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Backgrounder: Count Basie's 'Have a Nice Day'

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Marc Myers
Nov 11, 2022
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Sammy Nestico arranged nine Count Basie studio albums, starting in 1969:

  • Straight Ahead (1969)

  • Standing Ovation (1969)

  • Good Time Blues (1970)

  • Have a Nice Day (1971)

  • Bing 'n' Basie (1972)

  • Basie Big Band (1975)

  • Prime Time (1977)

  • Warm Breeze (1981)

  • 88 Basie Street (1983)

One of his breeziest was Have a Nice Day (Daybreak). As with all of Sammy's Basie albums, Have a…

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