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."

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

1997 CD reissue bonus tracks

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

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

Personnel

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