DUKE ELLINGTON

Duke Ellington

The Nutcracker Suite

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.^[1] The album was rereleased on CD in 1990 as part of Three Suites along with Ellington's reworking of Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suite" and "Suite Thursday," his tribute to John Steinbeck.The original 1960 cover is notable for the inclusion of Strayhorn's name and picture along with Ellington's

• Duke Ellington – piano

• Willie Cook, Fats Ford, Ray Nance, Clark Terry - trumpet

• Lawrence Brown, Booty Wood, Britt Woodman - trombone

• Juan Tizol - valve trombone

• Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone

• Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone

• Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet

• Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone

• Harry Carney - baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet

• Aaron Bell - bass

• Sam Woodyard - drums