Featuring jazz interpretations of tchaikovskys the nutcracker, the album has come to be recognized as one of duke ellington s most important albums of the 1960s. The museum holds the original scorepart of our vast duke ellington collectionwith 100,000 pages of his unpublished music. Duke ellington, american pianist who was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader of his time. One of the originators of bigband jazz, ellington led his band for more than half a century, composed thousands of scores, and created one of the most distinctive ensemble sounds in all of western music. Tchaikovsky the nutcracker dance of the reed pipes by agustina lemme. Ballet afrique presents duke ellingtons the nutcracker. Description provided by wikipedia under creative commons attribution ccbysa 4. A duke ellington nutcracker resort vacation properties. The nutcracker suite additional works to be announced jazz up your holidays with duke ellington s dazzling reimagining of tchaikovskys the nutcracker, performed by the duke ellington orchestrathe only ensemble directly carrying on the tradition from duke himself. The panhandle players and pam nobles dance studio will present a duke ellington nutcracker. Duke ellington and his orchestra is perhaps the greatest of all jazz bands. Duke ellingtons the nutcracker suite performed by roosevelt high school jazz band seattles roosevelt high school has one of the most legendary high school jazz music programs in the country and on december 6th they bring ellingtons nutcracker suite and billy strayhorns version of tchaikovskys nutcracker to bima.
The show is a collaboration with the austin community college jazz ensemble. Nov, 2019 tickets to duke ellingtons nutcracker suite concert can be purchased online through ccms ebox office, over the phone at 55564183 or in person at the ccm box office in the atrium of ucs corbett center for the performing arts. However this cd is very disappointing because 1 it is taken from a vinyl source you can hear the surface noise 2 the ending of the last movement is chopped off, and 3 there is only 31 mins of music on the whole cd cds take 75 mins with ease. Here is the entire nutcracker suite by duke ellington. Duke ellingtons nutcracker with duke ellington orchestra. Native newyorker and trumpeter mike lewis presents duke ellingtons nutcracker suite, featuring the mike lewis big band and pianist tommy james. Duke ellington and his orchestra with billy strayhorn. One of the originators of bigband jazz, ellington led his band for more than half a century, composed thousands of scores, and created one of the most distinctive ensemble sounds in. Austin, texas ballet afrique contemporary dance company will present duke ellingtons the nutcracker to a soldout crowd at the mccallum arts center friday. Its a work that is reimagined by the composing genius. Complete your duke ellington and his orchestra ellington, strayhorn, tchaikovsky collection. The 3rd annual duke ellington nutcracker suite esu. Duke ellington and his orchestra ellington, strayhorn, tchaikovsky duke ellington and his orchestra ellington, strayhorn, tchaikovsky the nutcracker suite. On a night in 1960, legendary musician and band leader duke ellington, along with his collaborator billy strayhorn, decided to jazz up tchaikovskys christmastime staple, nutcracker suite.
It will have the jazz flavor that duke ellington is known for. Edward kennedy duke ellington april 29, 1899 may 24, 1974 was an american composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death over a career spanning more than six decades. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. A nutcracker set to ellingtons interpretation of the music is among offerings. Ccm jazz and musical theatre present duke ellingtons. This authentic edition of tchaikovskys nutcracker suite, as arranged in 1960 by billy strayhorn and duke ellington, was assembled from the original manuscripts held in the strayhorn repository and the ellington collection of the smithsonian institutions national museum of american history. From dukes nutcracker to a cynical carol, jazz for christmas. The nutcracker suite duke ellington album wikipedia. Apr 25, 2020 duke ellington, american pianist who was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader of his time. Ellingtons band memebers were not so sure that a classical ballet could become a coolcat jazz number.
Ellingtons nutcracker will be set to a live jazz band playing the duke ellington orchestras composition. From dukes nutcracker to a cynical carol, jazz for. The group stayed together for over fifty years and recorded and wrote some of americas greatest music. Featuring jazz interpretations of tchaikovskys the nutcracker, the album has come to be recognised as one of duke ellingtons most important albums of the 1960s. This album featured tasty jazz versions of music by tchaikovsky and grieg, which i believe even classics lovers might enjoy as well, the only drawback lies in a few original dukelike numbers tacked on at the and which failed to hit the mark, and arent really worth listening to. The nutcracker suite duke ellington releases allmusic. Featuring jazz interpretations of tchaikovskys the nutcracker, the album has come to be recognized as one of duke ellingtons most important albums of the 1960s.
This album featured tasty jazz versions of music by tchaikovsky and grieg, which i believe even classics lovers might enjoy as well, the only drawback lies in a few original duke like numbers tacked on at the and which failed to hit the mark, and arent really worth listening to. In 1960, duke ellington and billy strayhorn arranged their own adaptation of the nutcracker suite for the duke ellington orchestra. The tchaikovskys nutcracker suite rearranged by duke ellington and billy strayhorn duke ellington and his orchestra. Online ticket purchases for the duke ellington nutcracker suite are closed. Duke ellington and his orchestra the nutcracker suite 1960. Ellington and strayhorn did not save all their gifts for royals. The university of cincinnati collegeconservatory of music presents a special seasonal treat at 4 p. Licensed to youtube by sme, wmg on behalf of milan records. Coarranged by billy strayhorn, this is a remarkable work by the ellington orchestra. At christmas 1960, the composing duo managed something truly extraordinary. The show will feature pam nobles dancers as well as members of the panhandle players.
The show will highlight the jazz interpretations of tchaikovskys the nutcracker as arranged by duke ellington, as well as many other ellington hits. This will not be your typical nutcracker production. Duke ellington sugar rum cherry dance of the sugarplum fairy by. Friends university presents 2019 ellingtons nutcracker. Join the thompson jazz studies program for a joyful and swinging evening of the hippest holiday music ever. Duke ellington and his orchestra ellington, strayhorn. Listen free to duke ellington the nutcracker suite overture, toot toot tootie toot dance of the reedpipes and more.
Yet when the duke and his writing partner billy strayhorn first announced plans to take the classical ballet and perform a jazz version, even members of duke s orchestra expressed. Courtesy of the artist over the years, jazz musicians have produced countless recordings of carols and. Buy the nutcracker suite by duke ellington and his orchestra with billy strayhorn on bleep. Its a challenge to transform the nutcracker suites romantic orchestra into jumpin jazz melodies, but thats exactly what duke ellington and his collaborator, billy strayhorn, did. Duke ellington sugar rum cherry dance of the sugarplum fairy. Nutcracker suite is a work that most of us know from the christmas holiday, a ballet that as a schoolchild one had to see. Ucs college conservatory of music presents a special seasonal treat at 4 p. The friends university ballet department will once again present the jazz version of a holiday favorite, ellingtons nutcracker. Listen before or after reading the nutcracker in harlem by t. A 1959 promo video for duke ellingtons version of the nutcracker suite, featuring paul gonsalves, butter jackson, and ray nance. Toot toot tootie toot dance of the reedpipes, peanut brittle brigade march, sugar rum cherry dance of the sugarplum fairy, danse of the floreadores. Edward kennedy duke ellington april 29, 1899 may 24, 1974 was an american composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death over a career spanning more than six decades born in washington, d.
Jazz up the holiday season with a sample from duke ellingtons version of the nutcracker suite performed by david berger jazz. Duke ellington and his orchestra the nutcracker suite. Ellington s band memebers were not so sure that a classical ballet could become a coolcat jazz number. Duke ellington s the nutcracker suite performed by roosevelt high school jazz band seattles roosevelt high school has one of the most legendary high school jazz music programs in the country and on december 6th they bring ellington s nutcracker suite and billy strayhorns version of tchaikovskys nutcracker to bima.
Duke ellington edward kennedy ellington, april 29, 1899 may 24, 1974 was an american jazz composer, pianist and bandleader, one of the most influential figures in jazz, if not in all american music. The nutcracker suite additional works to be announced jazz up your holidays with duke ellingtons dazzling reimagining of tchaikovskys the nutcracker, performed by the duke ellington orchestrathe only ensemble directly carrying on the tradition from duke himself. 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. Duke ellington was the true master of the big band era, although a lot of benny goodman followers might disagree. This is some of the greatest music of the suites written or in this case, arranged by ellington and strayhorn. Sugar rum cherry dance of the sugarplum fairy duke. Duke ellington sugar rum cherry dance of the sugarplum fairy by masterxelpud. In 1960, duke ellington and billy strayhorn arranged a clever adaptation of tchaikovskys nutcracker suite for the duke ellington orchestra. Dec 20, 2010 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.
Yet when the duke and his writing partner billy strayhorn first announced plans to take the classical ballet and perform a jazz version, even members of dukes orchestra expressed. Duke ellington duke ellington the best of by classic. It juxtaposes two versions of tchaikovskys nutcracker suite on the same disc. The nutcracker suite is duke ellington and billy strayhorns masterful arrangement of tchaikovskys classic. Duke ellington the nutcracker suite free download as pdf file. Featuring jazz interpretations of tchaikovskys the nutcracker, the album has come to be recognised as one of duke ellington s most important albums of the 1960s. Duke ellington presents the nutcracker suite youtube. The nutcracker suite cajkovskiellingtonstrayhorn, priredba j. The rocky mountain jazz collective with special guests skyview high school choir, doug nagel, others. Find album release information for the nutcracker suite duke ellington on allmusic.
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