Ellington gave new titles to the movements and rearranged their order, justified, i believe, by the new character of the music. Featuring jazz interpretations of tchaikovskys the nutcracker, the album has come to be recognised as one of duke ellingtons most important albums. The album won a grammy award for best jazz performance by a big band in 1976. For this gift, special thanks are due david berger. It was the first time his name received equal billing to ellingtons. The bso will delight the entire family with the peanut brittle brigade and dance of the floreadors and a few old favorites too. Come and enjoy the classic nutcracker tale set to the jazz music of duke ellington. It juxtaposes two versions of tchaikovskys nutcracker suite on the same disc. Ballet afrique presents duke ellingtons the nutcracker. The ellington suites is an album by american pianist, composer, and bandleader duke ellington which collects three suites recorded in 1959, 1971, and 1972 released on the pablo label in 1976. Duke ellington free albums and compilations download. The christmas eve setting of tchaikovskys ballet, the nutcracker, has helped it to. 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. The nutcracker suite duke ellington album wikipedia.
Michelle dorrance, center, rehearsing dancers at gibney studios in manhattan. In this case its a half hour presentation of the light and lively ellingtonstrayhorn orchestration of the nutcracker suite, originally recorded in 1960. The tchaikovskys nutcracker suite rearranged by duke ellington and billy strayhorn duke ellington and his orchestra. 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. Ellington scholar berger has spent his career searching for dukes scores. Yet the nutcracker suite marks a milestone for strayhorn. Duke ellingtons nutcracker and holiday concert jazz ensemble dr. A colorful interpretation of a holiday classic set to the music of duke ellington s the nutcracker suite. The placement of the traditional nutcracker suite before the ellingtonstrayhorn version was a stroke of genius. Heres a clever, wellexecuted album with a clever, wellexecuted plan. Duke ellington and his orchestra the nutcracker suite. The nutcracker suite duke ellington credits allmusic. Lawrence brown, juan tizol, johnny hodges, and harry carney.
Ellington and strayhorn took some liberties with the suite, and this is. Duke ellingtons nutcracker suite jazzes up the holidays. Visions of sugar rum cherries tap dance in her head the. I consider this one of the great american scores, and youll probably never hear it at your local symphony. By doing this, the original is still fresh in the listeners mind when the swinging jazz version of it begins.
The nutcracker suite is duke ellington and billy strayhorns masterful arrangement of tchaikovskys classic. Duke ellington and his orchestra ellington, strayhorn, tchaikovsky duke ellington and his orchestra ellington, strayhorn, tchaikovsky the nutcracker suite. 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. Composer billy strayhorn takes center stage alongside jazz legend duke ellington. A number of the dukes original members of his 19381941 band performed on the recording including. Featuring brand new choreography from dcbased dance troupe step afrika. Toot toot tootie toot dance of the reedpipes, peanut brittle brigade march, sugar rum cherry dance of the sugarplum fairy, danse of the floreadores. This authentic edition of tchaikovskys nutcracker suite, as ar. Native newyorker and trumpeter mike lewis presents duke ellingtons nutcracker suite, featuring the mike lewis big band and pianist tommy james. This year, the apollo will present three performances of ellington at christmas, saturday, december at 3pm. Inspired by tchaikovskys infamous suite, this nutcracker is unlike any youve seen before. Seeing as how it is christmas, i figured that another mass upload would be an appropriate gift to give out on youtube, and what better to start with, then duke ellingtons rendition of the. Tchaikovskys ballet was an instant success upon its 1892 debut. Ellingtons reworking of griegs peer gynt suites including in the hall of the mountain king and his tribute to john steinbeck suite thursday are also among his better extended works.
On this page you can download duke ellington albums and mp3 songs compilations for free without registration. In ellingtons nutcracker, they seem to come in just about every measure. Dating approximately from the time duke ellington permanently moved to new york city in 1923 to the time the material was transferred to the smithsonian institution in 1988, the bulk of the material in the duke ellington collection is dated from 19341974 and comprises sound recordings, original music manuscripts and published sheet music, handwritten notes, correspondence, business records. Duke ellingtons nutcracker suite by anna harwell celenza and don tate. Scott belck, director jazz lab band dominic marino, director featuring ccm musical theater dance diane lala, choreographer sunday, november 24, 20 corbett auditorium 2. The show will highlight the jazz interpretations of tchaikovskys the nutcracker as arranged by duke ellington, as well as many other ellington hits. Nutcracker suite,the has been added to your basket. Composer billy strayhorn takes center stage alongside jazz legend duke ellington in this dynamic picture book account of the composition and recording of their reimagined nutcracker suite. Duke ellingtons nutcracker suite episode 1 on this podcast i do a side by side comparison between the original by tchaikovsky and the ellingtonstrayhorn version. Find album credit information for the nutcracker suite duke ellington on allmusic. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Duke ellington composer the nutcracker suite, for orchestra tchaikovskyellingtonstrayhorn wise music classical. A holiday concert tradition, the orchestra will perform the complete nutcracker suite as arranged for jazz ensemble by the incomparable duke ellington and billy strayhorn, along with other holiday favorites. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
This edition of tchaikovskys the nutcracker suite, 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. One of duke ellingtons most delightful adaptations of another composers material is his reworking of tchaikovskys nutcracker suite into jazz. Florida wind symphony jazz orchestra will present an ellington nutcracker in the university theatre. Dance of the floreadores from the nutcracker suite. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The original cover for the 1960 big band album, the nutcracker suite, presented three people as the authors, all with equal font size and inhabiting the same line. Duke ellington, american pianist who was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader of his time.
By doing this, the original is still fresh in the listeners mind when the swinging. Join the thompson jazz studies program for a joyful and swinging evening of the hippest holiday music ever. Ellington and billy strayhorn wrote the queens suite for queen elizabeth ii who was presented with a single pressing of the. Duke ellingtons nutcracker baltimore symphony orchestra. Saturday, december at 8pm and sunday, december 14. Ccm has become an allsteinway school through the kindness of its donors. The shows will be rounded out by recent works, a different combination each week. Music for the beginning pianistnovice pianists will take pride and pleasure in performing selections from the nutcracker suite with this simplified beginners score. Michelle dorrance makes a tap nutcracker to duke ellington s swinging riffs on tchaikovskys classic score. 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. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Scores only, jazz big band arrangement 9 movements. Duke ellingtons nutcracker suite jazzes up the holidays the jazz loft in stony brook gets in the holiday spirit with duke ellingtoninspired nutcracker suite thursday, friday and saturday. Nutcracker suite 1960, that stretched the boundaries of his genre.
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