West Side Story (André Previn album)

West Side Story is a jazz album by pianist André Previn and his trio. Previn, along with drummer Shelly Manne and bassist Red Mitchell, chose eight compositions from the original score of the musical and re-arranged them in a jazz style.

Track listing

Original music by Leonard Bernstein

"Something's Coming" - 2:37
"Jet Song" - 4:48
"Tonight" - 5:24
"I Feel Pretty" - 6:47
"Gee, Officer Krupke!" - 4:55
"Cool" - 3:21
"Maria" - 5:30
"America" - 4:51

Personnel

André Previn - piano
Shelly Manne - drums
Red Mitchell - double-bass

Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's West Side Story (1957)

Characters

Maria

Inspiration

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Adaptations

West Side Story (1961 film)
West Side Story Suite (1995 ballet)

Variations

Deaf Side Story (c. 2002 musical)
Swango (2002 musical)
West Bank Story (2005 parody film)
Boogie Town (2012 film)

Songs

Act 1	"Something's Coming" "Maria" "Tonight" "America" "Cool" "One Hand, One Heart" "Tonight (Quintet & Chorus)"

Act 2	"I Feel Pretty" "Somewhere" "A Boy Like That"

Albums

West Side Story (1957 original cast)
West Side Story (1959 Previn)
West Side Story (1961 soundtrack)
West Side Story (1961 Tjader)
Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein (1961 Brubeck Quartet)
West Side Story (1962 Peterson Trio)
Kenton's West Side Story (1962 Kenton)
"Toshiko–Mariano Quartet (in West Side)" (1963 Akiyoshi)

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