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Nutcracker Suite - Jazz

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Yesenia Valverde
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Cat Erickson
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Frank Valverde
I made this poster for a 2013 holiday jazz concert featuring UCF's Flying Horse Big Band. They performed Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s version of The Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky.
It's a challenge to transform the "Nutcracker Suite's" romantic orchestra into jumpin' jazz melodies, but that's exactly what Duke Ellington and his collaborator, Billy Strayhorn, did. Ellington's band memebers were not so sure that a classical ballet could become a cool-cat jazz number. But Duke and Billy, inspired by their travels and by musical styles past and present, infused the composition with Vegas glitz, Hollywood glamour, and even a little New York jazz. | Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite by Anna Harwell Celenza | Indigo Chapters
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