West Side Story (1961) is an energetic,
widely-acclaimed,melodramatic musical - a modern-day,
loose re-telling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet tragedy of feuding families, although the setting is the Upper West Side of New York City in the late 1950s with conflict between rival street gangs rather than families
West Side Story is still one of the best film
adaptations of a musical ever created, and the finest musical film of the 60s. It arrived at a time when the silver screen was realizing tremendous competition from TV and other genres of cinematic entertainment.
"West Side Story" Suite for Jazz Trio
Arranged by Joe Policastro
