Duke Ellington - 1960 - The Nutcracker Suite

Tracklist: 

01. Overture 03:20

02. Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed-Pipes) 02:29

03. Peanut Brittle Brigade (March) 04:37

04. Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy) 03:03

05. Entr'acte 01:52

06. The Volga Vouty (Russian Dance) 02:52

07. Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance) 02:51

08. Danse of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers) 04:03

09. Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance) 05:43

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

Recorded on May 26 (tracks 1 and 5), May 31 (track 2), June 3 (tracks 4 and 8), 21 (tracks 3 and 7) and 22 (tracks 6 and 9), 1960.