OSCAR PETERSON TRIO "WEST SIDE STORY" AP, 2LP, 45RPM, LE, NE, SO, NEW/SEALED
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OSCAR PETERSON TRIO "WEST SIDE STORY"
2013 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS "VERVE REISSUES", RECORDED IN NEW YORK CITY, JANUARY 24 & 25, 1962, 2LP, 45RPM, 200 G VIRGIN VINYL, LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000 NUMBERED COPIES, THIS IS #98 OF A SOLD-OUT EDITION, PRODUCED BY JIM DAVIS, REMASTERED BY GEORGE MARINO AT STERLING SOUND USING THE ORIGINAL ANALOG MASTER TAPES AND PRESSED AT QUALITY RECORD PRESSINGS, SALINA, KS.
"OSCAR PETERSON, RAY BROWN, ED THIGPEN AND TOOTS THIELMANS CAST THEIR REFINED SWING ON THE POPULAR SCORE THAT IS RENEWED IN THIS NEW LIGHT AND A TRULLY DELIGHTFUL LISTENING THAT EARNED THEM A GRAMMY NOMINATION. ASTOUNDING PERFORMANCE OF THIS INSPIRING SCORE NOW REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALOG MASTER TAPES BY GEORGE MARINO OF STERLING SOUND AND PRESSED TO 45RPM HIGH QUALITY 200G VINYL AT QRP."
"ONE OF THE FIRST BROADWAY MUSICAL SCORES TO BE OVERTLY JAZZ-INFLUENCED WAS LEONARD BERNSTEIN'S WEST SIDE STORY, A TALE OF RIVAL STREET GANGS IN THE INNER CITY. IN 1962, PIANIST OSCAR PETERSON PUT HIS LIGHT-SWING SIGNATURE ON THE ALREADY POPULAR SCORE, MAKING IT, IN THE WORDS OF ONE CRITIC. "A DELIGHT TO HEAR AGAIN" AND EARNING HIM A GRAMMY NOMINATION."
"THIS EXCELLENT 1962 VERVE RECORDS DATE FINDS THE SUPREMELY TALENTED TRIO OF OSCAR PETERSON (PIANO), RAY BROWN (BASS) AND ED THIGPEN (DRUMS) OFFERING UP NORMAN GRANZ-PRODUCED JAZZ ADAPTATIONS OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN/STEPHEN SONDHEIM COMPOSED MATERIAL FROM THE THEN RECENTLY RELEASED ICONIC 1961 MUSICAL WEST SIDE STORY. THE CONSUMMATE 7-SONG SET FEATURES INSPIRED TAKES ON SUCH ICONIC FARE AS "SOMEWHERE", "JET SONG". "TONIGHT". MARIA" AND "I FEEL PRETTY" AMONG OTHERS."
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