Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite
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"Includes CD recording of Ellington's Nutcracker Suite"--Cover.
Tells the story of how jazz composer and musician Duke Ellington, along with Billy Strayhorn, created his jazz composition based on Tchaikovsky's famous Nutcracker Suite ballet. Includes author's note.
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Nutcracker submitted by Pooh3238 on June 26, 2018, 10:34am Doesn't really talk about Duke Ellington's life, or jazz, but how they created a jazz version of the Nutcracker.
PUBLISHED
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 620
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781570917004
1570917000
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Tate, Don.
SUBJECTS
Ellington, Duke, -- 1899-1974 -- Fiction.
Strayhorn, Billy -- Fiction.
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, -- 1840-1893. -- Fiction.
Jazz -- Fiction.
Musicians -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.