# Marcus Shelby Orchestra at Miner Auditorium, December 20, 2018

[SFJAZZ](https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/marcus-shelby-ellingtons-nutcracker/) presents Ellington's _Nutcracker Suite_ featuring the [Marcus Shelby Orchestra](http://www.marcusshelby.com/) with special guests [Tiffany Austin](http://www.tiffanyaustinmusic.com/) and Kenny Washington  
[Robert M. Miner Auditorium](http://www.sfjazz.org/center)  
[SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=SFJAZZ+Center,+205+Franklin+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102+USA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Thursday, December 20, 2018

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## Set One: Ellington's Nutcracker Suite

[7:31 PM lights down, announcements from Randall Kline, waiting]  
[7:36 PM greetings from Marcus]

01. [7:40 PM] _Overture_
02. [7:45 PM] _Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed-Pipes)_
03. [7:50 PM] _Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)_
04. [7:56 PM] _Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)_
05. [8:00 PM] _Entr'acte_
06. [8:04 PM] _Volga Vouty (Russian Dance)_
07. [8:11 PM] _Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance)_
08. [8:15 PM] _Danse of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)_
09. [8:22 PM] _Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance)_
10. [8:29 PM] Langston Hughes: _Christmas Eve: Nearing Midnight In New York_ (MS)  
[set ends 8:29 PM]

## Set Two

[8:54 PM lights down, waiting]

01. [8:56 PM] Langston Hughes: _Shepherd's Song at Christmas_ (MS)
02. [8:57 PM] _Go Tell It on the Mountain_ (TA/KW)
03. [9:06 PM] _Hark the Herald Angels Sing_ (KW)
04. [9:12 PM] _We Three Kings of Orient Are_ (TA/KW)
05. [9:22 PM] _Little Drummer Boy_ (KW)
06. [9:31 PM] _O Christmas Tree_ (TA/KW)
07. [9:34 PM] _Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer_ (TA)
08. [9:38 PM] _Silent Night_ (TA)  
[Almost everyone onstage sits out while the next tune is performed as a duet by Adam Shulman & Kenny Washington]
09. [9:41 PM] _the Christmas Song_ (KW)
10. [9:48 PM] _Jingle Bells_ (TA/KW/?aud guest)  
[show ends 9:56 PM; Marcus wishes Happy Holidays and thanks to all! No encore]

## Performers

### Marcus Shelby Orchestra

* [Joel Behrman](http://www.joelbehrman.com/): trombone;
* [Danny Brown](https://scobop.weebly.com/): tenor saxophone, clarinet;
* [Rob Ewing](http://www.robewingmusic.com/): trombone;
* [Tom Griesser](https://tomgriesser.com/): alto saxophone, clarinet;
* [Fil Lorenz](http://www.fillorenz.com/): baritone saxophone, bass clarinet;
* [Patrick Malabuyo](https://www.linkedin.com/pub/patrick-malabuyo/47/135/a02): trombone;
* [Bill Ortiz](http://billortiz.com/): trumpet;
* [Rafa Postel](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafa-postel-8b607834/): trumpet;
* [Marcus Shelby](http://www.marcusshelby.com/): conductor, emcee, reader;
* [Adam Shulman](http://adamshulman.com/): piano;
* [Aneesa Strings](http://www.aneesastrings.com/): contrabass;
* [Kristen Strom](http://www.kristenstrom.com/): alto saxophone, flute;
* [Bill Theurer](https://www.facebook.com/bill.theurer): trumpet, percussion;
* Genius Wesley: drums;
* Kate Williams: trumpet;
* [Patrick Wolff](http://patrickwolffmusic.com/): tenor saxophone, clarinet.

### With Special Guests

* [Tiffany Austin](http://www.tiffanyaustinmusic.com/): vox;
* [Kenny Washington](https://www.kennywashingtonvocalist.com/): vox;
* unidentified guy from the audience: vox (s2t10).

## Notes

Marcus got lucky pulling an audience member up onstage who knew how to sing for the third verse of _Jingle Bells_ ... I'm guessing the key trick was asking him to verify that he really knew the lyrics (and then assuming assent would only come from someone who had sung it before and knew the lyrics well).

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## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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