Ellington nutcracker suite youtube

I cant find it on spotify or youtube, so i bought the cd. 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 presents the nutcracker suite youtube. 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 3rd annual duke ellington nutcracker suite esu. The nutcracker suite is duke ellington and billy strayhorns masterful arrangement of tchaikovskys classic. Duke ellingtons nutcracker baltimore symphony orchestra. Cayce carnahan, director come celebrate the elegance of ellington with the college of marin jazz ensemble as they perform his masterful rendition of the nutcracker suite. The museum holds the original scorepart of our vast duke ellington collectionwith 100,000 pages of his unpublished music. Duke ellingtons nutcracker with duke ellington orchestra. Ellington and strayhorn did not save all their gifts for royals.

From dukes nutcracker to a cynical carol, jazz for christmas american routes host nick spitzer calls in to chat with nprs david greene about. Duke ellington and his orchestra ellington, strayhorn, tchaikovsky duke ellington and his orchestra ellington, strayhorn, tchaikovsky the nutcracker suite. The nutcracker suite is an album by american pianist, composer and bandleader duke ellington recorded for the columbia label in 1960. The nutcracker act ii the dance of the sugar plum fairy, coda by myballetstellar. Schmidt college of arts and letters will present an ellington nutcracker with the florida wind symphony jazz orchestra on saturday, dec. The university of cincinnati collegeconservatory of music presents a special seasonal treat at 4 p.

A 1959 promo video for duke ellingtons version of the nutcracker suite, featuring paul gonsalves, butter jackson, and ray nance. Ellingtonstrayhorn peanut brittle brigade tchaikovsky dance of. Scott belck, director jazz lab band dominic marino, director featuring ccm musical theater dance diane lala, choreographer sunday, november 24, 20 corbett auditorium 2. One of the most famous and enduring of all jazz tributes to yuletide, duke ellingtons great recasting of tchaikovskys charming nutcracker suite works as well as it does because ellington was a. The nutcracker suite duke ellington credits allmusic. Wise music group, solar music rights management, sony atv publishing, cmrra, and 2 music rights. Nutcracker suite,the has been added to your basket. Duke ellington, billy strayhorn and the adventures of peer. Join the thompson jazz studies program for a joyful and swinging evening of the hippest holiday music ever. Seems like this is the only way to hear ellingtons nutcracker suite on youtube. The show will highlight the jazz interpretations of tchaikovskys the nutcracker as arranged by duke ellington, as well as many other ellington hits.

Featuring brand new choreography from dcbased dance troupe step afrika. Heres a clever, wellexecuted album with a clever, wellexecuted plan. Nutcracker suite featuring tv and broadway star norm lewis and jazz vocalist lizz wright with performances by the david berger jazz orchestra, priscilla baskerville, jason samuels smith, students from the dance theatre of harlem and the arts high school advanced choir of newark. Eager to create fresh, new tunes, duke and his bestfriend and collaborator, billy strayhorn, decide to reinvent a holiday tradition. In their own unique style, the two composers remake tchaikovskys 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. Jazz ensemble performs ellingtons nutcracker suite. The tchaikovskys nutcracker suite rearranged by duke ellington and billy strayhorn duke ellington and his orchestra. A number of the dukes original members of his 19381941 band performed on the recording including. 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 nutcracker suite cajkovskiellingtonstrayhorn, priredba j.

Toot toot tootie toot dance of the reedpipes, peanut brittle brigade march, sugar rum cherry dance of the sugarplum fairy, danse of the floreadores. Kicking karma presents the monsters of rock tribute. Listen free to duke ellington the nutcracker suite overture, toot toot tootie toot dance of the reedpipes and more. The bso will delight the entire family with the peanut brittle brigade and dance of the floreadors and a few old favorites too. At christmas 1960, the composing duo managed something truly extraordinary.

Its 1960 and jazz fans cant get enough of duke ellington and his big band. Anna harwell celenza duke ellingtons nutcracker suite. Ucs college conservatory of music presents a special seasonal treat at 4 p. 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. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live. These jazz interpretations of tchaikovskys ballet, arranged by ellington and billy strayhorn, feature tunes like sugar rum cherry.

Friends university presents 2019 ellingtons nutcracker. Ellington and strayhorns the nutcracker suite at studenaker. It juxtaposes two versions of tchaikovskys nutcracker suite on the same disc. Native newyorker and trumpeter mike lewis presents duke ellingtons nutcracker suite, featuring the mike lewis big band and pianist tommy james. Swingin nutcracker featuring the nutcracker suite by tchaikovsky 1892 the nutcracker suite by tchaikovsky, arr. In 1960 duke ellington and billy strayhorn reinvented peter ilyich tchaikovskys holiday ballet classic, the nutcracker suite, as a jazzy, brassy melting pot of musical styles past and present, according to the new york times. Ellingtons nutcracker will be set to a live jazz band playing the duke ellington orchestras composition of the nutcracker suite, arranged by billy strayhorn with selections from david bergers harlem nutcracker 1996. The acclaimed chicago jazz orchestra cjo will debut a new holiday music tradition in chicago when it presents duke ellington and billy strayhorns the nutcracker suite, a jazzinfused. Find album credit information for the nutcracker suite duke ellington on allmusic. Ccm has become an allsteinway school through the kindness of its donors. Duke ellington composer the nutcracker suite, for orchestra tchaikovskyellingtonstrayhorn wise music classical. Florida atlantic university s department of music in the dorothy f.

Ellingtonstrayhorntchaikovsky nutcracker suite act. The ellington nutcracker has a lot of the original melodic content, but hes very free in the structure of the work, according to don megill, a miracosta college jazz historian who. Celebrate the holidays with a special showcase of duke ellingtons nutcracker suite, performed by the jazz st. Ellingtons band members were not so sure that a classical ballet could become a coolcat jazz number. The sugar plum fairy emerged as the sultry sugar rum cherry, while the dance of the reed pipes became toot. The nutcracker suite for orchestra by peter ilyich tchaikovsky, edward k.

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. Faus department of music presents an ellington nutcracker. The nutcracker suite duke ellington album wikipedia. The nutcracker suite remastered licensed to youtube by sme on behalf of harrison james music. Ccm jazz and musical theatre present duke ellingtons. The disk also includes the ellington treatment of five selections from the peer gynt suites nos. Online ticket purchases for the duke ellington nutcracker suite are closed.