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Jones' very first solo Christmas album is a mix of originals and covers, some traditional and some more unexpected.

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Share One of the lesser-known holiday traditions at KUVO JAZZ is the yearly airing of “The Nutcracker Suite” on Christmas Day. It’s not just any Nutcracker. It’s the Ellington & Strayhorn version. To call it an arrangement doesn’t do the piece justice. There is composition involved in this jazziest of reimaginings. The Ellington Nutcracker was written and arranged in 1960 with the lion’s share of the arranging by Billy Strayhorn. On the original recording the album cover features three names as co-creators Tchaikovsky, Ellington and Strayhorn. It was the first time Stray...

Boston Ballet’s ‘The Gift’ is a welcome one By Jeffrey Gantz Globe Correspondent,Updated December 17, 2020, 4:06 p.m. Email to a Friend In Boston Ballet's "The Gift," Chyrstyn Fentroy performs in “Arabesque Cookie.”Brooke Trisolini (Custom credit) For the second of its six virtual presentations of the 2020–2021 season, Boston Ballet is offering “The Gift” — and a very handsome one. The music for this holiday celebration is Duke Ellington’s 1960 “Nutcracker Suite,” jazz arrangements of the Tchaikovsky score by Ellington and Billy Stra...