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Duke Ellington - The Nutcracker Suite - Pure Pleasure LP
$34.99
180 Gram Vinyl
In 1960, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn arranged their own swinging big-band adaptation of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite for the Duke Ellington Orchestra. The result is one of jazz's most celebrated reimaginings of a classical work, full of wit, color and irresistible swing.
Features
- 180g vinyl
- Pressed at Pallas, Germany
- Originally issued on Columbia (1960)
- Label: Pure Pleasure
Track Listing
Side One:
- Overture
- Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance Of The Reed-Pipes)
- Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)
- Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy)
- Entr'acte
Side Two:
- The Volga Vouty (Russian Dance)
- Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance)
- Dance Of The Floreadores (Waltz Of The Flowers)
- Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance)