''The London House Sessions'' is a

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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 ''The Sound of the Trio'' is a 1962 live album by the Oscar Peterson Trio, recorded in 1961 at the London House jazz club in Chicago. Three other Oscar Peterson Trio albums were also released featuring music from the London House concerts: '' ...

'', '' Put On a Happy Face'', and ''

Something Warm ''Something Warm'' is a live album by the Oscar Peterson Trio, recorded at the The London House, Chicago, London House jazz club in Chicago. The sessions were in 1961, but the album was initially released as Verve V/V6-8681 in 1967. Three other ...

''. 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

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Track listing

Disc One Disc Two Disc Three Disc Four Disc Five Notes *All tracks recorded between July 27 and August 6, 1961 at the London House, Chicago."The Oscar Peterson Trio – The London House Sessions"
discogs.com. Retrieved on January 18, 2020. *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 * Oscar Peterson – piano * Ray Brown – double bass * Ed Thigpen –

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;Production * Richard Seidel – executive producer * Michael Lang – supervisor * Ben Young – researcher, restorer

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:London House Sessions, The 1996 live albums 1996 compilation albums Oscar Peterson live albums Oscar Peterson compilation albums Albums produced by Norman Granz Albums recorded at The London House, Chicago Verve Records live albums