The Nutcracker Suite (Duke Ellington album)
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| Studio album by Duke Ellington | ||||
| Released | 1960 | |||
| Recorded | May 26, 31, June 3, 21–22, 1960 | |||
| Studio | Radio Recorders, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Jazz, Christmas | |||
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Columbia CL 1541 |
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| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  |
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.
The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.
All compositions by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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.
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