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product_id: 27936462
title: "Kenton's West Side Story"
brand: "capitol jazz"
price: "€ 3.38"
currency: EUR
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reviews_count: 13
category: "Music"
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# Kenton's West Side Story

**Brand:** capitol jazz
**Price:** € 3.38
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Kenton's West Side Story by capitol jazz
- **How much does it cost?** € 3.38 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Description

Mixing deep emotion with high drama, Kenton and arranger Johnny Richards triumphed with this 1961 adaptation of 10 West Side Story themes. The film&apos;s producers were reputedly blown away by these interpretations: I Feel Pretty; Maria; Cool; America; Somewhere; Tonight; Something&apos;s Coming , and more!

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## Customer Reviews

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    Great Kenton, but not true to Bernstein's score
  

*by S***N on Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2008*

If you want to hear Lenny Bernstein's score played as he composed it, this is not the CD to listen to. However, if you are a fan of big band swing music in general and Stan Kenton in particular, you will enjoy listening to this CD. Kenton's version of West Side Story is a free interpretation; arrangements, phrasing, and rhythms are altered to fit Kenton's exotic style. For example, the prologue from the opening scene is played with a relaxed shuffle beat, not the tense syncopated rhythms and phrasing that Bernstein intended. One does not tamper with a work of a genius without incurring the risk of degrading it. Fortunately, in this case, Kenton can be forgiven, because this is his band at its best.My favorite track on this CD is Cool, a free interpretation which swings and rocks the rafters. I can listen to it again and again. Another hard-swinging track is Something's Coming.Perhaps the world needed a refreshing new interpretation of West Side Story in 1961, when this CD was recorded. However, a half century after Lenny Bernstein composed his masterpiece, the listener may prefer to hear the music as the composer intended it to be played.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Amazing sound quality and arrangements
  

*by I***D on Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2016*

The recording quality on this CD is very realistic. it captures the spread, depth, height, voicing and dynamics of the KENTON orchestra in full swing.  You can actually pin point where each soloist is sitting or standing. Addictive sound and amazing arrangements of the West Side Story songbook.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Great Johnny Richards charts
  

*by J***I on Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2015*

One of the greatest albums ever produced, period.

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*Last updated: 2026-03-07*