Oscar Peterson Trio – West Side Story (SACD hibrid)

Leonard Bernstein’s ‘West Side Story’ was one of the first Broadway musicals with an overt jazz influence. The story of rival street gangs inspired many musicians to record the music, including Oscar Peterson. In 1962, he and his trio added a light swing touch to seven tracks from the film of the same name and recorded them on vinyl for the Verve label. He is accompanied by Ray Brown on bass, Toots Thielemans on harmonica and Ed Thigpen on piano and drums.

This recording is part of a series of 25 Verve reissues on Analogue Productions. The original Analogue tapes are re-edited by senior mastering engineer George Marino at Sterling Sound in New York. Many of the tapes have been sent to other labels as copies for decades, but Sterling Sound works so closely with Universal Music, the owners of the Verve label, that they occasionally make an exception. The hybrid SACDs sound excellent, clearly eclipsing earlier digitisations.

We recommend the use of „L’Art du Son” CD/DVD conditioner for even more sonic improvement.

Lista pieselor

1. Something’s Coming

2. Somewhere

3. Jet Song

4. Tonight

5. Maria

6. I Feel Pretty

7. Reprise