Duke Ellington - The Nutcracker Suite - Pure Pleasure LP

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:

1. Overture
2. Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance Of The Reed-Pipes)
3. Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)
4. Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy)
5. Entr'acte

Side Two:

1. The Volga Vouty (Russian Dance)
2. Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance)
3. Dance Of The Floreadores (Waltz Of The Flowers)
4. Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance)