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Perhaps the most compelling part of ''The River in Reverse'', the brilliant collaboration between Elvis Costello and legendary New Orleans producer-songwriter Allen Toussaint, is the immediacy that crackles through the music. | Perhaps the most compelling part of ''The River in Reverse'', the brilliant collaboration between Elvis Costello and legendary New Orleans producer-songwriter Allen Toussaint, is the immediacy that crackles through the music. | ||
A mix of Toussaint classics and new compositions, the album was written and recorded as Hurricane Katrina was still wreaking devastation on the Gulf Coast, and it was wrapped up with sessions in New Orleans days after the city reopened to outsiders. | A mix of Toussaint classics and new compositions, the album was written and recorded as Hurricane Katrina was still wreaking devastation on the Gulf Coast, and it was wrapped up with sessions in New Orleans days after the city reopened to outsiders. | ||
The pair bring those songs, as well as Costello's band and back catalog, to Saturday night's headlining slot at the | The pair bring those songs, as well as Costello's band and back catalog, to Saturday night's headlining slot at the Jazz Aspen Snowmass festival. | ||
"I'm going to bring my iron lung with me, my altitude suit. I've managed Boulder, so I don't think it's that much higher, is it?" Costello asks of Aspen as he and Toussaint do an interview during a break in rehearsals last week. | "I'm going to bring my iron lung with me, my altitude suit. I've managed Boulder, so I don't think it's that much higher, is it?" Costello asks of Aspen as he and Toussaint do an interview during a break in rehearsals last week. | ||
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"I remember being a bit too deferential the first time we sat down at the piano," Costello says. "We couldn't seem to get really flowing with ideas. Tentative is not the right word — just too respectful of one another's point of view." | "I remember being a bit too deferential the first time we sat down at the piano," Costello says. "We couldn't seem to get really flowing with ideas. Tentative is not the right word — just too respectful of one another's point of view." | ||
Costello liked Toussaint's version of the late Professor Longhair's Tipitina transposed to a minor key. The two turned it into Ascension Day, a song that starts dark but ends with hope. | Costello liked Toussaint's version of the late Professor Longhair's "Tipitina" transposed to a minor key. The two turned it into "Ascension Day," a song that starts dark but ends with hope. | ||
"It began with this very bleak image, described to me by a friend in the city, to the hopeful last chord. It could mention things that happened, but it had to go somewhere hopeful," Costello says. | "It began with this very bleak image, described to me by a friend in the city, to the hopeful last chord. It could mention things that happened, but it had to go somewhere hopeful," Costello says. | ||
Joy is apparent in other songs. International Echo is a raucous tribute to music in general. | Joy is apparent in other songs. "International Echo" is a raucous tribute to music in general. | ||
"(That song) was the one that I got a kick out of," says Costello. "The music was all there — Allen came in and played this piece down and it was just telling me a story. I went home that night and wrote the whole lyric. | "(That song) was the one that I got a kick out of," says Costello. "The music was all there — Allen came in and played this piece down and it was just telling me a story. I went home that night and wrote the whole lyric. | ||
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"I believe we are surrendering liberty to this climate of fear that is being cynically promoted by people in power. That song is not exclusively about New Orleans. It's emblematic of the way we're treating one another." | "I believe we are surrendering liberty to this climate of fear that is being cynically promoted by people in power. That song is not exclusively about New Orleans. It's emblematic of the way we're treating one another." | ||
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{{tags}}[[Allen Toussaint]] {{-}} [[The Imposters]] {{-}} [[The Crescent City Horns]] {{-}} [[Jazz Aspen Snowmass]] {{-}} [[Aspen]] {{-}} [[CO|Colorado]] {{-}} [[The River In Reverse]] {{-}} [[Seattle]] {{-}} [[Concert 2005-09-04 Seattle|Bumbershoot]] {{-}} [[Freedom For The Stallion]] {{-}} [[Joe's Pub]] {{-}} [[Who's Gonna Help Brother Get Further?]] {{-}} [[Tears, Tears And More Tears]] {{-}} [[Broken Promise Land]] {{-}} [[The River In Reverse (song)]] {{-}} [[Professor Longhair]] {{-}} [[Tipitina]] {{-}} [[Ascension Day]] {{-}} [[International Echo]] | |||
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[[Mark Brown]] interviews Elvis Costello. | [[Mark Brown]] interviews Elvis Costello ahead of his concert with [[Allen Toussaint]], [[The Imposters]] and [[The Crescent City Horns]], Saturday, [[Concert 2006-06-24 Aspen|June 24, 2006]], Jazz Aspen Snowmass, Colorado. | ||
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