Sammy Nestico

September 11, 2023

2000 Quincy Jones & Sammie Nestico Orchestra – Basie & Beyond

Bill Reichenbach, Dan Higgins, Emil Richards, Ernie Watts, Gary Grant, Gerald Albright, Greg Phillinganes, Jerry Hey, Jimmy Johnson, Kirk Whalum, Neil Stubenhaus, Paul Jackson Jr, Paulinho Da Costa, Pete Christlieb, Quincy Jones, Randy Kerber, Sammy Nestico, Vinnie Colaiuta

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 […]

January 13, 2020

1981 Sammy Nestico – Dark Orchid

Gary Grant, Harvey Mason Sr, Neil Stubenhaus, Sammy Nestico, Victor Feldman

Dark Orchid is an album by Sammy Nestico, released in 1981. Sammy Nestico (born Samuel Louis Nistico, February 6, 1924) is an American composer and arranger. Nestico is best known for his arrangements for the Count Basie orchestra. Tracks 1 Dark Orchid (Sammy Nestico; Chauncey Gray) 04:59 2 This Is Love (Sammy Nestico; Chauncey Gray) […]