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Limelight · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Eloquence

Eloquence cover
RecordedMay 29, 1965
LabelLimelight
Released1965
Personnel3 credited players
Discogsmaster 179466

The record

Recorded not long before Thigpen moved on, this Limelight date favors patience over pyrotechnics, Peterson easing through standards while Brown and Thigpen frame each phrase with quiet precision.

Session personnel

  • Ray Brown — bass
  • Ed Thigpen — drums
  • Oscar Peterson — piano

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 27 pressings on file.

1965Limelight · LM 82023 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold earliest on file · gatefold
1965Limelight — STEREO
1965Limelight · LS 86023 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Album, Gatefold · gatefold
1965Mercury · SMX-7028 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Album, Gatefold · gatefold
1965Limelight · LY 220015 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Album
1965Mercury International · 134 610 MFY — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1965Limelight · LS 86023 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Album, Single Sleeve
1965Limelight · LM 82023 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono, Gatefold · gatefold
1965Limelight · LS 86023 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Album, Teal colored label
1965Mercury · SMT-5006 — Reel-To-Reel, 7 ½ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel
1966Mercury · 210.015 MDL — Vinyl, LP, Mono, Album
1966Limelight · LS-302-C — Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, Jukebox, Stereo
1970Mercury · 6460002 — Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Album
1977Mercury · SFX-10544 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo

Follow the players

Ray Brown also plays on

Ed Thigpen also plays on

Oscar Peterson also plays on