# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sammy-nestico
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:25:35.996Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sammy-nestico"
name: "Sammy Nestico"
slug: "sammy-nestico"
description: "Samuel Louis Nestico was an American jazz composer and arranger. Nestico is best known for his arrangements for the Count Basie orchestra."
tagline: "American composer and arranger (1924–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sammy_Nestico.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1924-02-06"
deathDate: "2021-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.91105466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "SammyNesticoDocumentary"
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.sammynesticomusic.com/"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sammy Nestico"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sammy Nestico"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Nestico"
    title: "Sammy Nestico"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Nestico"
    title: "Sammy Nestico"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Nestico"
    title: "Sammy Nestico"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Nestico"
    title: "Sammy Nestico"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "サミー・ネスティコ"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Nestico"
    title: "Sammy Nestico"
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    title: "Sammy Nestico"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump