Tells the story of how jazz composer and musician Duke Ellington, along with Billy Strayhorn, created his jazz composition based on Tchaikovsky's famous Nutcracker Suite ballet. Reconstructed from true events and primary sources. Includes author's note.
Themes
Genres: Non-Fiction
Categories: Biography, Cross Group
Settings: California, Nevada, Northern America, United States of America
Ethnicity: Unspecified
Gender: Boy/Man
Race/Culture: Black/African/African American, White/European American/Caucasian
Cross Group Sub: Direct, Non-Central, Positive
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary