2000 Quincy Jones & Sammie Nestico Orchestra – Basie & Beyond
Basie & Beyond is an album from Quincy Jones featuring the Sammie Nestico Orchestra. It was released in 2000.
Quincy Jones arranged and conducted for Count Basie in the late 1950s and early 60s. Nestico was the prolific workhorse of the Basie arranging staff during the final decade and a half of Basie’s life. Their set of old and new arrangements is generally in the style of Basie’s New Testament band, with even more of the smoothness and bottom-to-top power that some of his devotees admired and others disdained. Jones expands three of his classic pieces, “Quintessence,” “Hard Sock Dance” and “For Lena and Lennie.” He adds new versions of “The Witching Hour” and “Belly Roll” and uses an orchestration of “Grace” from his previous album, Q’s Juke Joint. “Hard Sock Dance” begins with a conversation between drums and talking guitar that seems to have little to do with what follows, a superior piece of big band writing in the spirit and close to the letter of Jones’ original arrangement. Vibraharpist Emil Richards is the featured soloist. (source)
Tracks
1 Ya Gotta Try…Harder! (Sammy Nestico) 05:39
2 Belly Roll (Quincy Jones) 05:15
3 Grace (Quincy Jones; Jeremy Lubbock) 05:20
4 The Joy Of Cookin’ (Sammy Nestico) 06:21
5 Quintessence (Quincy Jones) 04:47
6 How Sweet It Is (Sammy Nestico) 07:21
7 Hard Sock Dance (Quincy Jones) 04:21
8 The Witching Hour (Quincy Jones) 05:16
9 For Lena And Lennie (Quincy Jones) 04:18
10 No Time Like The Present (Sammy Nestico) 05:29
11 Lisette (Sammy Nestico) 04:09
12 Out Of The Night (Sammy Nestico) 05:50
Biography
Musicians
Drums | Vinnie Colaiuta |
Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
Electric Piano | Greg Phillinganes |
Piano | Randy Kerber |
French Horn | Brad Warnaar |
French Horn | Gregory Williams |
French Horn | Jerry Folsom |
Woodwinds | Dan Higgins |
Woodwinds | Ernie Watts |
Woodwinds | Gary Foster |
Woodwinds | Gerald Albright |
Woodwinds | Jack Nimitz |
Woodwinds | Pete Christlieb |
Trombone | Bill Reichenbach |
Trombone | Bill Watrous |
Trombone | Charlie Loper |
Trombone | George Bohanon |
Trombone | Reginald Young |
Trumpet | Gary Grant |
Trumpet | Jerry Hey |
Trumpet | Oscar Brashear |
Trumpet | Rick Baptist |
Trumpet | Warren Luening |
Trumpet | Wayne Bergeron |
Tuba | Tom Johnson |
Vibraphone | Emil Richards |
Percussion | Emil Richards |
Other Musicians
1 Ya Gotta Try…Harder!
Acoustic Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
Flute | Hubert Laws |
2 Belly Roll
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
3 Grace
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Sax | Kirk Whalum |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
4 The Joy Of Cookin’
Bass | Jimmy Johnson |
Sax | Kirk Whalum |
5 Quintessence
Bass | Jimmy Johnson |
6 How Sweet It Is
Acoustic Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
Drums | Harold Jones |
Flute | Hubert Laws |
7 Hard Sock Dance
Acoustic Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
8 The Witching Hour
Acoustic Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
9 For Lena And Lennie
Acoustic Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
10 No Time Like The Present
Acoustic Bass | Chuck Berghofer |
Drums | Harold Jones |
Sax | Kirk Whalum |
11 Lisette
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
12 Out Of The Night
Bass | Neil Stubenhaus |
Flute | Hubert Laws |
Percussion | Paulinho Da Costa |
Liner Notes
Producer – Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Sammy Nestico
Producer (Executive) – Quincy Jones, Judith Bright
Arranged By – Quincy Jones, Sammy Nestico
Conductor – Quincy Jones, Sammy Nestico
Engineer – Tommy Vicari
Engineer (Additional) – Steve Genewick, Bill Smith
Engineer (Assistant) – David Dominguez, Anthony Arvizu, Bruce Monical, Jimmy Hoyson, Wil Donovan
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Mixed By – Tommy Vicari
Mixed By (Additional) – Steve Genewick, Bill Smith
Orchestrated By – Mervyn Warren (Track 3)
Artwork – Shelley Hubbard
Photography – Ken Kim, Carol Friedman, Vince Tanzilli/Isis Films
Engineered At Capitol Studios
Mastered At Bernie Grundman Mastering
Mixed At Capitol Studios
Recorded At NRG Studios
Phonographic Copyright Qwest Records
Phonographic Copyright WEA International Inc
Copyright Carol Friedman
Copyright Qwest Records
Copyright WEA International Inc