The_Swingin'_Nutcracker

<i>The Swingin' Nutcracker</i>

The Swingin' Nutcracker

1960 studio album by Shorty Rogers

The Swingin' Nutcracker is a 1960 RCA Victor album by American jazz trumpeter and arranger Shorty Rogers performing compositions adapted from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.[1][2][3]

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Reception

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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.[4]

Track listing

All compositions adapted from The Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky and arranged by Shorty Rogers.

  1. "Like Nutty Overture (Finale)" - 5:23
  2. "A Nutty Marche (Marche)" - 3:28
  3. " Blue Reeds (Reed Flute Blues)" - 5:27
  4. "The Swingin' Plum Fairy (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)" - 2:58
  5. "Snowball (Waltz of the Snowflakes)" - 3:03
  6. "Six Pak (Trépak)" - 2:44
  7. "Flowers of the Cats (Waltz of the Flowers)" - 3:28
  8. "Dance Expresso (Coffee)" - 2:55
  9. "Pass the Duke (Pas de Deux)" - 2:51
  10. "China Where? (Tea Dance)" - 2:09
  11. "Overture for Shorty (Overture in Miniature)" - 4:01

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    Discogs album entry accessed October 2, 2016
  2. [2]
    Encyclopedia of Jazz: Shorty Rogers discography Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed October 2, 2016
  3. [3]
    Art Pepper catalog accessed October 2, 2016
  4. [4]
    The Swingin' Nutcracker – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
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