The Nutcracker Suite (Duke Ellington album)

All compositions by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. All arrangements by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. • "Overture" – 3:22 • "Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed-Pipes)" – 2:30 • "Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)" – 4:37 • "Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)" – 3:05 • "Entr'acte" – 1:53 • "Volga Vouty (Russian Dance)" – 2:52 • "Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance)" – 2:50 • "Danse of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)" – 4:04 • "Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance)" – 5:44 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. ==Personnel==

• 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 ==References==