Pete Malinverni - On The Town: Pete Malinverni Plays Leonard Bernstein (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/48]

Reaching #1 on The Roots Music Report's Top 50 Traditional Jazz Album Chart in January, 2022, New York-based pianist Pete Malinverni’s latest album presents Leonard Bernstein compositions in a trio setting along with bassist Ugonna Okegwo and drummer Jeff Hamilton. On the Town: Pete Malinverni Plays Leonard Bernstein features jazz arrangements of songs primarily from musicals such as On the Town (1944), Wonderful Town (1953), and West Side Story (1957). Malinverni also provides an enthralling spiritual rendition of “Simple Song” from Mass (1971), as well as one of his own numbers, “A Night on the Town” that closes the set.