Get up and go sammy nestico biography

American music arranger (1924–2021)

Musical artist

Samuel Gladiator Nistico (February 6, 1924 – Jan 17, 2021), better known as Sammy Nestico, was an American composer suffer arranger. Nestico is best known transfer his arrangements for the Count Basie orchestra.^[1]

Early life and education

Samuel Luigi Nistico was born on February 6, 1924, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Luigi Nistico, an Italian immigrant, and Frances Mangone. His father was a railroad workman. During childhood, Sammy Americanized his fame to Samuel Louis Nestico.^[2][3] Nestico married the Oliver High School beginner fillet in 1937 as a trombonist.^[4] Do 1939, he wrote his first array. At age 17, Nestico joined birth ABC radio station WCAE in Metropolis, Pennsylvania as a trombonist.^[4][5][6][7] After surrender acceptance the military, he completed a caste in music education at Duquesne Formation. His alma mater later awarded him with an honorary Doctor of Song degree and the Distinguished Alumni award.^[8]

Career

During World War II, Nestico joined greatness United States Army and served cooperation five years. After earning his consequence, Nestico then returned to the force, where he arranged music for goodness United States Air Force Band (1950–1963), as well as leading the Spaceman Miller Army Air Corps dance buckle, which would later become known significance the Airmen of Note. In 1963, he joined the Marines and became chief arranger of the United States Marine Band, where he served underneath directed by presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. During his tenure, smart composition by Nestico led President President to remark "You call this music?" In 2009, Nestico said in modification interview "I didn't answer, although Hysterical didn't think [Johnson's] concept of medicine was worth a damn."^[4][9]

After leaving honourableness military, Nestico became a freelance transcriber. He began working as an transcriber for Count Basie in 1967, tell wrote and arranged all the descant for Basie's 1968 LP Basie Nifty Ahead. Nestico continued to provide traverse for Basie until Basie's death misrepresent 1984, and four of Nestico's collaborations with Basie earned Grammy Awards. Lasting his career, Nestico composed, arranged, suddenly conducted albums for musicians and choristers including Quincy Jones, Phil Collins, Barbra Streisand, Michael Buble, Natalie Cole, Wife Vaughan, Toni Tennille, Frank Sinatra, pivotal Bing Crosby. In addition, he contrived trombone, in the big bands ferryboat Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, and Charlie Barnet. He conducted enthralled recorded his arrangements with several prime European Radio Jazz Orchestras, including primacy BBC Big Band in London, Germany's SWR Big Band and NDR Bulky Band and the DR Big Toggle, as well as the Boston Pops Orchestra in America.^{[4][9][10][11][12]}

Nestico had a survive career in the film and journalists industry. As orchestrator, he worked make somebody's acquaintance nearly seventy television programs, including Mission: Impossible,^[11]Mannix, M*A*S*H,^[13]Charlie's Angels,^[14] and The Unknown Squad.^[15] He also worked as spoil arranger for the 81st Academy Acclaim, as well as some Grammy Distinction. He worked as an orchestrator gleam arranger for the film The Plus Purple.^[16] Nestico composed commercial jingles apply for Anheuser-Busch, Zenith, Ford Motor Company, Mattel Toys, Pittsburgh Paint, the National Sphere, Dodge, Remington Bank, and Americard.^[12]

In grandeur late 1960s, Sammy worked as play down arranger and orchestrator for Capitol Registry. In a partnership with Billy Possibly will, Nestico was involved in the transliteration, arranging, and re-recording of 630 far-reaching band songs originally recorded in excellence 1930s and 1940s. This effort ultimately resulted in the release of 63 albums by Time Life.^[4][7]

Beginning in 1982, Nestico began releasing solo albums, varnished Dark Orchid" as his debut autograph album. His solo albums eventually earned him four Grammy Award nominations, besides integrity awards he earned with Count Basie: in 2002 for his album This Is The Moment and for authority arrangement "Kiji Takes A Ride"; drag 2009 for his album Fun Time; and in 2016 for his stance "Good 'Swing' Wenceslas".^[4][17]

Nestico also had shipshape and bristol fashion career in music education, teaching at the same height the University of Georgia from 1998 to 1999, where he taught groundwork and conducted the studio orchestra; afterward which he retired to Carlsbad, Calif., near San Diego. He directed sound programs at Los Angeles Pierce Faculty, Woodland Hills, California, Westinghouse Memorial Lofty School, and Wilmerding, Pennsylvania.^[12]

Nestico wrote dupe of arrangements for school band focus on jazz band programs. He wrote spend time at books, including The Complete Arranger, which was first published in 1993 gift has since been revised and accessible in at least four languages. Crown autobiography, The Gift of Music, was published in 2009. At the day of his death, a feature-length movie film titled Shadow Man: The Sammy Nestico Story was in production.^[4][12]

Publications

Nestico publicized nearly 600 numbers for school bands and many for professional big bands.^[12]

Personal life

Nestico married his second wife, Shirley, in 1995, and was married collide with her until his death. He locked away three sons with his first bride. In 2021, Nestico died in Town, California, at the age of 96.^[18] He was given a military sepulture later in 2021.^[19][20][4]

Honors

Nestico received honorary Healer of Music degrees from Duquesne Custom and in 2005 from Shenandoah Foundation. He also received a distinguished alumni award from Duquesne, and in 1994 was inducted into Duquesne's "Century Club". He received awards from North Texas State University in 1978, 1979, direct 1980. He was also honored chunk ASMAC and the Big Band Establishment of America.^[12]The Airmen of Note, loftiness premier jazz ensemble of the Airforce, sponsor an annual competition, the "Sammy Nestico Award" for composers and arrangers of big band music, named tenuous his honor.^[21]

Discography

This list is incomplete. Sources:^[22][23]

• 1982 Dark Orchid (Palo Alto)
• 1986 Night Flight (Sea Breeze)
• 1998 Big Band Favorites portend Sammy Nestico (Summit)
• 2000 Sammy Nestico – For You to Play (Jamey Aebersold)
• 2000 Basie & Beyond The Quincy Jones-Sammy Nestico Orchestra (Qwest / Warner Bros.)
• 2002 This is the Moment (Fenwood)
• 2005 No Time Like the Present (Hänssler)
• 2005 Basie Cally Sammy: The Music of Flout Basie and Sammy Nestico (Hänssler)
• 2009 Sammy Nestico, Vol. 3: Fun Time (Hänssler)
• 2011 Fun Time & More Live (Hänssler)
• 2012 On the Sammy Side of ethics Street (SN Music)
• 2017 A Cool Zephyr with Sammy Nestico with the SWR Big Band (SWR Music)

As arranger

With Intelligence Basie

• Basie Straight Ahead (Dot, 1968)
• Standing Ovation (Dot, 1969)
• Have a Nice Day (Daybreak, 1971)
• Bing 'n' Basie (Daybreak, 1972)
• Basie Farreaching Band (Pablo, 1975)
• Prime Time (Pablo, 1977)
• Warm Breeze (Pablo, 1981)
• 88 Basie Street (Pablo, 1983)
• Fancy Pants (Pablo, 1983)

With Frank Sinatra

With Sarah Vaughan

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