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The Nutcracker Suite is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for Columbia Records in 1960 featuring jazz interpretations of the 1892 ballet "The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky, arranged by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.




Track listing


All compositions by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

"Overture" - 3:22
"Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed-Pipes)" - 2:30
"Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)" - 4:37
"Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)" - 3:05
"Entr'acte" - 1:53
"Volga Vouty (Russian Dance)" - 2:52
"Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance)" - 2:50
"Danse of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)" - 4:04
"Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance)" - 5:44
Recorded on May 26 (tracks 1 and 5), May 31 (track 2), June 3 (tracks 4 and 8), 21 (tracks 3 and 7) and 22 (tracks 6 and 9), 1960.




Personnel


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




References

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• The Nutcracker Suite (Duke Ellington album)
• The Ellington Suites
• Far East Suite
• New Orleans Suite
• Duke Ellington discography
• Ellington Uptown
• The Nutcracker
• Liberian Suite
• Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G.
• Ellington at Newport