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'''''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 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>


==Reception==
==Reception==
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>
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>
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|rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
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Revision as of 21:06, 10 December 2018

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 the Columbia label in 1960 featuring jazz interpretations of "The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky, arranged by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.[2]

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

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

References

  1. ^ A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed May 27, 2010
  2. ^ a b 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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