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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 | 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 Crescent City Horns, plus his guitarist [[Anthony Brown]]. | 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]]. | ||
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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. | ''This late review went to press before the end of Monday's concert. | ||
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[[Greg Buium]] reviews Elvis Costello | [[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. | [[Concert 2006-06-26 Vancouver|June 26, 2006]], Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, Canada. | ||
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