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Sammy Nestico
1924 - 2021
With over 600 educational publications to his credit, his remarkable writing career included composing for the Count Basie Orchestra from 1968 to 1984, arranging for and leading the U.S. Air Force Airmen of Note (15 years), and doing the same for the Marine Band's White House dance orchestra (5 years).
Sammy arranged and conducted recording projects for Bing Crosby, Sarah Vaughan, Toni Tennille, Frank Sinatra, and others. In 1983 Duquesne University in his hometown of Pittsburgh conferred upon him their honorary Doctor of Music degree. Andre Previn, Henry Mancini, and Benny Goodman are the only others to whom that tribute has been paid.