Originally written for and played by Bud Shank, this showpiece for alto sax features a wide dynamic range and calls for a soft, smooth approach to background figures. Though written solo lines are pro...
Written in a medium swing style and featuring classic Nestico ensemble figures, this is a great-sounding chart for any vocalist.
As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra, this bright swing classic opens with an improvised piano solo backed by rhythm section before the whole band jumps on board 28 bars later. Tenor sax and piano...
This is the definitive swing chart composed and arranged by the legendary Sammy Nestico. Straight from the Quincy Jones/Sammy Nestico Orchestra CD, this chart starts off swinging and then swings even...
Come registrato dalla Count Basie Orchestra, ecco il classico arrangiamento di Sammy Nestico di questo standard jazz di Frank Foster! Con tutti gli stilemi caratteristici del pianoforte, gli ottoni in...
Feature a trumpet or flugel on this creative arrangement of a timeless standard. Written in a ballad style, this chart also features nice ensemble scoring and a brief very easy section in 3/4. This te...
Recorded by Count Basie & His Orchestra in the late 1960's, this classic blues for developing ensembles features written or ad lib solos for trombone and drums. Midway through, shortly after the tromb...
This dynamic blues shuffle offers optional written solos for alto, tenor, trumpet and/or trombone; the piano player has written solos at the beginning and end as well. For this chart to sound its best...
From the Quincy Jones -- Sammy Nestico CD titled Basie & Beyond. Composed and arranged by the legendary Sammy Nestico, this chart begins with a funky drum groove and develops into a nice easy swing fe...
As recorded by Count Basie on Prime Time, here is the magnificent Nestico flag-waver to end all flag-wavers! Combine a wonderful standard tune with solos for piano and tenor along with some of Sammy's...
Adapted directly from the version he penned for the Count Basie Orchestra, Sammy Nestico brings the signature style and familiar strains to this fabulous version for younger bands. ªThe solo spots for...
Sammy features the saxophones in this medium swing arrangement of the Cole Porter standard. Wonderful ensemble writing. No solos required.
Set in a laidback swing groove, this chart features a sax chorus, some driving ensemble sections, and solos for trombone, tenor sax, trumpet and piano (suggested solos provided for all). Sammy says th...
This simplified version of the classic swinger recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra opens with a 12-bar piano solo backed by guitar, bass and drums before entrances by saxes, then brass, lead to a fu...
From the 'Basie-Straight Ahead' recording of 1968 featuring the legendary Count Basie, Harold Jones, Grover Mitchell, Marshall Royal and Freddie Green, highlights here include a recurring alto/trumpet...
As recorded by Count Basie & His Orchestra for their Basie Straight Ahead album of 1968, this classic blues features a moderate tempo, piano and tenor solos, solid sax and brass solis, and a series of...
Featuring the complete lead trumpet parts for 9 Nestico charts recorded by Count Basie on the classic Basie-Straight Ahead album, this book is a great primer for developing students of jazz.
Written for Walt Disney World, Sammy's masterful touch shows in this fiery medley of Mickey Mouse March and Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah. Mostly a study in ensemble scoring in a wide variety of tempos and styles...
In this 100th anniversary year of Duke Ellington's birth, we thought it was fitting to re-introduce one of the absolute best arrangements of Ellington's music ever written. This medley by Sammy Nestic...
This is an absolutely gorgeous tenor sax feature! The ensemble has plenty to do, too, in providing a lush, subtly swinging backdrop for the soloist. If you have a strong tenor player, this could be th...
Grades 4-6. (Nestico)
In this beautiful showcase for alto saxophone, the overall performance can be loose but must convey great warmth. Brass section volume during background passages should be kept to a minimum. The pyram...
Starting and ending as a ballad in a comfortable two-beat style, the jazz waltz midsection provides essential contrast in this beautiful arrangement of the Rimsky-Korsakoff classic. As always, attenti...