The London House Sessions

The London House Sessions
Live album by
Oscar Peterson
Released 1996
Recorded July 27 – August 6, 1961
Genre Jazz
Length 316:39
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 Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

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.

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
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.
  • 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

Performance
Production
  • Richard Seidel – executive producer
  • Michael Lang – supervisor
  • Ben Young – researcher, restorer