On May 29, 1965, the Oscar Peterson Trio performed at the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark. The set was taped and released as Eloquence on Limelight Records, a subsidiary of Mercury launched by Quincy Jones in 1962. The catalogue wound up with Verve and the Island Def Jam Music Group.
I couldn't find the Limelight release on Spotify and other platforms but I did find Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Tivoli Gardens May 29, 1965, with the audio tuned up by Roberto Sarfati and Diego Vila's Lantower Records, the Argentinian label.
The tracks are Peterson's Children's Tune, Younger Than Springtime, Erroll Garner's Misty, John Lewis's Django, Peterson's The Smudge, Autumn Leaves, Bobby Timmons's Moanin' and Peterson's Lovers' Promenade.
Each piece performed by Peterson (p), Ray Brown (b) and Ed Thigpen (d) is beautifully structured and the solos are superb. Exemplary are Misty, Django, Moanin' and Lovers' Promenade. The last is particularly gorgeous. [Photos above of Ed Thigpen, Oscar Peterson and Ray Brown by Don Bronstein for the back cover of The Trio]
JazzWax tracks: You'll find Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Tivoli Gardens May 29, 1965 at Spotify here, and at other streaming platforms.
For more on Lantower Records, go here.
