From Elvis Costello’s liner notes for My Flame Turns Blue_liner_notes):
This record may explain what I’ve been doing during the last twelve years when I haven’t had an electric guitar in my hands… In that time, I’ve had the opportunity to work with a number of contrasting ensembles, from chamber group and jazz big band to symphony orchestra. Consequently, I had plenty of charts to consider for my concerts with the Metropole Orkest in the summer of 2004. The Metropole are the world’s only full-time jazz orchestra with a string section. This recording captures a very joyful evening at the North Sea Jazz Festival and collects together songs and arrangements that have been developed over the last decade.