Released 1960 Length 52:56 Label RCA Records | Recorded May 3, 17 & 26, 1960 Producer Lee Schapiro Release date 1960 | |
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Studio RCA Victor's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, CA Similar Shorty Rogers albums, Jazz albums |
The Swingin' Nutcracker is an album by American jazz trumpeter and arranger Shorty Rogers performing compositions adapted from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky which was released on the RCA Victor label in 1960.
Contents
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars.
Track listing
All compositions adapted from The Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky and arranged by Shorty Rogers.
- "Like Nutty Overture (Finale)" - 5:23
- "A Nutty Marche (Marche)" - 3:28
- " Blue Reeds (Reed Flute Blues)" - 5:27
- "The Swingin' Plum Fairy (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)" - 2:58
- "Snowball (Waltz of the Snowflakes)" - 3:03
- "Six Pak (Trépak)" - 2:44
- "Flowers of the Cats (Waltz of the Flowers)" - 3:28
- "Dance Expresso (Coffee)" - 2:55
- "Pass the Duke (Pas de Deux)" - 2:51
- "China Where? (Tea Dance)" - 2:09
- "Overture for Shorty (Overture in Miniature)" - 4:01
Personnel
References
The Swingin' Nutcracker Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA