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."
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 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 "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."Oscar Peterson – The Trio : Live From Chicago". discogs.com. Retrieved on January 18, 2020.
Personnel Oscar Peterson – piano Ray Brown – double bass Ed Thigpen – drums
See also The Sound of the Trio (1962) Put On a Happy Face (album) (1966) Something Warm (1967) The London House Sessions (1996)
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