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Featured in Michael Fremer’s Heavy Rotation in the July 2009 Issue of Stereophile! Pressed at Pallas in Germany!
In 1960, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn arranged their own adaptation of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite for the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
Features:
- 180g vinyl
- Pressed at Pallas in Germany
The Nutcracker Suite is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Columbia label in 1960 featuring jazz interpretations of “The Nutcracker” by Tchaikovsky, arranged by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.
ID: Columbia – CS 8341, Pure Pleasure Records – PPAN CS8341
Duke Ellington | Piano |
Willie Cook, Fats Ford, Ray Nance, Clark Terry | Trumpet |
Lawrence Brown, Booty Wood, Britt Woodman | Trombone |
Juan Tizol | Valve Trombone |
Jimmy Hamilton | Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone |
Johnny Hodges | Alto Saxophone |
Russell Procope | Alto Saxophone, Clarinet |
Paul Gonsalves | Tenor Saxophone |
Harry Carney | Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet |
Aaron Bell | Bass |
Sam Woodyard | Drums |
| A1 | Overture | 3:19 |
| A2 | Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance Of The Reed-Pipes) | 2:28 |
| A3 | Peanut Brittle Brigade (March) | 4:36 |
| A4 | Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy) | 3:04 |
| A5 | Entr'acte | 1:51 |
| B1 | The Volga Vouty (Russian Dance) | 2:52 |
| B2 | Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance) | 2:50 |
| B3 | Dance Of The Floreadores (Waltz Of The Flowers) | 4:03 |
| B4 | Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance) | 5:43 |
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