Duke Ellington – Nutcracker Suite – 1960 TV Promo [DES STEREO]

Here is a TV promo video for Duke Ellington’s 1960 Christmas album: “The Nutcracker Suite” with an interview by then president of Columbia Records, Goddard Lieberson with Duke Ellington. The album was recorded at Radio Recorders, Inc. located at 7000 Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles. [My church was only 2 blocks away and I didn’t even know it]. Studio sessions were May 26, 31, June 3, 21–22, 1960. The album was released for Christmas 1960. Due to the camera being focused on a “roundie“ TV monitor, this appears to be a professional 70mm kinescope of either the live broadcast or from a videotape playback for distribution to CBS affiliates. Either way, it was recorded on high fidelity vacuum-tube equipment, preserving the great audio forever. Music arranged by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn Personnel: • Duke Ellington – piano • Willie Cook, Fats Ford, Ray Nance, Clark Terry - trumpet • Lawrence Brown, Booty Wood, Britt Woodman - trombone • Juan Tizol -