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.

The Sound of the Trio
Live album by Oscar Peterson
Released	1962
Recorded	July 28–29, 1961
Genre	Jazz
Length	76:03
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
The Trio (1962) The Sound of the Trio (1962) Very Tall (1962)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Three other Oscar Peterson Trio albums were also released featuring music from the London House concerts: 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. "Tricrotism" (Originally Tricotism) (Oscar Pettiford) – 11:10
2. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) – 8:55

Side Two

3. "Thag's Dance" (Oscar Peterson) – 5:43
4. "Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 5:36
5. "Kadota's Blues" (Peterson) – 11:15

2000 CD reissue bonus tracks

6. "Scrapple from the Apple" (Charlie Parker) – 9:29
7. "Jim" (Caesar Petrillo, Milton Samuels, Nelson Shawn) – 9:13
8. "Band Call (Duke Ellington) – 7:47
9. "The Night We Called It a Day" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) – 5:08
10. "Billy Boy" (Traditional) – 2:35

Personnel

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

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 161. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1152. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.