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Title: Ellington's Three Suites is a better choice
Review: This is based on Duke Ellington's confusingly-named album, "Three Suites," which is a brilliant interpretation of the Nutcracker Suite.Only here David Berger has re-arranged a portion of the material from "Three Suites" and added his own material to the composition. Problem is, the material written by Berger just isn't as interesting as those originally composed by Ellington, and the inclusion of a chorus on one of Berger's songs seems to create a distraction from the rest of the album.While the performances delivered by Berger's Sultans of Swing are solid, they somehow lack the full power heard on Duke Ellington's "Three Suites" album. Instead of buying this album, I would buy "Three Suites." Although recorded in the mid 1950s, the quality of that recording is in amazingly good condition.Still, if you're a big fan of the Ellington, of the Nutcracker, or of Holiday music, you can't go wrong by purchasing both cds.
