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The Trio (Oscar Peterson album)
The Trio (alternatively titled The Trio: Live From Chicago) is a 1961 live album by the Oscar Peterson Trio, recorded at the London House jazz club in Chicago, during a period in which the pianist "was generally in peak form."[2]
| The Trio | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1961 | |||
| Recorded | July 28–29, 1961 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 76:03 | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Down Beat | [1] (Original Lp version) |
| AllMusic | [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Three other Oscar Peterson Trio albums were also released featuring music from the London House concerts: The Sound of the Trio, Something Warm and Put On a Happy Face. The complete sessions were released in 1996 as The London House Sessions.
Track listing Edit
Side One
- "I've Never Been in Love Before" (Frank Loesser) – 5:35
- "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (Bob Hilliard, David Mann) – 8:07
- "Chicago" (Fred Fisher) – 8:55
Side Two
- "The Night We Called It a Day" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) – 4:47
- "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey, Vincent Youmans) – 11:41
- "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson) – 5:46
- "Billy Boy" (Traditional) – 1:46
1997 CD reissue bonus tracks Edit
- "The Lonesome One" (Oscar Peterson) – 5:32
- "The Gravy Waltz" (Steve Allen, Ray Brown) – 4:54
- "Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 3:48
- "Soon" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 9:20
- "Daahoud" (Clifford Brown) – 5:52
Recorded July 28 (#1–3, 7) and July 29 (#4–6, 8–12), 1961 at the London House, Chicago.[4]
Personnel Edit
References Edit
- ^ Down Beat: March 1, 1962 vol. 29, no. 5
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Oscar Peterson – The Trio : Live From Chicago". discogs.com. Retrieved on January 18, 2020.