A Cool Breeze

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Label
SWR
Release Date
June 9, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      NESTICO, SAMMY
    • PERFORMER
      Swr Big Band, Godfroid
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 09, 2017
    • UPC
      747313903986
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SWR19039CD
    • LABEL
      SWR
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. Cell Talk

      Composer: Sammy Nestico

      Ensemble: SWR Big Band

      Conductor: Sammy Nestico

    2. Along Came Betty

      Composer: Benny Golson

      Ensemble: SWR Big Band

      Performer: Klaus Wagenleiter, Marc Godfroid, Andreas Maile

      Conductor: Sammy Nestico

    3. A Cool Breeze

      Composer: Sammy Nestico

      Ensemble: SWR Big Band

      Performer: Axel Kühn, Klaus-Peter Schöpfer, Klaus Wagenleiter

      Conductor: Sammy Nestico

    4. Conversation Piece: I'll Follow My Secret Heart

      Composer: Noël Coward

      Ensemble: SWR Big Band

      Performer: Marc Godfroid, Claus Reichstaller, Axel Kühn, Klaus Wagenleiter

      Conductor: Sammy Nestico

    5. Shirley

      Composer: Sammy Nestico

      Ensemble: SWR Big Band

      Performer: Decebal Badila, Klaus Wagenleiter

      Conductor: Sammy Nestico

    6. Close Enough for Love

      Composer: Johnny Mandel

      Ensemble: SWR Big Band

      Performer: Klaus Graf

      Conductor: Sammy Nestico

    7. Moonlight on the Ganges

      Composer: Montague Ewing

      Ensemble: SWR Big Band

      Performer: Andreas Maile

      Conductor: Sammy Nestico

    8. Frankie and Johnny

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: SWR Big Band

      Performer: Pierre Paquette, Karl Farrent, Ian Cumming

      Conductor: Sammy Nestico

    9. The Big Shaw Movement: Poor Butterfly

      Composer: Raymond Hubbell

      Ensemble: SWR Big Band

      Performer: Claus Reichstaller, Andreas Maile, Marc Godfroid, Klaus Wagenleiter

      Conductor: Sammy Nestico

    10. 'Round Midnight

      Composer: Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams

      Ensemble: SWR Big Band

      Performer: Claus Reichstaller

      Conductor: Sammy Nestico

    11. Tippin' In

      Composer: Bobby Smith

      Ensemble: SWR Big Band

      Performer: Decebal Badila, Klaus Wagenleiter

      Conductor: Sammy Nestico

    12. Toni

      Composer: Sammy Nestico

      Ensemble: SWR Big Band

      Performer: Matthias Erlewein, Klaus Wagenleiter

      Conductor: Sammy Nestico

    13. Softly From My Window

      Composer: Sammy Nestico

      Ensemble: SWR Big Band

      Performer: Karl Farrent, Klaus-Peter Schöpfer

      Conductor: Sammy Nestico

    14. The Jazz Music Box

      Composer: Sammy Nestico

      Ensemble: SWR Big Band

      Performer: Klaus Graf, Axel Kühn, Karl Farrent, Ernst Hutter

      Conductor: Sammy Nestico


Sammy Nestico, the composer-arranger known for his contributions to the Count Basie Orchestra library and whose name is familiar to anyone who’s played in a big band since the 1960s, recently has gone through a highly creative and productive phase. The rise of Nestico’s international profile has been sparked by a period of collaboration with the SWR Big Band of Germany that has produced several masterful albums, including No Time Like The Present (2004), Basie-Cally Sammy (2005), Fun Time (2009) and Fun Time And More (2011). The productive streak continues with this year’s A Cool Breeze, which finds the perpetually developing, 93-year-old orchestrator combining swing, soul, funk, fusion and symphonic expressions in a stylistic manner that’s distinctly modern yet undeniably Nestico. Unlike his previous SWR collaborations, Nestico (who’s based in San Diego) wasn’t able to travel to Germany for these recording sessions, but digital technology allowed him to participate via Skype and high-speed audio file transfer. His signature syncopations, volleying counterpoint passages, tensely stacked fourths, dramatic dynamics and tasteful manner of combining instrumental timbres are all manifest in the SWR Big Band’s impeccable, inspired performance. These dedicated musicians have become so adept at finessing and interpreting Nestico’s work that they actually transcend what’s on the printed page. They turn his carefully crafted charts into memorable works of art that will have toes tappin’ and fingers snappin’ for decades to come. - DownBeat Magazine Editors' Pick