Matt Vashlishan, Coordinator of the Al Cohn Memorial Jazz Collection at East Stroudsburg University, speaking about the 3rd annual presentation of the Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn Nutcracker Suite (based on Tchaikovsky) at Cohen Recital Hall at ESU on Saturday, December 7, 2019, at 7:00, featuring the Water Gap Jazz Orchestra under Vashlishan's direction, with guest narrators jazz vocalist Nancy Reed and Edward Ellington II, Duke Ellington's grandson. www.esu.edu