The Nutcracker Suite - Ellington - Strayhorn - Tchaikovsky by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Billy Strayhorn

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Release date: 1960
Label: Philips
Catalog number: 847 048 BY
Format: 12" LP
Comments: Album recorded in 1960 featuring jazz interpretations of "The Nutcracker Suite" by Tchaikovsky arranged by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. The original 1960 cover is notable for the inclusion of Strayhorn's name and picture along with Ellington's.

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Tracks 8

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		Title	Performer	Written by	Info
	i	Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance)	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Billy Strayhorn	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Originally by The Orchestra of The Imperial Mariinsky Theatre conducted by Riccardo Drigo
	i	Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance)	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Billy Strayhorn	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Originally by The Orchestra of The Imperial Mariinsky Theatre conducted by Riccardo Drigo
	i	Danse of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Billy Strayhorn	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Originally by The Orchestra of The Imperial Mariinsky Theatre conducted by Riccardo Drigo
	i	Overture	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Billy Strayhorn	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Originally by The Orchestra of The Imperial Mariinsky Theatre conducted by Riccardo Drigo
	i	Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Billy Strayhorn	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Originally by The Orchestra of The Imperial Mariinsky Theatre conducted by Riccardo Drigo
	i	Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Billy Strayhorn	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Originally by The Orchestra of The Imperial Mariinsky Theatre conducted by Riccardo Drigo
	i	The Volga Vouty (Russian Dance)	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Billy Strayhorn	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Originally by The Orchestra of The Imperial Mariinsky Theatre conducted by Riccardo Drigo
	i	Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed-Pipes)	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Billy Strayhorn	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Originally by The Orchestra of The Imperial Mariinsky Theatre conducted by Riccardo Drigo