Sammy Nestico: A Cool Breeze

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Release Date: 9th Jun 2017
Catalogue No: SWR19039CD
Label: SWR Music
Length: 64 minutes

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Nestico: Cell Talk

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SWR Big Band
Sammy Nestico

Benny Golson: Along Came Betty

Work length5:02

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Marc Godfroid, Andreas Maile, Klaus Wagenleiter
SWR Big Band
Sammy Nestico

Nestico: A Cool Breeze

Work length5:32

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Axel Kühn, Klaus-Peter Schöpfer, Klaus Wagenleiter
SWR Big Band
Sammy Nestico

Coward, N: I'll Follow My Secret Heart

Work length4:49

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Marc Godfroid, Claus Reichstaller, Axel Kühn, Klaus Wagenleiter
SWR Big Band
Sammy Nestico

Nestico: Shirley

Work length4:12

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Decebal Badila, Klaus Wagenleiter
SWR Big Band
Sammy Nestico

Mandel, J: Close Enough for Love

Work length4:35

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Klaus Graf
SWR Big Band
Sammy Nestico

Ewing, M: Moonlight on the Ganges

Work length3:50

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Andreas Maile
SWR Big Band
Sammy Nestico

trad.: Frankie & Johnny

Work length5:22

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Karl Farrent, Pierre Paquette, Ian Cumming
SWR Big Band
Sammy Nestico

Hubbell: Poor Butterfly

Work length5:22

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Claus Reichstaller, Andreas Maile, Marc Godfroid, Klaus Wagenleiter
SWR Big Band
Sammy Nestico

Cootie Williams, Thelonious Monk: 'Round Midnight

Work length3:39

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Claus Reichstaller
SWR Big Band
Sammy Nestico

Bobby Smith: Tippin' In

Work length4:01

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Decebal Badila, Klaus Wagenleiter
SWR Big Band
Sammy Nestico

Nestico: Toni

Work length5:28

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Matthias Erlewein, Klaus Wagenleiter
SWR Big Band
Sammy Nestico

Nestico: Softly from My Window

Work length3:40

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Karl Farrent, Klaus-Peter Schöpfer
SWR Big Band
Sammy Nestico

Nestico: The Jazz Music Box

Work length5:11

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Klaus Graf, Axel Kühn, Karl Farrent, Ernst Hutter
SWR Big Band
Sammy Nestico

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The SWR Big Band’s unique reputation for experimentation, collaboration and prioritization may at first appear surprising, but the ensemble’s creative powers have earned it four Grammy nominations in the past. Its independent character combines deep roots in the swing and bop tradition with an open-minded approach to contemporary sounds, plus a thrilling sense of fun in performance. Recent guests such as guitarist Larry Carlton and composer/singer Ivan Lins have been able to contribute to this mix; similarly the entertainer Curtis Stigers and master guitarist Pat Metheny, not to mention the composer and arranger Sammy Nestico, one of the constants in the world of American music since the 1950s. This friendly, white-haired gentleman from Pittsburgh has repeatedly crossed paths with the SWR Big Band. Recordings such as No Time Like The Present (2004), Basie-Cally Sammy (2005), Fun Time (2009) and Fun Time and More- Live (2011), made a key contribution to raising international awareness of Nestico’s late creative phases. “Beautiful things never disturb” is a motto that Nestico adopted while working with Count Basie, enabling him to leave prevailing fashions behind. The music he wrote for the SWR Big Band sports both funky sounds and elements of fusion, combining swing, a pinch of soul and an emotional orchestral expression. The music moves artfully between reduced combo sounds and opulent textures. The compositional intensity goes far beyond the printed score, a creative mastery that baritone saxophonist Pierre Paquette sums up with saying, “Sammy is the boss!” This sense of mutual understanding was created during the decade-plus period of collaboration between the composer and the orchestra, a collaboration built not only on notes, but also on intuition.

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