Compact Discoveries 63: Classic Ellington
Series: Compact Discoveries
From: Fred Flaxman
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Duke Ellington's jazz interpretations of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite and Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 are interposed with the Tchaikovsky and Grieg originals.
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Duke Ellington's jazz interpretations of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite and Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 are interposed with the Tchaikovsky and Grieg originals.
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Program 63
"Classic Ellington"
MUSIC: Duke Ellington's rendition of Tchaikovsky's: "Overture" from The Nutcracker Suite [Columbia CK 46825, track 1] [under the following]
Welcome to Compact Discoveries. I'm your guide Fred Flaxman. This is the third and final hour that I'm devoting to Big Band leaders who jazzed up tunes by classical composers for pleasure and profit. And this hour will be devoted entirely to Duke Ellington. We'll hear excerpts from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite and Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite side by side with Ellington's unique interpretations of the same music.
MUSIC: above piece fades out
By the time he died, Duke Ellington was considered amongst the world's greatest musicians. The French government honored him with their highest award, the Legion of Honor, while the government of the United States gave him its highest honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. By...
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