The Swingin' Nutcracker

Album by Shorty Rogers

The Swingin' Nutcracker is an album by American jazz trumpeter and arranger Shorty Rogers, released in 1960. It is a set of jazz arrangements of the Nutcracker suite in a cool West Coast idiom, with brass-heavy charts, swinging rhythms, relaxed tempos and concise solos, and it came during Rogers' mid-career period when he focused on arranging classical themes for jazz ensembles.
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  1. 1.
    Like Nutty Overture (Finale)
    5:23
  2. 2.
    A Nutty Marche (Marche)
    3:30
  3. 3.
    Blue Reeds (Reed Flute Blues)
    5:26
  4. 4.
    The Swingin' Plum Fairy (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)
    2:54
  5. 5.
    Snowball (Waltz of the Snowflakes)
    3:02
  6. 6.
    Six Pak (Trépak)
    2:46
  7. 7.
    Flowers for the Cats (Waltz of the Flowers)
    3:25
  8. 8.
    Dance Espresso (Coffee)
    2:54
  9. 9.
    Pass the Duke (Pas De Deux)
    2:48
  10. 10.
    China Where? (Tea dance)
    2:08
  11. 11.
    Overture for Shorty (Overture in Miniature)
    3:58

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