The London House Sessions
| The London House Sessions | ||||
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| Released | 1996 | |||
| Recorded | July 27 – August 6, 1961 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 316:39 | |||
| Label | Polygram | |||
| Producer | Richard Seidel | |||
| Oscar Peterson chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [2] |
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.
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"). Several additional tracks were subsequently included on the CD reissues of The Trio and The Sound of the Trio.
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[edit]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.[3]
- Tracks 37-41 subsequently included on the 1997 CD reissue of The Trio.
- Track 40 ends abruptly (but ends with fade out on the CD reissue of The Trio).
- Tracks 32-36 subsequently included on the 2000 CD reissue of The Sound of The Trio.
Personnel[edit]
- Performance
- Production
- Richard Seidel – executive producer
- Michael Lang – supervisor
- Ben Young – researcher, restorer
References[edit]
- ^ a b AllMusic review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1152. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ "The Oscar Peterson Trio – The London House Sessions". discogs.com. Retrieved on January 18, 2020.