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March 01, 2006
New Album Releases, Week of 2-28-2006 Woo, doggies, we've got us a new Elvis Costello album this week! My Flame Burns Blue is an unusual type of live album, recorded with Metropole Orkest, a 52-piece jazz orchestra from the Netherlands. Besides re-arrangements of some Elvis classics, this includes some Elvis compositions that have never been on an Elvis album, including "Speak Darkly, My Angel" and "Upon a Veil of Midnight Blue," which was written originally for Charles Brown. The opening track is "Hora Decubitus," which was a Charles Mingus composition for which Elvis has written lyrics at the invitation of his widow. On top of which, there's a 45 minute bonus disc of music from his ballet Il Sogno.
I haven't had the opportunity yet to get this new Elvis, but jazz singer and MoreThings correspondent Valerie Tachecek tells us
Not only is it an incredible Elvis album, but it's a knock-out Jazz album!
When you get it check out the title track, aka Blood Count, by Billy Strayhorn. The leaps in this song are effortless to him, and only the great Mark Murphy has ever tackled this song before vocally as far as I know.
Waylon Jenning's widow Jessi Colter was the only recognized female member of the classic country outlaw movement. Producer Don Was has brought her out for what is billed as her first album in 20 years, and it seems to be getting good notice.
Bruce Springsteen has released a two CD set Hammersmith Odeon, Live '75, which was the first show of his Born to Run tour.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases, courtesy AMG:
Jessi Colter Out of the Ashes Shout! Factory Outlaw Country, Neo-Traditionalist Country, Progressive Country
Hawthorne Heights If Only You Were Lonely Victory Emo, Punk-Pop
Ne-Yo In My Own Words Def Jam Contemporary R&B, Urban
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Hammersmith Odeon, Live '75 Sony Album Rock, Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll
Hank Williams III Straight to Hell Bruc Americana, New Traditionalist, Contemporary Country
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus Copland: Motets; Durufle: Gregorian Motets; Tavener: Song for Athene; Etc. [Hybrid SACD] Telarc Modern Choral Music
Bayside Acoustic [CD & DVD] Victory Alternative Pop/Rock, Punk Revival, Emo, Punk-Pop
Andrea Bocelli Amore Decca Vocal Pop, Classical Crossover, Adult Contemporary
Shannon Brown Corn Fed Warner Bros. Nashville Contemporary Country
Cassatt Quartet Sebastian Currier: Quartetset; Quiet Time New World Contemporary Chamber Music
Cyrus Chestnut Genuine Chestnut Telarc Post-Bop
Elvis Costello/The Metropole Orkest My Flame Burns Blue Deutsche Grammophon Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Jazz-Rock
Don Ellis Pieces of Eight Wounded Bird Experimental Big Band, Progressive Big Band
Ella Fitzgerald Things Ain't What They Used to Be Collectables Vocal Jazz, Traditional Pop, Standards, Swing, Ballads, Bop, Classic Female Blues
Herbie Hancock The Essential Herbie Hancock Columbia/Legacy Crossover Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Fusion, Soul-Jazz, Funk
Shirley Horn Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Radio Broadcast Concord Vocal Jazz, Standards, Mainstream Jazz
Alan Jackson Precious Memories Arista Country Gospel, New Traditionalist, Contemporary Country
Kid Rock & the Twisted Brown Trucker Band Live Trucker Atlantic Rap-Rock, Hard Rock
Lynyrd Skynyrd Gimme Back My Bullets [CD/DVD] Geffen Southern Rock, Album Rock, Boogie Rock, Arena Rock, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock, Rock & Roll
The Marshall Tucker Band Where a Country Boy Belongs Shout! Factory/Ramblin' Boogie Rock, Southern Rock, Country-Rock
Rhett Miller The Believer Verve Forecast Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Country-Rock
Alecia Nugent A Little Girl...A Big Four-Lane Rounder Contemporary Bluegrass
Rolf Riehm Rolf Riehm: MacHandelboom [Hybrid SACD] Cybele Contemporary Radio Play
Philip Swanson Lengthening Shadows: Songs for Solo Piano MSR Classics Contemporary Piano Music
Original Soundtrack Rocky IV [Bonus Track] Volcano Soundtracks, Pop/Rock, Hard Rock
Bobby Osborne/The Rocky Top X-Press Try a Little Kindness Rounder Traditional Bluegrass
Lee "Scratch" Perry Dubstrumentals Trojan Dub, Roots Reggae, Rocksteady
Elvis PresleyElvis Country [RCA] RCA/Sony BMG Strategic Market Country-Pop, Pop
Elvis Presley Elvis Inspirational RCA/Sony BMG Strategic Market Pop, Southern Gospel
?uestlove Babies Makin' Babies 2: Misery Strikes Back ...... No More Babies BBE Soul, Quiet Storm, Smooth Soul
The Rum Diary We're Afraid of Heights Tonight Devil in the Woods Space Rock, Post-Rock/Experimental, Indie Rock
Say Anything ...Is a Real Boy [Bonus Disc] J Records/Doghouse Punk-Pop, Punk Revival, Emo
Smoking Popes At Metro Victory Punk-Pop
Spyro Gyra Wrapped in a Dream Heads Up International Smooth Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Jazz-Pop, Fusion, Instrumental Pop
Ray Stevens Box Set Curb Country Comedy, Country-Pop, Novelty, AM Pop, Traditional Country
Various Artists Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891-1922 Archeophone Minstrel, Vaudeville, Americana, Classic Jazz, Black Gospel, Classical, Ragtime
Various Artists Michael Sahl: In Fashion at Last Albany Contemporary Jazz-Infused Chamber Music
Johnny Winter An Introduction to Johnny Winter Varese Sarabande Modern Electric Texas Blues, Blues-Rock, Modern Electric Blues, Album Rock, Hard Rock, Boogie Rock, Arena Rock
Xciter Xciter Wounded Bird Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
ZZ Top Fandango [Bonus Tracks] Warner Bros. Album Rock, Boogie Rock, Arena Rock, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock, Rock & Roll, Southern Rock
ZZ Top Tres Hombres [Bonus Tracks] Warner Bros. Album Rock, Boogie Rock, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock, Southern Rock
