ARTIST: Elvis Costello
TITLE: My Flame Burns Blue
LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
GENRE: Jazz
BITRATE: 206kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 1h 10min total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-02-28
RIP DATE: 2005-12-14

Track List

01. Hora Decubitis                  5:46
02. Favourite Hour                  3:58
03. That's How You Got Killed       4:14
Before
04. Upon A Veil Of Midnight Blue    5:11
05. Clubland                        4:51
06. Almost Blue                     5:51
07. Speak Darkly, My Angel          3:58
08. Almost Ideal Eyes               4:16
09. Can You Be True?                3:56
10. Put Away Forbidden Playthings   4:22
11. Episode Of Blonde               6:09
12. My Flame Burns Blue (Blood      5:13
Count)
13. Watching The Detectives         5:23
14. God Give Me Strength            6:55

Release Notes:

Elvis Costello will release a live album, recorded at The Hague as part of
the North Sea Jazz Fest, on Feb. 28, 2006. My Flame Burns Blue will be
released on Deutsche Grammophon and features Costello in concert with
Metropole Orkest, a 52-piece jazz orchestra from the Netherlands. My Flame
Burns Blue will also feature a bonus disc of a 45-minute suite from Il
Sogno, Costello’s 2004 full-length orchestral work.

The album features reworked Costello classics, such as "Almost Blue,"
"Clubland" and "Watching the Detectives," alongside never-before released
compositions and creative collaborations.

Opening track "Hora Decubitus," completed in the aftermath of September
11, is the result of an invitation by Charles Mingus’ widow, Sue, to
contribute lyrics to the legendary bassist and composer’s works. The
title track also features Costello adding words to music, this time to
Billy Strayhorn’s final composition, "Blood Count."

Other tracks that have never been released include "Speak Darkly, My
Angel," "Can You Be True?" and "Upon a Veil of Midnight Blue," a tune
originally written for and recorded by bluesman Charles Brown as "I
Wonder How She Knows."

The accompanying bonus disc is Costello’s 2004 release, Il Sogno,
originally commissioned by the Italian Dance Company Aterbaletto for
their adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In support
of the album, Costello and longtime Attractions pianist Steve Nieve will
begin a worldwide tour of symphony halls, performing with local
orchestras, in January 2006. The concerts will consist of a suite from
Il Sogno, followed by songs arranged for voice, piano and orchestra by
Costello and Nieve, along with Sy Johnson, Bill Frisell and Vince
Mendoza.