Événement

Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14
DOORS: 4pm | SHOW: 5pm

Jazz trumpet artist Craig Fraedrich leads a 10-piece ensemble, featuring some of the finest instrumentalists in the nation's capital plus special guest vocalist Christal Rheams, in a concert of holiday favorites highlighted by a new rendition of Duke Ellington's classic jazz version of the "Nutcracker Suite"

In 1962, Duke Ellington and partner Billy Strayhorn created a pure jazz interpretation of Tchaikovsky's beloved classic. With renamed titles like "Toot Toot Tootie Toot" (Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Reed Pipes"), "Sugar Rum Cherry" ("Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"), and "Arabesque Cookie" ("Arabian Dance"), this performance will be a treat for both jazz and Nutcracker enthusiasts.

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Proceeds from this event will benefit 25:40, a charity that channels the attention and resources of those blessed with much toward saving children in southern Africa from the devastating impacts of poverty and AIDS, and in doing so create one community of people empowered with purpose, healing and hope.