West Side Story (Oscar Peterson Trio album)

Summary

West Side Story is a 1962 studio album by Oscar Peterson and his trio. The album features jazz interpretations of seven songs from the film West Side Story.

West Side Story
Studio album by
Released1962
RecordedJanuary 24–25, 1962
GenreJazz
Length34:37
LabelVerve
ProducerNorman Granz
Oscar Peterson Trio chronology
The London House Sessions
(1962)
West Side Story
(1962)
Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band!
(1962)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[1]
Allmusic [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Track listing edit

  1. "Something's Coming" – 3:57
  2. "Somewhere" – 5:38
  3. "Jet Song" – 7:49
  4. "Tonight" – 4:38
  5. "Maria" – 4:55
  6. "I Feel Pretty" – 4:30
  7. "Reprise" – 3:57

All songs composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Down Beat: June 7, 1962 vol. 29, no. 12
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 161. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1153. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.