Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s Jazz Nutcracker

6 December 2010 by ben.

For the 11th consecutive year, the Roosevelt Jazz Band in Seattle performed the Jazz Nutcracker, as arranged by Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington in 1960. This annual tradition brightens the theater with thoughtful and articulate performances of this increasingly popular jazz version of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite.  Many attendees had kids in the jazz programs in previous years and come to the concert to hear this great music again and to see some old friends, too.

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