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{{short description|1960 album by Duke Ellington}}
{{Infobox Album
{{Infobox album
| Name = The Nutcracker Suite
| Type = studio
| name = The Nutcracker Suite
| Artist = [[Duke Ellington]]
| type = studio
| Cover = The Nutcracker Suite (Duke Ellington album).jpg
| artist = [[Duke Ellington]]
| cover = The Nutcracker Suite (Duke Ellington album).jpg
| Released = 1960
| alt =
| Recorded = May 26, 31, June 3, 21–22, 1960
| released = 1960
| recorded = May 26, 31, June 3, 21–22, 1960
| Studio = [[Radio Recorders]], [[Los Angeles]]
| venue =
| studio = [[Radio Recorders]], [[Los Angeles]]
| Genre = [[Jazz]], [[Christmas music|Christmas]]
| genre = [[Jazz]], [[Christmas music|Christmas]]
| Length =
| length =
| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]<br>{{small|CL 1541}}
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]<br>{{small|CL 1541}}
| Producer =
| producer =
| Chronology = [[Duke Ellington]]
| chronology = [[Duke Ellington]]
| Last album = ''[[Blues in Orbit]]''<br>(1960)
| prev_title = [[Blues in Orbit]]
| prev_year = 1960
| This album = '''''The Nutcracker Suite'''''<br>(1960)
| Next album = ''[[Piano in the Background]]''<br>(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 the [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] label in 1960 featuring jazz interpretations of "[[The Nutcracker]]" by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]], arranged by Ellington and [[Billy Strayhorn]].<ref name="Panorama">[http://www.depanorama.net/index.htm A Duke Ellington Panorama] accessed May 27, 2010</ref> The album was rereleased on CD in 1990 as part of ''Three Suites'' along with Ellington's reworking of [[Grieg]]'s "[[Peer Gynt (Grieg)|Peer Gynt Suite]]" and "Suite Thursday," his tribute to John Steinbeck.{{cn|date=December 2015}} The original 1960 cover is notable for the inclusion of Strayhorn's name and picture along with Ellington's.{{cn|date=December 2015}}
'''''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 [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]], arranged by Ellington and [[Billy Strayhorn]].<ref name="Panorama">{{Cite web | url=http://desguin.net/DukeEllingtonPanorama/www.depanorama.net/| title=A Duke Ellington Panorama| access-date=2022-08-10}}</ref>{{Album ratings
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| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]

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| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic">[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r138238|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed May 27, 2010</ref>
In 2013, a new recording of the Ellington/Strayhorn ''Nutcracker Suite'', and Tchaikovsky's original ''Nutcracker Suite'', by conductor Steven Richman and Harmonie Ensemble/New York, was released on the [[Harmonia Mundi]] label.{{cn|date=December 2015}}

==Reception==
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The [[Allmusic]] review awarded the album 4½ stars.<ref name="Allmusic">[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r138238|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed May 27, 2010</ref>
{{Album ratings
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| rev1 = ''[[Allmusic]]''
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
|rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
|rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=RSJRG> {{Cite book
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=RSJRG> {{Cite book
| last = Swenson
|editor-last=Swenson
| first = J. (Editor)
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| year = 1985
| year = 1985
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# "Overture" - 3:22
# "Overture" - 3:22
# "Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed-Pipes)" - 2:30
# "Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed-Pipes)" - 2:30
# "Peanut Brittle Brigade [March]" - 4:37
# "Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)" - 4:37
# "Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)" - 3:05
# "Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)" - 3:05
# "Entr'acte" - 1:53
# "Entr'acte" - 1:53
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*[[Duke Ellington]] – [[piano]]
*[[Duke Ellington]] – [[piano]]
*[[Willie Cook]], Fats Ford, [[Ray Nance]], [[Clark Terry]] - [[trumpet]]
*[[Willie Cook]], Fats Ford, [[Ray Nance]], [[Clark Terry]] - [[trumpet]]
*[[Lawrence Brown (musician)|Lawrence Brown]], [[Booty Wood]], [[Britt Woodman]] - [[trombone]]
*[[Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist)|Lawrence Brown]], [[Booty Wood]], [[Britt Woodman]] - [[trombone]]
*[[Juan Tizol]] - [[valve trombone]]
*[[Juan Tizol]] - [[valve trombone]]
*[[Jimmy Hamilton]] - [[clarinet]], [[tenor saxophone]]
*[[Jimmy Hamilton]] - [[clarinet]], [[tenor saxophone]]
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*[[Paul Gonsalves]] - [[tenor saxophone]]
*[[Paul Gonsalves]] - [[tenor saxophone]]
*[[Harry Carney]] - [[baritone saxophone]], clarinet, [[bass clarinet]]
*[[Harry Carney]] - [[baritone saxophone]], clarinet, [[bass clarinet]]
*[[Aaron Bell]] - [[double bass|bass]]
*[[Aaron Bell (musician)|Aaron Bell]] - [[double bass|bass]]
*[[Sam Woodyard]] - [[drum kit|drums]]
*[[Sam Woodyard]] - [[drum kit|drums]]


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[[Category:1960 Christmas albums]]
[[Category:1960 Christmas albums]]
[[Category:The Nutcracker]]
[[Category:The Nutcracker]]
[[Category:Jazz Christmas albums]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at Radio Recorders]]
[[Category:Music based on works by E. T. A. Hoffmann]]

Latest revision as of 14:47, 10 May 2024

The Nutcracker Suite
Studio album by
Duke Ellington
Released1960
RecordedMay 26, 31, June 3, 21–22, 1960
StudioRadio Recorders, Los Angeles
GenreJazz, Christmas
LabelColumbia
CL 1541
Duke Ellington chronology
Blues in Orbit
(1960) 		The Nutcracker Suite
(1960) 		Piano in the Background
(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]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Track listing

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "A Duke Ellington Panorama". Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  2. ^ Allmusic Review accessed May 27, 2010
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 69. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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