Name: West Side Story
Brand: Leonard Bernstein

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

IMT5065936.1

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Colour

Colour details

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

U.K. Import, Red Vinyl

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-06-08

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

889397556785

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / red

Artist

Leonard Bernstein

Genre US

Soundtracks

Label US

What more can be said about West Side Story? With music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim it would be a contender for most people's vote for best musical of all time. To own a copy of the sublime music you should first have the original film soundtrack but after that it is worth exploring the alternatives. One such is the album by the Oscar Peterson Trio (Peterson on piano, Ed Thigpen on drums and the ever-present Ray Brown on bass) which interprets seven of the songs in a jazz setting. You do not get "America" or "Cool" but you do get a stunning "Jet Song", where the Trio interplay as only a top notch trio can. Also included are the classics "Somewhere", "Tonight", "I Feel Pretty" and "Maria". What is lost by the absence of vocals is more than made up for by Peterson's trademark subdued swing.

West Side Story

Music US