West Side Story (Oscar Peterson Trio album)

1962 studio album by Oscar Peterson Trio

West Side Story

Studio album by

Oscar Peterson Trio

Released| 1962
Recorded| January 24–25, 1962
Genre| Jazz
Length| 34:37
Label| Verve
Producer| Norman Granz
Oscar Peterson Trio chronology
| Very Tall
(1962)  | West Side Story
(1962)  | Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band!
(1962)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Down Beat| [1]
Allmusic|  [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [4]

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.

## Track listing

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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

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* Oscar Peterson \- piano
* Ray Brown \- double bass
* Ed Thigpen \- drums

## References

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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.

* v
* t
* e

Oscar Peterson

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Note: All-Star albums feature sideman who are not necessarily listed while titles which include "Oscar Peterson" or the OP Trio are usually shortened.

leader

co-leader|

| Plays
series|

* Duke Ellington (1952)
* George Gershwin (1952)
* Harold Arlen (1954)
* Count Basie (1955)

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1955–58|

* In a Romantic Mood (with Russ Garcia, 1955)
* At the Stratford Shakespearean Festival (1956)
* At the Concertgebouw (1957)
* Soft Sands (with Buddy Bregman, 1957)
* Trio with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones at Newport (1957)
* My Fair Lady (1958)
* On the Town (1958)
* A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra (1959)
* The Jazz Soul (1959)
* Swinging Brass (with Russ Garcia, 1959)
* Fiorello! (1960)

Plays the
Songbook
(1959)|

* Cole Porter
* Duke Ellington
* George Gershwin
* Harold Arlen
* Jerome Kern
* Richard Rodgers
* Porgy & Bess

The
London
House
Sessions
(1961)|

* Put On a Happy Face
* Something Warm
* The Sound of the Trio
* The Trio (Verve)

Trio

Guests|

* Very Tall (with Milt Jackson, 1961)
* Affinity (1962)
* Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band! (1962)
* Night Train (1962)
* West Side Story (1962)
* And Nelson Riddle (1963)
* Canadiana Suite (1964)
* Plays (1964)
* \+ One (with Clark Terry, 1964)
* We Get Requests (1964)
* Eloquence (1965)
* I/We Had a Ball (multiple groups, 1965)
* With Respect to Nat (1965)
* Blues Etude (1966)
* Soul Español (1966)
* The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple groups, 1967)

Exclusively
for

Friends|

* Action (1963–64)
* Girl Talk (1965–68)
* The Way I Really Play (1967)
* The Lost Tapes (1967–68)
* Mellow Mood (1968)
* My Favorite Instrument (1968)
* Travelin' On (1968)

1969–79|

* Hello Herbie (1969)
* Motions and Emotions (with Claus Ogerman, 1969)
* Another Day (1970)
* Tracks (1970)
* Tristeza on Piano (1970)
* Walking the Line (1970)
* Great Connection (1971)
* In Tune (and The Singers Unlimited, 1971)
* Reunion Blues (and Milt Jackson, 1971)
* In Tokyo (1972)
* Solo (1972)
* The History of an Artist, Vol. 1 (1972)
* The History of an Artist, Vol. 2 (1972)
* The trio (Pablo, 1973)
* In Russia (1974)
* The Giants (1974)
* The Good Life (1974)
* Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel (1975)
* Porgy and Bess (and Joe Pass, 1975)
* The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux (1975)
* The Tenor Giants (and Zoot Sims and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1975)
* And the Bassists – Montreux '77 (and Ray Brown & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, 1977)
* Jam – Montreux '77 (1977)
* The London Concert (1978)
* The Paris Concert (1978)
* Digital at Montreux (1979)
* Night Child (1979)
* Skol (with Stéphane Grappelli, 1979)

With
The
Trumpet
Kings|

* Roy Eldridge (1974)
* Dizzy Gillespie (1974)
* Jousts (1974)
* Harry Edison (1974)
* Clark Terry (1975)
* Jon Faddis (1975)
* At Montreux '75 (Eldridge, Gillespie & Terry, 1975)
* The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Gillespie, Hubbard & Terry, 1980)
* The Alternate Blues (with Gillespie, Hubbard & Terry, 1980)

1980–2004|

* Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980)
* The Personal Touch (1980)
* A Royal Wedding Suite (1981)
* Nigerian Marketplace (1981)
* Face to Face (with Freddie Hubbard, 1982)
* Freedom Song (1982)
* A Tribute to My Friends (1983)
* If You Could See Me Now (1983)
* Jazz at the Philharmonic – Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (multiple groups, 1983)
* Two of the Few (with Milt Jackson, 1983)
* Live! (1986)
* Time After Time (1986)
* Live at the Blue Note (1990)
* Saturday Night at the Blue Note (1991)
* Last Call at the Blue Note (1992)
* Encore at the Blue Note (1993)
* Side by Side (with Itzhak Perlman, 1994)
* The More I See You (1995)
* An Oscar Peterson Christmas (1995)
* A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall (1996)
* Oscar in Paris (1996)
* Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore (1996)
* Oscar and Benny (with Benny Green, 1998)
* Summer Night in Munich (1998)
* Trail of Dreams: A Canadian Suite (2000)
* A Night in Vienna (2004)

With
Count
Basie

alumni|

* Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1952)
* Basie Jazz (Count Basie, 1952)
* Pres and Sweets (Lester Young and Harry Edison, 1955)
* Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Harry Edison, 1957)
* Going for Myself (Lester Young & Harry Edison, 1957)
* Jazz Giants '58 (Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan & Harry Edison, 1958)
* Satch and Josh (and Count Basie, 1974)
* Satch and Josh...Again (and Count Basie, 1977)
* Night Rider (and Count Basie, 1978)
* The Timekeepers (and Count Basie, 1978)
* Yessir, That's My Baby (and Count Basie, 1978)
* Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (1986)

With
Benny
Carter|

* Alone Together (1952)
* Cosmopolite (1952–54)
* Plays Pretty (1954)
* New Jazz Sounds (with Bill Harris & Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
* Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson (1986)

With
Roy
Eldridge|

* Rockin' Chair (with Roy Eldridge, 1951–52)
* Dale's Wail (Eldridge, 1953)
* Little Jazz (Eldridge, 1954)
* Roy and Diz (Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
* Happy Time (Eldridge, 1974)
* Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From (and Gillespie, 1975)
* Roy Eldridge 4 – Montreux '77 (1977)

With
Ella
Fitzgerald|

* At the Opera House (1957)
* Ella and Louis (and Louis Armstrong, 1956)
* Ella and Louis Again (and Louis Armstrong, 1957)
* Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)
* Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert (1958)
* Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (1972)
* Ella and Oscar (1975)

Coleman
Hawkins
and/or Ben
Webster|

* Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (with Roy Eldridge & Webster, 1957)
* Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957)
* The Genius of Coleman Hawkins (1957)
* Soulville (with Webster, 1957)
* Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (with Webster, 1959)

With
Buddy
Rich|

* The Drum Battle (and Gene Krupa, 1952)
* Sing and Swing (1955)
* The Wailing Buddy Rich (1955)
* Krupa and Rich (1955)

With
others|

* The Astaire Story (Fred Astaire, 1952)
* Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin (1954)
* Ellis in Wonderland (Herb Ellis, 1955–56)
* Toni (Toni Harper, 1955–56)
* Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)
* Anita Sings the Most (Anita O'Day, 1957)
* Only the Blues (Sonny Stitt, 1957)
* Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957)
* Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1957)
* This Is Ray Brown (Roy Brown, 1958)
* Sonny Stitt Sits in (1959)
* Bill Henderson with (1963)
* Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)
* The Milt Jackson Big 4 (1975)
* Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 (1977)
* How Long Has This Been Going On? (Sarah Vaughan, 1978)
* Linger Awhile (Sarah Vaughan, 1978)
* Ain't Misbehavin' (Clark Terry, 1978)
* Ain't But a Few of Us Left (Milt Jackson, 1981)
* Hark (Buddy DeFranco, 1985)
* Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players (Ray Brown, 1994)

Film
soundtracks|

* The Silent Partner (1978)

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* t
* e

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)"

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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)

Related|

* "The First Time"
* "Upper West Side Story"
* Wild Side Story
* China Girl
* "Roses"
* Josh
* Superjail!
* "La Borinqueña" (used in 2021 film)

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* MusicBrainz release group

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