records, cowriting the equivalent of 63 albums for that company.
Through the years Sammy's writing credits have grown to include work for all major film and TV studios. He has also written commercials for Anheuser Busch, Zenith, Ford, Mattel, Dodge, Remington and more. His music has also been recorded by the Boston Pops and Andre Kostelanitz orchestras. Somewhere along th

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