The London House Sessions
The London House Sessions is a compilation album collecting music recorded by the Oscar Peterson Trio at the London House jazz club in Chicago in the summer of 1961.
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| Released | 1996 | |||
| Recorded | July 27 – August 6, 1961 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 316:39 | |||
| Label | Polygram | |||
| Producer | Richard Seidel | |||
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Selected tracks from these concerts were previously released on four albums in 1961 and 1962: The Trio, The Sound of the Trio, Put On a Happy Face, and Something Warm. Those albums are included as part of the complete Sessions, along with 23 previously-unreleased tracks (including several versions of frequent set-closer "Billy Boy").
The London House Sessions was initially released on four LPs. It was also released as a five CD box set in 1996 by Polygram.[1]
Track listing
Disc One
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I've Never Been in Love Before" | Frank Loesser | The Trio | 5:35 |
| 2. | "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" | Bob Hilliard, David Mann | The Trio | 8:07 |
| 3. | "Chicago" | Fred Fisher | The Trio | 8:55 |
| 4. | "The Night We Called It a Day" | Tom Adair, Matt Dennis | The Trio | 4:47 |
| 5. | "Sometimes I'm Happy" | Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey, Vincent Youmans | The Trio | 11:41 |
| 6. | "Whisper Not" | Benny Golson | The Trio | 5:46 |
| 7. | "Billy Boy" | Traditional | The Trio | 1:46 |
| 8. | "Tricotism (Tractitism)" | Oscar Pettiford | The Sound of the Trio | 11:08 |
| 9. | "Billy Boy" | Traditional | Previously unreleased | 3:05 |
Disc Two
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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| 10. | "On Green Dolphin Street" | Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington | The Sound of the Trio | 8:52 |
| 11. | "Thag's Dance" | Oscar Peterson | The Sound of the Trio | 5:40 |
| 12. | "Ill Wind" | Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler | The Sound of the Trio | 5:33 |
| 13. | "Kadota's Blues" | Peterson | The Sound of the Trio | 11:06 |
| 14. | "Put On a Happy Face" | Lee Adams, Charles Strouse | Put On a Happy Face | 8:31 |
| 15. | "Old Folks" | Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison | Put On a Happy Face | 4:27 |
| 16. | "Woody 'n' You" | Dizzy Gillespie | Put On a Happy Face | 3:58 |
| 17. | "Yesterdays" | Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern | Put On a Happy Face | 3:32 |
Disc Three
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18. | "Diablo" | Peterson | Put On a Happy Face | 6:59 |
| 19. | "Soon" | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | Put On a Happy Face | 4:51 |
| 20. | "The Lonesome One" | Peterson | Put On a Happy Face | 7:09 |
| 21. | "There Is No Greater Love" | Isham Jones, Marty Symes | Something Warm | 5:00 |
| 22. | "I Remember Clifford" | Benny Golson | Something Warm | 9:48 |
| 23. | "Autumn Leaves" | Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert | Something Warm | 5:04 |
| 24. | "Blues for Big Scotia" | Peterson | Something Warm | 6:46 |
| 25. | "Swamp Fire" | Harold Mooney | Something Warm | 3:58 |
| 26. | "I Love You" | Cole Porter | Something Warm | 6:38 |
| 27. | "It Happened in Monterey" | Billy Rose, Mabel Wayne | Previously unreleased | 6:23 |
| 28. | "Billy Boy" | Traditional | Previously unreleased | 3:12 |
Disc Four
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
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| 29. | "Introduction" | Previously unreleased | 0:50 | |
| 30. | "On Green Dolphin Street" | Kaper, Washington | " " | 7:46 |
| 31. | "Moanin'" | Bobby Timmons | " " | 6:29 |
| 32. | "Billy Boy" | Traditional | " " | 2:36 |
| 33. | "Scrapple from the Apple" | Charlie Parker | " " | 9:19 |
| 34. | "Jim" | Caesar Petrillo, Milton Samuels, Nelson Shawn | " " | 8:55 |
| 35. | "Band Call" | Duke Ellington | " " | 7:41 |
| 36. | "The Night We Called It a Day" | Tom Adair, Matt Dennis | " " | 5:05 |
| 37. | "The Lonesome One" | Peterson | " " | 5:26 |
| 38. | "The Gravy Waltz" | Steve Allen, Ray Brown | " " | 4:45 |
| 39. | "Woody 'n' You" | Dizzy Gillespie | " " | 3:48 |
| 40. | "Soon" | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | " " | 9:19 |
| 41. | "Daahoud" | Clifford Brown | " " | 5:51 |
Disc Five
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42. | "As Long as There's Music" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | Previously unreleased | 5:49 |
| 43. | "Close Your Eyes" | Bernice Petkere | " " | 6:05 |
| 44. | "Cubano Chant" | Ray Bryant | " " | 9:48 |
| 45. | "Sometimes I'm Happy" | Caesar, Grey, Youmans | " " | 10:56 |
| 46. | "Sophisticated Lady" | Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish | " " | 10:31 |
| 47. | "Better Luck Next Time" | Irving Berlin | " " | 7:30 |
| 48. | "Confirmation" | Charlie Parker | " " | 10:13 |
Notes
- All tracks recorded between July 27 and August 6, 1961 at the London House, Chicago.[2]
- Tracks 37-41 subsequently included on the 1997 CD reissue of The Trio.
- Tracks 32-36 subsequently included on the 2000 CD reissue of The Sound of The Trio.
Personnel
- Performance
- Production
- Richard Seidel – executive producer
- Michael Lang – supervisor
- Ben Young – researcher, restorer
References
- AllMusic review
- "The Oscar Peterson Trio – The London House Sessions". discogs.com. Retrieved on January 18, 2020.
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