Ellington & Strayhorn: The Nutcracker Suite [Etched LP]

Chineke!, Europe's first professional orchestra made up mainly of Black and ethnically diverse musicians, gives Tchaikovsky's Christmas favourite a swinging spin under conductor Andrew Grams. They play Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's famous jazz arrangement, recorded at London's Royal Festival Hall, with movements like 'Toot Toot Tootie Toot', 'Sugar Rum Cherry' and 'Peanut Brittle Brigade'.

Edition details

Etched LP

Decca presents it as a special etched-vinyl LP, imported from the UK.

Side A

1. Overture
2. Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed-Pipes)
3. Dance of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)
4. Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)
5. Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)

Side B

Etched design; no audio on this side.

Performed in Jeff Tyzik’s orchestration of the Ellington and Strayhorn arrangement.