Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite [With CD (Audio)]
Ripe with cool jazz lingo and upbeat musical descriptions, the story behind Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's creative masterpiece unfolds. With help from their eclectic and wisecracking band members, Duke and Billy compose and record a jazz adaptation of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. A CD...
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Ripe with cool jazz lingo and upbeat musical descriptions, the story behind Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's creative masterpiece unfolds. With help from their eclectic and wisecracking band members, Duke and Billy compose and record a jazz adaptation of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. A CD recording of the Ellington/Strayhorn composition is included.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781570917004 (1570917000)
ASIN: 1570917000
Publish date: July 1st 2011
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
The art has a very free flowing feeling like listening to Jazz. The colors are bright, vivacious and fun to follow. The story is not one with much action but imagination. It is fun to read the words of how Duke Ellington and his jazz entourage might have been told to play the musical suite in ja...
The art has a very free flowing feeling like listening to Jazz. The colors are bright, vivacious and fun to follow.The story is not one with much action but imagination. It is fun to read the words of how Duke Ellington and his jazz entourage might have been told to play the musical suite in jazz...
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