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<center><h3> Pairing offers surging, soaring intensity </h3></center> | |||
<center><h3>Pairing offers surging, soaring intensity</h3></center> | <center>''' Costello and Toussaint stretch their songbook </center> | ||
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'''Elvis Costello and the Imposters featuring the piano and songs of Allen Toussaint, The TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Orpheum Theatre | |||
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If you bundled together all of the recent benefits for the city of New Orleans very few could rival the sobering, shimmering, ecstatic [[The River In Reverse|River in Reverse]], the wonder-stroke union of Elvis Costello and | If you bundled together all of the recent benefits for the city of New Orleans very few could rival the sobering, shimmering, ecstatic ''[[The River In Reverse|River in Reverse]]'', the wonder-stroke union of Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint, which arrived in Canada for the first time Monday night at the Orpheum. | ||
The pairing of Costello and Toussaint, the fabled New Orleans singer, songwriter and pianist, for the first time since 1989, wasn't ever meant to be a minor operation. They matched Costello's band, the Imposters, with Toussaint's | The pairing of Costello and Toussaint, the fabled New Orleans singer, songwriter and pianist, for the first time since 1989, wasn't ever meant to be a minor operation. They matched Costello's band, the Imposters, with Toussaint's Crescent City Horns, plus his guitarist [[Anthony Brown]]. | ||
Together, 10 men mounted the stage in a night of surging, soaring intensity. The River in Reverse, their recent CD, was only the starting point: the scope and substance of the night stretched back to old-time New Orleans and up into huge swaths of Costello's own, multifaceted songbook. | Together, 10 men mounted the stage in a night of surging, soaring intensity. ''The River in Reverse'', their recent CD, was only the starting point: the scope and substance of the night stretched back to old-time New Orleans and up into huge swaths of Costello's own, multifaceted songbook. | ||
Indeed, the sometime British Columbian walked out with his three-piece | Indeed, the sometime British Columbian walked out with his three-piece — organist [[Steve Nieve]], bassist [[Davey Faragher]], drummer [[Pete Thomas|Peter Thomas]] — and tore into "[[(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding?|(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding]]": a fabulous, muddy mix that turned far more precise as the horns arrived and the night progressed. | ||
"Congratulations, dad!" someone yelled out. "A new baby!" shouted another, noting the news that his wife, | "Congratulations, dad!" someone yelled out. "A new baby!" shouted another, noting the news that his wife, Diana Krall, is expecting a child in December. | ||
Costello hesitated, then looked at his watch. | Costello hesitated, then looked at his watch. | ||
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"Does this make me Canadian, then?" he said to wild applause. | "Does this make me Canadian, then?" he said to wild applause. | ||
Costello was certainly centre stage all night, retelling the story of the project, and the first time he and Toussaint played together again, just after Hurricane Katrina, at a Lincoln Center benefit, before going into a duet on [[Freedom For The Stallion|Freedom for the Stallion]]. | Costello was certainly centre stage all night, retelling the story of the project, and the first time he and Toussaint played together again, just after Hurricane Katrina, at a Lincoln Center benefit, before going into a duet on "[[Freedom For The Stallion|Freedom for the Stallion]]." | ||
There was so much to watch, and listen to. Costello's own inspired, chainsaw rhythm guitar playing, trombonist [[Sam Williams]]'s towering solo turns, and his moonwalk. | There was so much to watch, and listen to. Costello's own inspired, chainsaw rhythm guitar playing, trombonist [[Sam Williams]]'s towering solo turns, and his moonwalk. | ||
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"How come you sing all the vocals on this record, you big-headed swine," Costello recalled someone asking him, before explaining that Toussaint was just too "self-effacing." | "How come you sing all the vocals on this record, you big-headed swine," Costello recalled someone asking him, before explaining that Toussaint was just too "self-effacing." | ||
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''This late review went to press before the end of Monday's concert. | |||
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[[Greg Buium]] reviews | [[Greg Buium]] reviews Elvis Costello & [[The Imposters]] with [[Allen Toussaint]] and [[The Crescent City Horns]], Monday, | ||
[[Concert 2006-06-26 Vancouver|June 26, 2006]], Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, Canada. | |||
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