El swing de Costello

Gracias a Raquelin me he agenciado una copia del próximo disco de Elvis Costello, "My Flame Burns Blue", que no es sino  "a live album with the legendary Metropole Orkest, a 52-piece jazz orchestra from The Netherlands, as recorded in concert at The Hague", y que llevaba ya un par de años publicado en Japón. El disco se edita en Europa el 28 de Febrero y Costello -salvo en un par de momentos- aburre un poco...

The album alternates between imaginatively reinvented Costello favorites like "Almost Blue," "Clubland" and "Watching the Detectives" (arranged "in the style of a 1950s television theme"), Costello compositions seeing release for the first time on a Costello album and unexpected collaborations. "

For the opening track, "Hora Decubitus," Costello was invited by Charles Mingus’s widow, Sue, to contribute lyrics to the jazzman’s compositions. This song was completed in the immediate aftermath of September 11. For the title track, Costello also wrote lyrics for Billy Strayhorn’s final composition, "Blood Count."

Other highlights seeing release on a Costello album for the first time include "Speak Darkly, My Angel," "Can You Be True?" and "Upon a Veil of Midnight Blue," which was written for and recorded by west coast bluesman Charles Brown as "I Wonder How She Knows."