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The London House Sessions is a compilation album compiling the music from four live albums by Oscar Peterson recorded at The London House, Chicago in the Summer of 1961. Music from The Trio , The Sound of the Trio , Put On a Happy Face , and Something Warm is included plus thirteen unreleased tracks recorded at the same time.
The London House Sessions was initially released on four LPs. It was released on five CDs in 1996 by Polygram .[2]
Track listing
"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
"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
"Tricrotism (Tractitism)" (Oscar Pettiford ) - 11:08
"Billy Boy" - 3:05
"On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronislaw Kaper , Ned Washington ) - 8:52
"Thag's Dance" (Oscar Peterson ) - 5:40
"Ill Wind " (Harold Arlen , Ted Koehler ) - 5:33
"Kadota's Blues" (Peterson) - 11:06
"Put On a Happy Face" (Lee Adams , Charles Strouse ) - 8:31
"Old Folks " (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison ) - 4:27
"Woody 'n' You " (Dizzy Gillespie ) - 3:58
"Yesterdays " (Otto Harbach , Jerome Kern ) - 3:32
"Diablo" (Peterson) - 6:59
"Soon " (George Gershwin , Ira Gershwin ) - 4:51
"The Lonesome One" (Peterson) - 7:09
"There Is No Greater Love " (Isham Jones , Marty Symes ) - 5:00
"I Remember Clifford " (Benny Golson ) - 9:48
"Autumn Leaves " (Joseph Kosma , Johnny Mercer , Jacques Prévert ) - 5:04
"Blues for Big Scotia" (Peterson) - 6:46
"Swamp Fire" (Harold Mooney ) - 3:58
"I Love You " (Cole Porter ) - 6:38
"It Happened in Monterey" (Billy Rose , Mabel Wayne ) - 6:23
"Billy Boy" - 3:12
Introduction - 0:50
"On Green Dolphin Street" - 7:46
"Moanin'" (Bobby Timmons ) - 6:29
"Billy Boy" - 2:36
"Scrapple from the Apple " (Charlie Parker ) - 9:19
"Jim" (Caesar Petrillo , Milton Samuels, Nelson Shawn) - 8:55
"Band Call" (Duke Ellington ) - 7:41
"The Night We Called It a Day " (Tom Adair , Matt Dennis ) - 5:05
"The Lonesome One" - 5:26
"The Gravy Waltz" (Steve Allen , Ray Brown ) - 4:45
"Woody 'n' You " - 3:48
"Soon" - 9:19
"Daahoud" (Brown) - 5:51
"As Long as There's Music" (Sammy Cahn , Jule Styne ) - 5:49
"Close Your Eyes " (Bernice Petkere ) - 6:05
"Cubano Chant" (Ray Bryant ) - 9:48
"Sometimes I'm Happy" - 10:56
"Sophisticated Lady " (Duke Ellington , Irving Mills , Mitchell Parish ) - 10:31
"Better Luck Next Time" (Irving Berlin ) - 7:30
"Confirmation" (Parker) - 10:13
Personnel
Performance
Production
Richard Seidel - executive producer
Michael Lang - supervisor
Ben Young - researcher, restorer
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Note: All-Star albums feature sideman who are not necessarily listed while titles which include "Oscar Peterson" or the OP Trio are usually shortened.
As leader or co-leader
Plays series1955–58 Plays the Songbook (1959)The London House Sessions (1961)Trio & Guests Exclusively for My Friends 1969–79
Hello Herbie (1969)
Motions and Emotions (with Claus Ogerman , 1969)
Another Day (1970)
Tracks (1970)
Tristeza on Piano (1970)
Walking the Line (1970)
Great Connection (1971)
In Tune (and The Singers Unlimited , 1971)
Reunion Blues (and Milt Jackson, 1971)
In Tokyo (1972)
Solo (1972)
The History of an Artist, Vol. 1 (1972)
The History of an Artist, Vol. 2 (1972)
The trio (Pablo , 1973)
In Russia (1974)
The Giants (1974)
The Good Life (1974)
Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel (1975)
Porgy and Bess (and Joe Pass , 1975)
The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux (1975)
The Tenor Giants (and Zoot Sims and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1975)
And the Bassists – Montreux '77 (and Ray Brown & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , 1977)
Jam – Montreux '77 (1977)
The London Concert (1978)
The Paris Concert (1978)
Digital at Montreux (1979)
Night Child (1979)
Skol (with Stéphane Grappelli , 1979)
With The Trumpet Kings 1980–2004
WithCount Basie or alumni
Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1952)
Basie Jazz (Count Basie , 1952)
Pres and Sweets (Lester Young and Harry Edison , 1955)
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Harry Edison, 1957)
Going for Myself (Lester Young & Harry Edison, 1957)
Jazz Giants '58 (Stan Getz , Gerry Mulligan & Harry Edison, 1958)
Satch and Josh (and Count Basie, 1974)
Satch and Josh...Again (and Count Basie, 1977)
Night Rider (and Count Basie, 1978)
The Timekeepers (and Count Basie, 1978)
Yessir, That's My Baby (and Count Basie, 1978)
Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (1986)
WithBenny Carter WithRoy Eldridge WithElla Fitzgerald Coleman Hawkins and/or Ben Webster WithBuddy Rich With others
The Astaire Story (Fred Astaire , 1952)
Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin (1954)
Ellis in Wonderland (Herb Ellis , 1955–56)
Toni (Toni Harper , 1955–56)
Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)
Anita Sings the Most (Anita O'Day , 1957)
Only the Blues (Sonny Stitt , 1957)
Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957)
Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1957)
This Is Ray Brown (Roy Brown , 1958)
Sonny Stitt Sits in (1959)
Bill Henderson with (1963)
Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)
The Milt Jackson Big 4 (1975)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 (1977)
How Long Has This Been Going On? (Sarah Vaughan , 1978)
Linger Awhile (Sarah Vaughan, 1978)
Ain't Misbehavin' (Clark Terry, 1978)
Ain't But a Few of Us Left (Milt Jackson, 1981)
Hark (Buddy DeFranco, 1985)
Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players (Ray Brown, 1994)
Film soundtracks