Traces - Dick Cully Big Band - performing the Classic Four tune, featuring Joe Trunzo on tenor sax..

A studio performance of Sammy Nestico's arrangement of the Classic Four tune "Traces" performed by the Dick Cully Big Band and featuring Joe Trunzo on tenor sax accompanied with a slide show of personal photos.

Read what Sammy Nestico has to say:

Dick: I am flabbergasted, thanks ever so much, I am impressed and deeply grateful. Your band is fantastic. I've heard so many renditions of my music that I was disappointed in. I worked shortly with Gene Krupa, and I wrote a couple of things for Buddy Rich ... making it another thing we have in common.

What a treat to hear (and see) your band play my music. I wish to profusely thank you for the many you-tube numbers that you have sent to me. They were fun listening to, but by far the best were from your band. I can't thank you enough.

Good luck with all your music and endeavors.

Sammy Nestico

Artist: Classics IV
Album: The Very Best of Classics IV 1988
Song: Traces

Faded photograph
Covered now with lines and creases
Tickets torn in half
Memories in bits and pieces
Traces of love long ago
That didn't work out right
Traces of love

Ribbons from her hair
Souvenirs of days together
The ring he used to wear
Pages from an old love letter
Traces of love long ago
That didn't work out right
Traces of love
With me tonight

I close my eyes and say a prayer
That in her heart
she'll find
A trace of love still there
Somewhere, ooooh, oh

---- Instrumental Interlude ----

Traces of hope in the night
that she'll come back and dry
These traces of tears
From my eyes
Whoooa, oooh, oh, oooh

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[druminaway]

It is truly a classic. We just played this selection with our Humboldt, Iowa Community Big Band at the Clay County Fair in Spencer, Iowa for three sold out shows of 300 people at each. This song will live forever and this arrangement is very playable by any band, adult, College, High School, or Middle School. Rollie Jensen, drummer, Pocahontas, Iowa

[drumminman49]

Agreed Rollie, Sammy wrote to me years ago after I sent him this recording saying that he never imagined this level one chart could sound so good thanks to the tenor sax player.

He also recently wrote to me again.

Dick: I am flabbergasted, thanks ever so much, I am impressed and deeply grateful. Your band is fantastic. I've heard so many renditions of my music that I was disappointed in.

[drumminman49]

I worked shortly with Gene Krupa, and I wrote a couple of things for Buddy Rich ... making it another thing we have in common.

What a treat to hear (and see) your band play my music. I wish to profusely thank you for the many you-tube numbers that you have sent to me. They were fun listening to, but by far the best were from your band. I can't thank you enough.

Good luck with all your music and endeavors.

Sammy Nestico

[drumminman49]

Artist: Classics IV Song: Traces Faded photograph Covered now with lines and creases Tickets torn in half Memories in bits and pieces Traces of love long ago That didn't work out right Traces of love Ribbons from her hair Souvenirs of days together

[AltoTenorBariSax2]

This is the BEST band that I've ever heard play this. I love how the solo keeps going throughout the song. I wish my jazz band had thought of that before our concert...

but next year I'll be first tenor, so hopefully I can do something as amazing and

beautiful as that.

[BurritosAreNummy911]

im doing this song in my jr high jazz band i love it!

[Ijusttbaggedyourmama]

amazing video... im using some of his improvision in my own traces solo because the printed one sounds to bland. Thanks for posting

[DrakeLanguin119]

BEAUTIFUL. That is all :)

[waltandrus]

Thanks Richard for posting this ... (and all your other stuff too!) I played that chart on "Traces" when I was 12 in 7th grade.. on 2nd tenor sax in the Junior HS "stage band"...