Results for "West Side Story"

Michael Collins

Michael Collins, pianist and award-winning composer, is a graduate of the Thornton School of Music at USC, where he studied with jazz masters Shelly Berg, Russ Ferrante, and Kim Richmond. Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, Michael studied in his own back yard with jazz legend Armand Boatman at the "Granada Conservatory" (Armand's living room on Granada Street). Michael's piano playing and arranging is modern yet deeply rooted in the jazz tradition. His big band composition "Sketch Artist" was awarded honorable mention in the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Awards, and his big band arrangement of "El Sur" was featured on "40 Acres and a Burro," a GRAMMY-nominee for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

West Side Story

By Andre Previn

Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2023
Track listing: Something's Coming; Jet Song; Tonight; I Feel Pretty; Gee, Officer Krupke; Cool; Maria; America.

Ted Nash Trio World Premiere September 3 At Dizzy's Club - Somewhere Else: West Side Story Songs!

August 21, 2019

Multi-Instrumentalist / Composer / Arranger Ted Nash Somewhere Else: West Side Story Songs with Steve Cardenas & Ben Allison World Premiere At Dizzy's Club on September 3 Jazz Week Chart, August 19 Biggest Gainers / Most Added Two-time Grammy winning composer and saxophonist Ted Nash presents the WORLD PREMIERE of ...

Multi-Instrumentalist Ted Nash Releases 'Somewhere Else - West Side Story Songs' on August 16th!

July 2, 2019

Multi-Instrumentalist/Composer/Arranger Ted Nash Somewhere Else- West Side Story Songs with Steve Cardenas & Ben Allison. Two-time Grammy winning composer and saxophonist Ted Nash releases his 15th album as a leader. Somewhere Else- West Side Story Songs on Plastic Sax Records drops on August 16th. In Nash's own words: “There was a moment backstage when I wiped ...

West Side Story Reimagined For Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief

July 26, 2018

An incredible new Latin jazz treatment of this timeless masterwork that premiered on September 26, 1957 redefining American musical theatre in celebration of the shows recent 60th Anniversary (2017) and Maestro Bernstein’s Centennial (2018). Recorded live at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola in NYC, this exciting new reimagining is West Side Story like you’ve never heard it before ...

West Side Story

By Shelly Manne

Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2001
Track listing: West Side Story;

West Side Story

By Dave Grusin

Label: N2K Encoded Music
Released: 1998
Track listing: Prologue; Something's Coming; The Jet Song; Maria; Cool; Tonight; I Feel Pretty; One Hand, One Heart; Somewhere; America.

Dave Grusin: West Side Story

by Jim Santella
January 1, 1998

It's been forty years already since West Side Story premiered on Broadway in New York City; since then, jazz luminaries such as Stan Kenton, Dave Brubeck, Oscar Peterson, and Dave Liebman have released recorded collections of Leonard Bernstein's exciting music from that score. Individual songs from the musical, such as “Somewhere," “Maria," and “Tonight," have become ...

West Side Story

Label: Pacific Jazz Records
Released: 1980

West Side Story

By Earl Hines

Label: Warner Bros. Records
Released: 1975