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<center><h3> | <center><h3> Jazz Aspen Snowmass festival doesn't miss a beat </h3></center> | ||
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SNOWMASS VILLAGE — So how do you make music fans forget that Jazz Aspen Snowmass cut a day from its Labor Day Festival? How about cracking the whip and telling the acts who fill the now three-day festival that they're all going to have to pitch in extra, and raise their onstage game a notch? | |||
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Perhaps the literal whip wasn't necessary. But it was hard not to notice the A-level effort turned in by several of the Labor Day acts. | Perhaps the literal whip wasn't necessary. But it was hard not to notice the A-level effort turned in by several of the Labor Day acts. | ||
Elvis Costello, in a Saturday set, seemed to arrive with some extra oomph as well. Backed by his three-piece band, the Imposters | Elvis Costello, in a Saturday set, seemed to arrive with some extra oomph as well. Backed by his three-piece band, the Imposters — which featured two thirds of his best-known band, the Attractions, drummer [[Pete Thomas]] and keyboardist [[Steve Nieve]] — Costello seemed to rise as an instrumentalist, playing surprisingly aggressive, expansive and frequent solos. The show concentrated heavily on Costello's '70s hits, and while it's hard to complain with a setlist that included "[[Alison]]," "[[(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes]]," "[[Watching The Detectives|Watching the Detectives]]," "[[(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea|(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea]]" and "[[(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?|(What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?]]" Costello has written plenty of solid songs of more recent vintage, and it would have been nice to hear some surprises. | ||
In any event, it was superior to Costello's [[Concert 2006-06-24 Aspen| | In any event, it was superior to Costello's last Jazz Aspen appearance, at the [[Concert 2006-06-24 Aspen|2006]] June Festival, when he was joined by New Orleans pianist Allen Toussaint. That performance was marred somewhat by an awkward sound. | ||
The festival-closing set by the Allman Brothers Band neatly paralleled Costello's performance. It was better than the Allmans' last appearance, at the 2007 Labor Day Festival; in particular, singer-keyboardist Gregg Allman was in noticeably better shape this time through. It was a guitar extravaganza, as Derek Trucks continues to make a case for being one of rock's elite players (a status that fellow Allman guitarist Warren Haynes has achieved, and maintains). The trading of solos in a long version of "Black Hearted Woman" was breath-taking, a demonstration that Trucks and Haynes are two distinct, and wonderfully complementary players. | The festival-closing set by the Allman Brothers Band neatly paralleled Costello's performance. It was better than the Allmans' last appearance, at the 2007 Labor Day Festival; in particular, singer-keyboardist Gregg Allman was in noticeably better shape this time through. It was a guitar extravaganza, as Derek Trucks continues to make a case for being one of rock's elite players (a status that fellow Allman guitarist Warren Haynes has achieved, and maintains). The trading of solos in a long version of "Black Hearted Woman" was breath-taking, a demonstration that Trucks and Haynes are two distinct, and wonderfully complementary players. | ||
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'''The Aspen Times, September 11, 2009 | '''The Aspen Times, September 11, 2009 | ||
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[[Stewart Oksenhorn]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Imposters]], Saturday, [[Concert 2009-09-05 Aspen|September | [[Stewart Oksenhorn]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Imposters]], Saturday, [[Concert 2009-09-05 Aspen|September 5, 2009]], Jazz Aspen Snowmass, Aspen, Colorado. | ||
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