''The Sound of the Trio'' is a 1962
live album
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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: ''
The Trio'', ''
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 ...
'', and ''
Put On a Happy Face''. The complete sessions were released in 1996 as ''
The London House Sessions
''The London House Sessions'' is a compilation album collecting music recorded by the Oscar Peterson Trio at the The London House, Chicago, London House jazz club in Chicago in the summer of 1961.
Selected tracks from these concerts were previou ...
''.
Track listing
Side One
#"Tricrotism" (Originally Tricotism) (
Oscar Pettiford) – 11:10
#"
On Green Dolphin Street" (
Bronislaw Kaper,
Ned Washington) – 8:55
Side Two
#
"Thag's Dance" ( Oscar Peterson) – 5:43
#" Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen
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, Ted Koehler) – 5:36
#"Kadota's Blues" (Peterson) – 11:15
2000 CD reissue bonus tracks
# " Scrapple from the Apple" ( Charlie Parker) – 9:29
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Petrillo was born in Chicago, Illinois, United ...
, Milton Samuels, Nelson Shawn) – 9:13
#"Band Call (Duke Ellington
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) – 7:47
#" The Night We Called It a Day" ( Tom Adair, Matt Dennis
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Biography
Dennis was born in Seattle, Washington, United States. His mother was a violi ...
) – 5:08
#"Billy Boy
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It has ...
" (Traditional
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) – 2:35
Personnel
* Oscar Peterson - piano
* Ray Brown - double bass
* Ed Thigpen - drum
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s
References
Oscar Peterson live albums
Albums recorded at The London House, Chicago
Albums produced by Norman Granz
1962 live albums
Verve Records live albums
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