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Ellington Holiday: A Swinging Nutcracker + Dance Dates 1940 & '58

By David Brown | The Jazz Continuum
January 1, 2022
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Jazz up December with Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's swinging re-do of The Nutcracker Suite. Then, rev-up for the new year with two historic Ellington Orchestra dance dates: Fargo 1940 & Travis Air Force Base 1958. Put the kids to bed and put on your dancing shoes. Welcome friends and neighbors to The Jazz Continuum. Old, new, in, out... wherever the music takes us. Each week, we will explore the elements of jazz from a historical perspective.

Playlist

Petter Eldh "Kali Koma" from Koma Saxo (We Jazz Records) 00:00
Duke Ellington "Overture" from The Nutcracker Suite (Columbia) 0:01:59
Duke Ellington "Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed-Pipes)" from The Nutcracker Suite (Columbia) 0:5:21
Duke Ellington "Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)" from The Nutcracker Suite (Columbia) 0:7:51
Duke Ellington "Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)" from The Nutcracker Suite (Columbia) 12:28
Duke Ellington "Entr'acte" from The Nutcracker Suite (Columbia) 16:01
Duke Ellington "The Volga Vouty (Russian Dance) from The Nutcracker Suite (Columbia) 17:54
Duke Ellington "Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance) from The Nutcracker Suite (Columbia) 20:46
Duke Ellington "Dance of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)" from The Nutcracker Suite (Columbia) 23:36
Duke Ellington Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance)" from The Nutcracker Suite (Columbia) 27:40
Duke Ellington "East St. Louis Toodle-oo" from Ellingtonia Vol. One (Brunswick) 34:24
Duke Ellington's Spacemen "Spacemen" from Cosmic Scene (Columbia) 38:04
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra "Malletoba Spank from Jazz Party in Stereo (Columbia) 40:35
Duke Ellington "I've Got it Bad and that Ain't Good" The Best of the Duke Ellington Centennial Edition (RCA Victor) 44:18
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra "Dancing in the Dark" form Ellington Indigos (Columbia) 48:40
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra "Satan Takes a Holiday" form Bal Masque (Columbia) 53:08
Duke Ellington "Stompy Jones" from Historically Speaking (Bethlehem Records) 56:23
Duke Ellington "The Mooche" from At Fargo, 1940 Live (Book-of-the-Month Records) 01:01:15
Duke Ellington "Cotton Tail" from At Fargo, 1940 Live (Book-of-the-Month Records) 01:06:38
Duke Ellington "Rockin' in Rhythm" from At Fargo, 1940 Live (Book-of-the-Month Records) 01:09:44
Duke Ellington "Harlem Air Shaft" from At Fargo, 1940 Live (Book-of-the-Month Records) 01:15:38
Duke Ellington "Sepia Panoramas" from At Fargo, 1940 Live (Book-of-the-Month Records) 01:19:20
Duke Ellington "St. Lewis Blues" from At Fargo, 1940 Live (Book-of-the-Month Records) 01:24:31
Duke Ellington "One O'clock Jump" from The Private Collection vol. 9 (Kaz Records) 01:30:40
Duke Ellington "Autumn Leaves" from The Private Collection vol. 9 (Kaz Records) 01:36:50
Duke Ellington "Such Sweet Thunder" from The Private Collection vol. 10 (Kaz Records) 01:43.37
Duke Ellington "Blues in Orbit" from The Private Collection vol. 9 (Kaz Records) 01:46:49
Duke Ellington "Caravan" from The Private Collection vol. 10 (Kaz Records) 01:51:52

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