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The Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker

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NYYS Jazz

The Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker

Sunday, December 11, 2022

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Birdland Jazz Club

NYYS Jazz Band presents the complete Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, featuring such selections as Toot Toot Tootie Toot, Peanut Brittle Brigade, Sugar Rum Cherry, and more. Plus, a world premiere of a NYYS First Music Commission by Garrett Fasig.

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