Salute to American Jazz

Sammy Nestico

General Info

Year: 1994
Duration: c. 7:45
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $70.00 | Score Only (print) - $7.50

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bell Tree
Bells
Bongos (2)
Crash Cymbals
Drumset
Tam-tam
Tambourine
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The master of jazz arranging, Sammy Nestico, pays tribute to America's most notable art form with this montage for concert band. Four distinct styles in the history of American jazz are represented with Dizzy Gillespie's Night In Tunisia, W.C. Handy's St. Louis Blues, Duke Ellington's It Don't Mean a Thing, and "Weather Report's" Birdland. Treat your players to some of the greatest music of the jazz era.

- Program Note from publisher

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Coastal Communities Concert Band (Don Caneva, conductor) – 2007

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

Dallas (Tx.) Winds (Jerry Junkin, conductor) - 4 July 2023
Golden Gate Park Band (San Francisco, Calif.) (German Gonzalez, conductor) - 3 July 2022
Coastal Communities Concert Band (San Diego, Calif.) (Tom Cole, conductor) – 23 May 2021
Holly Springs (N.C.) Community Band (Mark Gloden, conductor) – 15 June 2019
University of Virginia (Charlottesville) Wind Ensemble (William Pease, conductor) – 28 April 2019
Golden Gate Park Band (San Francisco) (Robert Calonico, conductor) - 2 September 2018
Brentwood (Calif.) Concert Band (Carey Hurst, conductor) – 10 June 2017
Golden Gate Park Band (San Francisco, Calif.) (Michael Wirgler, conductor) – 23 April 2017
San Jose Metropolitan Band (Gregory Bergantz, conductor) - 5 April 2013 (ACB’s 35th Annual Convention (San Ramon, Calif.))

Works for Winds by This Arranger

All Through the Night (as arranger) (1964)
American Originals (as arranger) (1989)
Apotheosis (1968)
Armed Forces Medley (as arranger)
The Boys of Wexford (as arranger) (1963/2007)
Canyon Country (orch. Schueller) (1982/2014)
Christmas Joy (1971)
A Fireside Christmas (as arranger) (1992)
Good Swing Wenceslas (as arranger) (2006)
The Greenbriars of Wexley (1966)
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (as arranger) (1971)
Jingle Bells (as arranger)
Los Valientes (1979/1991)
March for the Young
Malagueña (as arranger)
Marines' Hymn Apotheosis. See: Apotheosis
Pacific Island Fantasy (1980)
Persuasion (2001)
Portrait of a Trumpet (1965)
Reflections
Reflective Mood (1964)
Rhapsody for Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble (as arranger) (1975)
Rhapsody for Flugelhorn
Salute to American Jazz (as arranger) (1994)
Seascape
Shield of Freedom (1982)
The Silver Quill (with Harpham) (1967)
A Tribute to Harry James (2006)
Tribute to Sammy Davis, Jr
A Tribute to Stephen Foster (as arranger) (1968)
Two Christmas Carols (1972)
Two Folk Songs
Vaquero (arr. Bocook) (1967)
When You Wish Upon a Star (as arranger) (1940/1976)

Resources

Nestico, S. [1994]. Salute to American Jazz [score]. Hal Leonard: Milwaukee.