Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story, studio-takes. (1a)

[BonoEtMalo]

Bernstein, you were amazing..

[Reveller120]

7:02 is that Billy Mitchell?

[iamsteelee24]

remember when you could smoke indoors?

[EarlOfEs]

02:32 lol!

[buddman1955]

The drummer who appears at around 8:09 - 8:19 is Nick Cerrato.

[camomile988]

This is thrilling!! All professionals are doing their best to complete Bernstein 's

composition.

Bernstein is a genious composer.

[ilikzim]

at 8:00 looks like A-Rab is playing the violin

[Dan474834]

I find it amusing how Bernstein doesn't know the popular name of what he calls his quintette. Tonight.

Guess he didn't appreciate Stephen Sondheim very much.

[dtripp76]

Any idea who the drummer or trumpet player are?

[paxmaac1]

@dtripp76 Wilmer Wise is playing 1st trumpet, dunno who the other 2 guys are.

[fountainchain126]

he's such a cunt - GIVE US A MINUTE - I'd hate to work that arrogant bernstein

[adamastorBassBar]

@fountainchain126 Surely that was "tongue in cheek" from Lenny?

[MrCleverest]

@fountainchain126 even though I completely disagree, I did not see that as arrogant. At this point of his career, because of his prolific conducting and the immense impact he made in the music world I would say that he earned it.

[1111waon]

Wow Kurt Olman is realllly handsom!!!

[36tharmoredinfantry]

Yea baby, the orchestra is virtually the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Sam Levitan personnel manager.... great players

[elh666]

I don't know who's on the kit, but he's absolutely brilliant.

[starwarsjunkie7777]

Man, playing under Bernstein's baton would make me so self-conscious of my playing because he demands perfection.

[IanHunedoara8]

No way to gauge how future generations will appreciate our music. Its quite possible they will consider the music of Frank Zappa as seminal and beatific and divide time into the pre-Zappa and post Zappa epoch and venerate something called Zappism. Are you a Zappist Brother?

[lmordro]

What was this recording for?

[pildskadden]

Hvor er det kvalificeret underholdning at kigge på, tak for uploads. Kan se de er fra dansk TV, hvornår? (undskyld hvis det står et sted, har ikke lige kunnet finde et årstal). :0)

[keyboardmaniac55]

Thank you so very much for posting these studio takes. I have loved this recording of West Side Story for many years and was so excited to see the availability of these videos.

[trumpetdudeman07]

wow...i know from experience how hard some recording sessions can be, but i bet LB made it a little more enjoyable. Always a pleasure to watch the master at work. great vids :)

[nikitsi48]

A french genius with the trumpet is Maurice André.

Have a great holiday everybody. xoxo

Niki

[molinmusic]

"You gotta get that gutsy feelin'!" Oh yeah! Thank you so much for posting this! More love! This set the standard! More love!

[silvertone953]

what was the missing cue at 7:20 that got lenny flapping? can't hear what's absent.

[NeonicFilm1138]

2:34 "Outta the way. Assassin!"

Hahaha Gotta love Leonard Bernstein!

[trumpetg7059]

That cough of Bernstein's is aweful, aside from his brilliance!

[brunocbreis]

lol he was crazy!

[kongming819]

"Yesterday's promises will be retracted, just like the Republican party"

Bahahahahaha gotta love how he just sticks in tongue-in-cheek political humor

[DABIRDMANPOWWOW]

In marching band we're doing west side story theme. Maria, mambo, I have a love, jet song, and tonight. Love?

[pinkydogbear]

I nam confusing>}}?

[JoshuaMazur]

"Oh... GOD!!! I'm so EXCITED!!!" LMAO

[jacobflaschen]

"This is Cool, C-double O-L." Thanks, Mr. Bernstein, I forgot how to spell that word. What would I do without you?

[toodlepip990]

this is fab :-)

[flowerlullaby]

Kurt Ollman!?!? MY voice teacher?? Oh I'll have to ask him!!!!!

[sireofzelda]

@flowerlullaby Well, what was the verdict?

[flowerlullaby]

@sireofzelda oh yeah. haha forgot about this. yep it is him!!!!! :D

[sireofzelda]

@flowerlullaby That's awesome!

[tomtogirl]

is this stuff on the special dvd ??

plz i need to no wheter to buy it or not

thanks

[mellogarrett]

Mr. Wise has got some chops!

[JeeRant]

"...just like the Republican Party."

HAHAHA

[ChefMimsy]

Kills me to see him conducting with a cigarette in his mouth. Must have driven the wind players nuts- not to mention the non-smoking others. I suppose that we've changed public attitudes about smoking inside buildings even since this was recorded in the 80s, I believe.

I have this recording in my collection and it's helped change my attitude about opera. Still don't like listening to opera unless I'm there and it's live complete w/ costumes and orchestra- then I like it. I'm learning.

[Janetta58]

@ChefMimsy

Recorded in the 80s?

The 80s?

1961 maybe?

Opera?

Okay hunny!

[Janetta58]

@ChefMimsy

Yes, an opera from the 80s!

[ivorbigonee]

@ChefMimsy your in a police state now. the first and last people's to ban smoking was the nazi's

[Entertainmentwriter]

Genius at work. The best show soundtrack ever. Music that set the standard that others dream of creating.

[paulenisson]

Agreed. BTW, anyone know the date of this session? thanks

[manidonno10]

Kurt's "Eb" @ 6:18 ...

perfection!

[ezperma1287]

es lo mejor

[malisatomiko]

"gotta get that gutsy feeling" AH, I love it! So, like, 20th century. haha

[Handyman120]

what fantastic trumpet playing.

who is that guy?

[diverandy1]

Wilmer Wise

[dontlickit]

that guy playing Riff is terrible , the music is great but his voise....

[magicmike6767]

so is your spelling...

[dontlickit]

ha ha , that's right , sorry but english is not my first language, so please,better tell me what's wrong with it

[Imagine24601]

he isn't playing riff...

[alecs1976]

@dontlickit

I agree! kurt ollmann one of the big opera singers ? bernstein was a genius, but his taste in voices was sometimes simply bad

[anonysquirrel]

Yeah, they made Cool swing.

[anonysquirrel]

Lenny made that orchestra swing though. God bless him.

[anonysquirrel]

Damn. They didn't swing the Jets song; it sounded too mechanical. They didn't capture the jazz feel that Bernstein intended and was there in the movie. I wonder if the singers gave the movie soundtrack a good listen before recording this.

[mdcam89]

Thats funny, considering Bernstein himself is conducting... if he wanted something done a certain way he would have made it happen...

[futuremrsnickjOnas90]

Most Excellent!

[mwp2paris]

To think that he birthed this miracle of the AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE

[nmitchell076]

@mwp2paris

Bernstein was certainly a great of this genre, but I think if you're looking for the man who birthed american musical theatre, you gotta go back at least to Gershwin, if not earlier

[Awsomeadmiral]

That man is a genius.

[TuJobajo]

Wow! This trumpet-player is amazing!

[sretropmi]

Ah!!  They just don't write musicals like that anymore.

[rosanawan]

How about MAMMA MIA!

[sretropmi]

um..though ABBA's music is good, it is not nearly enough of a comparison to Bersntein's score of West Side Story. WWS is an adaptation of the classic Romeo and Juliet with original music. Unlike MAMMA MIA, story told via pre-existing music. Though both are good, I doubt very much that MAMMA MIA will be considered a classic. What is making it a classic is ABBA's music, of which everyone equates to the 70's, not MAMMA MIA.

[mdcam89]

not even close to the same level... Bernstein is GENIUS!... not to dis Abba, they have good music, but can't compare to WSS

[markag6]

There is NO comparison between Mamma Mia and West Side story. Period.

[triondrummer]

They are completely different Shows, so...how could you compare? Musically soooo different!!! I´ve played both and love both though!

[Selendomono]

mamma mia is... how to phrase this diplomaticley.... GARBAGE!

[Pavarotti4eva]

wait...isnt mamma mia just a collection of abba songs? i kinda think they just made somekind of plot, and shoved the music in. judging by the movie, which i only saw the tv ads for, it is prolly aimed at old menopausal women.

[Selendomono]

lol alll of that is true. it is only a collection of abba songs that they attempted to give plots to. no more a musical than a abba concert.

[NDSANDCO]

Keep learning .... still a lot to do ....

[groynejockey]

Gotta love Lenny walking into a studio and smoking

[Olfux]

Who else would you love doing that?

[3cplantin]

Maybe Lauren Bacall?

[goodguysdoll]

@Olfux i despise him for that, not love him.

[TimonyErt03]

The guy playing Riff is SEXY! :)

[hornplayer84]

I don't know, I think he is a little gay. Well no big deal!

[TimonyErt03]

Well hey. I'm gay, so I guess that'd be pretty good for me.

[hornplayer84]

Well, I am happy for you too!

[TimonyErt03]

Well thank you.

[TimonyErt03]

Good to know.

[3cplantin]

Yep, he is! And yes, he's gay and living with his partner In Wisconsin -- still performing of course!

[TimonyErt03]

How amazing!

[guitarmy039]

The guy playing third trumpet looks like George Lucas. Gotta love Wilmer Wise.

[Olfux]

I've been told its is Wilmer Wise !!

[bren730]

Excellent.

[ga1944]

me maravilla ver la cocina de mi pelicula favorita con el inmenso talento de este gran artista, realmente un placer, gracias!!! como me gustaria que fueran los subtitulados en castellano, pero bueno, seguire guiandome por mi sensibilidad e intuicion.nuevamente gracias

[p00per69]

who is the trumpet player on this recording? is it wynton marsalis?

[Olfux]

The genius with the trumpet is Wilmer Wise!

[p00per69]

thanks alot, i thought it didn't look like him but my music teacher was certain it was him

[clskmstg]

Thank you! We have the prime set of how the master wanted it.

[lietzen]

Nice, again.