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| ARTIST: | Andre Previn, Shelly Manne, Red Mitchell |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Jvc (City Hall) |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Something's Coming, Jet Song, Tonight, I Feel Pretty, Gee, Officer Krupke!, Cool, Maria, America |
| UPC: | 693692020922 |
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Customer Reviews of Andre Previn & His Pals Play West Side Story
It almost swings... Andre Previn is a tremendously talented pianist and conductor, and he's working with Bernstein's greatest work... so why doesn't this really ever come together for me? It's clever, the band is tight, but it just never rises above the level of very competant playing.
The problem, I think, is that this isn't jazz so much as it is a carefully arranged suite in the jazz style. There's no risk, no emotion, no excitement. Just very precise playing. In that, it reminds me of the Claude Bolling suites that were so popular in the 1980s. No dissonance, no dynamics, nothing to upset the tea party.
If you like West Side Story, get the original Broadway Cast Recording (Larry Kert's "Something's Coming" will send chills down your spine) or Bernstein's recording of the Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. This album unfortunately never rises much above the level of polite background music.