André Previn - The Story Of A Piano album

West Side Story is a jazz album by pianist André Previn and his trio. Previn, along with drummer Shelly Manne and bassist Red Mitchell, chose eight compositions from the original score of the Leonard Bernstein musical West Side Story and re-arranged them in a jazz style without vocals. Original music by Leonard Bernstein. Something's Coming" - 2:37. I Feel Pretty" - 6:47. Gee, Officer Krupke!" - 4:55.

André Previn in 1977 performing on the piano while conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Mozart’s Piano Concert No 20 in D minor, for a television show, Previn and the Pittsburgh. Photograph: Bettmann Archive. He also revised sections of his Brief Encounter opera between guest conducting engagements in Philadelphia and Boston.

Listen free to André Previn – The Definitive André Previn Collection, Vol. 1 (Whose Baby Are You?, It Might as Well Be Spring and more). Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last. André George Previn (Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-American pianist, conductor, and composer. Previn won four Academy Awards for his film work and ten Grammy Awards for his recordings and one more for his Lifetime Achievement. Previn was born in Berlin, Germany, the son of Charlotte (née Epstein) and Jack Previn (Jakob Priwin), who was a lawyer, judge, and music teacher. He is said to have been "a distant relative of" the composer Gustav Mahler.