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
Live album by Oscar Peterson
Released	1961
Recorded	July 28–29, 1961
Genre	Jazz
Length	76:03
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
Fiorello! (1960) The Trio (1961) The Sound of the Trio (1961)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat	[1] (Original Lp version)
AllMusic	[2]

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

1. "I've Never Been in Love Before" (Frank Loesser) – 5:35
2. "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (Bob Hilliard, David Mann) – 8:07
3. "Chicago" (Fred Fisher) – 8:55

Side Two

4. "The Night We Called It a Day" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) – 4:47
5. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey, Vincent Youmans) – 11:41
6. "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson) – 5:46
7. "Billy Boy" (Traditional) – 1:46

1997 CD reissue bonus tracks

8. "The Lonesome One" (Oscar Peterson) – 5:32
9. "The Gravy Waltz" (Steve Allen, Ray Brown) – 4:54
10. "Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 3:48
11. "Soon" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 9:20
12. "Daahoud" (Clifford Brown) – 5:52

Recorded July 28 (#1–3, 7) and July 29 (#4–6, 8–12), 1961 at the London House, Chicago.[3]

Personnel

• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Ray Brown – double bass
• Ed Thigpen – drums

References

1. Down Beat: March 1, 1962 vol. 29, no. 5
2. AllMusic review
3. "Oscar Peterson – The Trio : Live From Chicago". discogs.com. Retrieved on January 18, 2020.