Declan Patrick MacManus OBE,known professionally as Elvis Costello,is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He has won multiple awards in his career,including a Grammy Award in 2020,and has twice been nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Male Artist. In 2003,he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2004,Rolling Stone ranked Costello number 80 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Burt Freeman Bacharach is an American composer,songwriter,record producer and pianist who composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s,many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. A six-time Grammy Award winner and three-time Academy Award winner,Bacharach's songs have been recorded by more than 1,000 different artists. As of 2014,he had written 73 US and 52 UK Top 40 hits. He is considered one of the most important composers of 20th-century popular music.
William Richard Frisell is an American jazz guitarist,composer and arranger. Frisell first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s,as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts,notably as a participant in the Downtown Scene in New York City where he formed a long working relationship with composer and saxophonist John Zorn. He was also a longtime member of veteran drummer Paul Motian's groups from the early 1980s until 2011. Since the late 1990s,Frisell's output as a bandleader has also integrated prominent elements of folk,country,rock ‘n’roll and Americana. He has six Grammy nominations,and one win.
Donald Byron is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. He primarily plays clarinet but has also played bass clarinet and saxophone in a variety of genres that includes free jazz and klezmer.
Mighty Like a Rose is the 13th studio album by the British rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello,released in 1991 on compact disc as Warner Brothers 26575. The title is presumably a reference to the pop standard "Mighty Lak' a Rose",and although that song does not appear on the album,the words of its first stanza are quoted in the booklet of the 2002 reissue. It peaked at No. 5 on the UK Albums Chart,and at No. 55 on the Billboard 200.
Painted from Memory is a collaboration between Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach. It was released 29 September 1998 on Mercury Records,a division of Universal Music Group.
The Very Best of Elvis Costello is a compilation album on two compact discs by Elvis Costello,sampling his recorded work from the years 1977 through 1998. First issued on Polygram Records on 21 September 1999,it was re-released less than two years later on Rhino Records as the first entry in their comprehensive Costello reissue series. A one-disc version was also released.
Deep Dead Blue is a live album by Elvis Costello with Bill Frisell recorded at the Meltdown Festival in 1995.
The Juliet Letters is a studio album by the British rock singer and songwriter Elvis Costello. It was released on compact disc as Warner Brothers 45180. The instrumental backing is provided by the Brodsky Quartet. Costello described the album as "a song sequence for string quartet and voice and it has a title. It's a little bit different. It's not a rock opera. It's a new thing." It peaked at No. 18 on the UK Albums Chart,and at No. 125 on the Billboard 200.
Costello &Nieve is a limited edition five-disc 1996 live album by Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve recorded in Los Angeles,San Francisco,Chicago,Boston and New York City,which was released in the US only.
For the Stars is a 2001 album by classically trained Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and Elvis Costello.
Out of Our Idiot is a 1987 compilation album of rare and previously unreleased recordings dating back to 1979 by Elvis Costello,which was released in the UK on Demon Records. It was only available as an import in the USA and other markets. The album was credited to "Various Artists" rather than to Costello because the tracks were recorded and credited under a variety of names,including The Costello Show,Elvis Costello and the Attractions,Elvis Costello and the Confederates,The Coward Brothers,Napoleon Dynamite,The Emotional Toothpaste and The MacManus Gang. The songs featured a variety of collaborators,including Jimmy Cliff,Nick Lowe and T-Bone Burnett.
Lee Townsend is an American independent music producer,curator,artist manager and co-owner of Songtone,specializing in recordings of singer-songwriters,contemporary composers,improvising musicians,and cross-cultural musical collaborations. He is also a psychotherapist in private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area.
"Watching the Detectives" is a 1977 single by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello. Inspired by the Clash and Bernard Herrmann,the song features a reggae beat and cynical lyrics.
Live Stiffs Live is a live album released in 1978 by Stiff Records. It compiles concert performances by several of the record label's artists recorded during the "Live Stiffs Tour",which ran from 3 October to 5 November 1977.
At This Time is an album by American pianist,composer and music producer Burt Bacharach,released in 2005 through Columbia Records. Guests include Elvis Costello and Rufus Wainwright. In 2006,it won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album.
Beautiful Dreamer:Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile is a 2004 documentary film directed by David Leaf about Brian Wilson,the Beach Boys' unfinished Smile album,and the making of Brian Wilson Presents Smile.
Look Now is the 30th studio album by singer-songwriter Elvis Costello and his band The Imposters.
The Beach Boys with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is a 2018 album of remixed Beach Boys recordings with new orchestral arrangements performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. It was produced by Nick Patrick and Don Reedman,who conducted similar projects for Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley.
Hey Clockface is the 31st studio album by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello,released on 30 October 2020 by Concord Records.
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