December 13th, 2001
This is a Live From Lincoln Center special called “Nutcracker Swing” featuring both the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Slatkin, and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis that originally aired on PBS in December, 2001
The NY Philharmonic played a section from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker followed by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra playing the Ellington/Strayhorn arrangement of the same section.
The special started with four sections from Wyton Marsalis’ “All Rise,” introduced here by Leonard Slatkin.
And The Band Played On - Wynton Marsalis Septet in Berlin (1989)
Knozz Moe King - Wynton Marsalis Quintet in Warsaw (1983)
The Cry of The Lonely - Wynton Marsalis Quintet
Jungle Blues - The Wynton Marsalis Septet in Japan
Embraceable You - Wynton Marsalis Septet in Warsaw (1994)
The Wynton Marsalis Septet in Maastricht (1994)
Swingdown, Swingtown - Wynton Marsalis Septet in Warsaw (1994)
Banjo Noir - Wynton Marsalis Septet at Jazz in Marciac 2010
Dead Man Blues - Wynton Marsalis Tentet at Jazz in Marciac 2011
Dance of the Reed Flutes/Toot Toot Tootie Toot - Nutcracker Swing (Part 8)
Embraceable You - Wynton Marsalis Quintet in New Zealand
Lullaby of Birdland - Wynton and JLCO live at the Proms 2004