As recorded on the great Basie-Straight Ahead album of 1968 by Count Basie, this swing outing features solid section and full ensemble writing, brass buckets, sax scoops, drum fills, and piano in the solo

This chart is a relaxed moderate blues. Written for the Basie–Nestico collaboration on the album Basie Straight Ahead, it's perfect for advancing groups. It is also a great chart for your rhythm

As recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra on their Basie Big Band album, this easy swing excursion for proficient players has all the ingredients you'd expect from a classic Basie chart, tasteful piano

This beautiful bossa/ballad features flugelhorn and was recorded on the Fun Time CD. The rhythm is in a bossa nova style with some beautiful ensemble orchestration and interesting chord changes. Highly

Recorded in 1968 on the album Basie Straight Ahead, this slow swinger defines the Basie style at this tempo. While not overly demanding technically, this chart will challenge even the best bands to

Recorded on the landmark album Basie Straight Ahead, the tempo Sammy has indicated on the score is "mucho fasto" – which gives you an idea of the flag-waver that is Magic Flea. A

The quintessential recording of this chart was captured on the 1968 album Basie Straight Ahead. Unlike many of Sammy's charts for Basie, this one starts with the saxes and rhythm section instead of

This exciting chart was recorded by both the Count Basie Orchestra and the Buddy Rich Big Band.

This is the sound and groove that helped define the Count Basie Orchestra for a decade. Medium swing, brass in bucket mutes, and smooth-as-silk chord changes are at the heart of this chart. It flows along

Sammy Nestico loved horses, and many of the titles he chose for his music reflect that love – Hay Burner is a perfect example. Aside from being a no-nonsense straight-ahead swing chart, there

Another hit from the Basie Straight Ahead album is this driving swinger in F minor. This chart gives the band a great chance to really play soft and make a huge build over an entire phrase to a

Originally written for the Sammy Nestico Dark Orchid recording and later reprised on A Portrait of Sammy, this iconic swing chart gives all the solo work to piano, first in the opening 48 measures, then

A Little Blues, Please is an easy version of the blues with a slight harmonic twist. Almost all of the work is performed by sections rather than the full ensemble. This chart doesn't call for

Recorded by Count Basie on the album Have a Nice Day, this expressive ballad is a study in subtle ensemble textures and colors, with muted brass, delicate piano fills, and a directed ending that closes in a