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.
Excerpts from Nutcracker Swing (Part 6)
Knozz Moe King - Wynton Marsalis Quintet at Ronnie Scott’s 2011
Go Slow But Don’t Stop - Nutcracker Swing (Part 2)
Swingdown, Swingtown - Wynton Marsalis Septet in Warsaw (1994)
Lullaby of Birdland - Wynton and JLCO live at the Proms 2004
Knozz Moe King - Wynton Marsalis Quintet in Warsaw (1983)
Silent Night - Wynton Marsalis Septet with Kathleen Battle
Cherokee - Wynton Marsalis with JLCO at London Proms 2002
Play The Blues And Go - Wynton Marsalis Septet in Warsaw (1994)
Waltz of the Flowers - Nutcracker Swing (Part 11)
Reflections - Wynton Marsalis Septet in Warsaw (1994)
Dead Man Blues - Wynton Marsalis Tentet at Jazz in Marciac 2011