The Nutcracker Suite (Duke Ellington album) explained

The Nutcracker Suite
Type:	studio
Artist:	Duke Ellington
Cover:	The Nutcracker Suite (Duke Ellington album).jpg
Released:	1960
Recorded:	May 26, 31, June 3, 21–22, 1960
Studio:	Radio Recorders, Los Angeles
Genre:	Jazz, Christmas
Label:	Columbia
Chronology:	Duke Ellington
Prev Title:	Blues in Orbit
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	Piano in the Background
Next Year:	1960

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.^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

1. "Overture" - 3:22
2. "Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed-Pipes)" - 2:30
3. "Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)" - 4:37
4. "Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)" - 3:05
5. "Entr'acte" - 1:53
6. "Volga Vouty (Russian Dance)" - 2:52
7. "Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance)" - 2:50
8. "Danse of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)" - 4:04
9. "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

Notes and References

1. Web site: A Duke Ellington Panorama. 2022-08-10.