West Side Story (Earl Hines album)

West Side Story
Live album by
Earl Hines
Released 1975
Recorded July 2, 1974
Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland
Genre Jazz
Length 39:20
Label Black Lion
162.018
Producer Alan Bates
Earl Hines chronology
Earl Hines Plays Cole Porter
(1974) 		West Side Story
(1975) 		Earl Hines at Sundown
(1974)

West Side Story is a live album by pianist Earl Hines featuring selections from his solo performance at the 1974 Montreux Jazz Festival which was released on the British Black Lion label.

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AllMusic's Scott Yanow noted "Even at that late stage of his career, Hines constantly took chances and came up with surprising and consistently fresh ideas. This set is easily recommended, as are virtually all of his the pianist's unaccompanied solo albums".

Track listing

  1. "West Side Story Medley" (Leonard Bernstein) - 10:30
  2. "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:42
  3. "Why Do I Love You?" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 6:43
  4. "(In My) Solitude" (Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills) - 7:53
  5. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Ellington, Bob Russell) - 10:32

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