West Side Story (André Previn album)

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West Side Story

Studio album by

André Previn

Released

1959

Recorded

August 24–25, 1959
Contemporary's Studio, Los Angeles

Genre

Jazz

Length

38:16

Label

Contemporary
M 3572

Producer

Lester Koenig

André Previn chronology

André Previn Plays Songs by Jerome Kern
(1959)

West Side Story
(1959)

The Subterraneans (Soundtrack)
(1960)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[1]

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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 Leonard Bernstein musical West Side Story 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 & His Pals

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

References

^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums	Collaboration (with Shorty Rogers, 1954) Double Play! (with Russ Freeman, 1957) Pal Joey (1957) Gigi (1958) André Previn Plays Songs by Vernon Duke (1958) King Size! (1958) André Previn Plays Songs by Jerome Kern (1959) West Side Story (1959) Like Previn! (1960) André Previn Plays Songs by Harold Arlen (1960) Duet (with Doris Day, 1961) André Previn and J. J. Johnson (with J. J. Johnson, 1961) All Alone (1967) A Different Kind of Blues (with Itzhak Perlman, 1980) Nice Work If You Can Get It (with Ella Fitzgerald, 1983) After Hours (1989) Uptown (1990) Old Friends (1991) What Headphones? (1993) Sure Thing: The Jerome Kern Songbook (with Sylvia McNair, 1993) Come Rain or Shine: The Harold Arlen Songbook (with Sylvia McNair, 1995) Jazz at the Musikverein (1995) André Previn and Friends Play Show Boat (1996) Ballads: Solo Jazz Standards (1996) We Got Rhythm: A Gershwin Songbook (1997) We Got It Good and That Ain't Bad: An Ellington Songbook (1999) Live at the Jazz Standard (2000) Alone: Ballads for Solo Piano (2007)
Related topics	Previn family
Works (category) Commons

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

Inspiration

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Adaptations

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (1961)
West Side Story (1961 film)
West Side Story Suite (1995 ballet)
West Side Story (2021 film)
- accolades

Variations

Swango (2002 musical)
West Bank Story (2005 parody film)

Songs

Act 1	"Something's Coming" "Maria" "Tonight" "America" "Cool" "One Hand, One Heart" "Tonight (Quintet & Chorus)"
Act 2	"I Feel Pretty" "Somewhere" "Gee, Officer Krupke" "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)
West Side Story (1974 Earl Hines)
West Side Story (2021 soundtrack)

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