“Everybody knows the ‘Nutcracker’ music,” said Marcus Shelby, jazz bassist, composer, bandleader and artistic director of the annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival since 2020. “Once you hear the themes, you ...
San Francisco bandleader, composer, bassist and educator Marcus Shelby never gets tired of performing Duke Ellington's jazzy 1960 "The Nutcracker Suite" based on Tchaikovsky's classic ballet score. "I ...
MassLive: Arts Beat: Latin American composers, annual ‘Nutcracker’ coming to Symphony Hall
Temecula’s Old Town Theater is proud to present a limited engagement of “Nutcracker - The Mousical” from May 8 through . This musical reimagines Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker music and features ...
The Hill: Playing live, ‘Nutcracker’ musicians bring unseen signature to holiday staple
PHOENIX (AP) — Musicians in a cramped space under a Phoenix stage send up the familiar tones of “The Nutcracker.” Overhead, satin-and-glue pointed toes pitter-patter across stage in a performance of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s “Nutcracker” time. In fact, for Cincinnati Ballet, it’s “Nutcracker” time for the 51st year. (That’s 52 if you count the 2020 ...
ABC 7 Chicago: World premiere of 'Sugar Hill: The Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker' to play at Auditorium Theatre
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The world premiere of "SUGAR HILL: The Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker," the jazz-steeped reimagining of The Nutcracker, based on the genre-defying collaboration of Duke Ellington and ...
World premiere of 'Sugar Hill: The Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker' to play at Auditorium Theatre
SFGate: BCNARTS: Marcus Shelby Pays Homage To Duke Ellington With Nutcracker Suite At Sfjazz