The London House Sessions

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The London House Sessions
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Live album by
Released1996
RecordedJuly 27 – August 6, 1961
Genre Jazz
Length316:39
Label Polygram
Producer Richard Seidel
Oscar Peterson chronology
Very Tall
(1961)
The London House Sessions
(1996)
West Side Story
(1962)
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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.

Contents

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

Disc One

No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
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 Trio8:07
3."Chicago" Fred Fisher The Trio8:55
4."The Night We Called It a Day" Tom Adair, Matt Dennis The Trio4:47
5."Sometimes I'm Happy" Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey, Vincent Youmans The Trio11:41
6."Whisper Not" Benny Golson The Trio5:46
7."Billy Boy" Traditional The Trio1:46
8."Tricotism (Tractitism)" Oscar Pettiford The Sound of the Trio 11:08
9."Billy Boy"TraditionalPreviously unreleased3:05

Disc Two

No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
10."On Green Dolphin Street" Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington The Sound of the Trio8:52
11."Thag's Dance" Oscar Peterson The Sound of the Trio5:40
12."Ill Wind" Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler The Sound of the Trio5:33
13."Kadota's Blues"PetersonThe Sound of the Trio11:06
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 Face4:27
16."Woody 'n' You" Dizzy Gillespie Put On a Happy Face3:58
17."Yesterdays" Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern Put On a Happy Face3:32

Disc Three

No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
18."Diablo"PetersonPut On a Happy Face6:59
19."Soon" George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin Put On a Happy Face4:51
20."The Lonesome One"PetersonPut On a Happy Face7:09
21."There Is No Greater Love" Isham Jones, Marty Symes Something Warm 5:00
22."I Remember Clifford"Benny GolsonSomething Warm9:48
23."Autumn Leaves" Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert Something Warm5:04
24."Blues for Big Scotia"PetersonSomething Warm6:46
25."Swamp Fire"Harold MooneySomething Warm3:58
26."I Love You" Cole Porter Something Warm6:38
27."It Happened in Monterey" Billy Rose, Mabel Wayne Previously unreleased6:23
28."Billy Boy"TraditionalPreviously unreleased3:12

Disc Four

No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
29."Introduction" Previously unreleased0:50
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.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
42."As Long as There's Music" Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne Previously unreleased5:49
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

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  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1152. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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