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. The album was rereleased on CD in 1990 as part of Three Suites along with Ellington's reworking of Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suite" and "Suite Thursday," his tribute to John Steinbeck. The original 1960 cover is notable for the inclusion of Strayhorn's name and picture along with Ellington's.
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Reception
The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.
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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
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