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Van Morrison never had to choose between rock, blues, rythm ‘n’ blues, soul and jazz, since he created his own style, the Van Morrison style; that is to say a subtle blend of rock, blues, soul and jazz… Sometimes, however, the septuagenarian bard from Belfast insists a bit more on one of those genres. Like here with Versatile, where the mood is definitely jazzy. Only three months after having released Roll With The Punches, in which he covered soul and blues wonders penned by Sam Cooke, Bo Diddley or Little Walter, this time round he revisits classics that have become legends of the blue note. In this return to the basics, Van The Man sings the Gershwin brothers (A Foggy Day and They Can't Take That Away From Me), Cole Porter (I Get A Kick Out Of You) and some essentials like Let's Get Lost (popularized by Chet Baker), Bye Bye Blackbird, Makin' Whoopee, The Party's Over, Unchained Melody (magnified in the last century by the Righteous Brothers) and I Left My Heart In San Francisco which was one of Tony Bennett’s greatest hits. It’s a 38th studio album that the master of the blue-eyed soul tackles with some serenity. His crooner voice is no longer his same voice from his 20s or 30s, but he manages to make each and every one of his sentences endearing, poignant even. There’s nothing revolutionary here which could compete with his masterpieces Astral Weeks, Moondance or Veedon Fleece, but a great feeling of serenity anyway. That’s not so bad in a way… © MD/Qobuz
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Paul Moran, Keyboards - VAN MORRISON, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Paul Moore, Bass - Enda Walsh, Engineer - Christopher White, Tenor Saxophone - Dave Keary, Electric Guitar - Jeff Lardner, Drums - Alastair White, Trombone
(P) 2017 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Paul Moran, Keyboards - VAN MORRISON, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - George Gershwin, Composer, Lyricist - Ira Gershwin, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Moore, Bass - Enda Walsh, Engineer - Christopher White, Tenor Saxophone - Dave Keary, Electric Guitar - Jeff Lardner, Drums - Alastair White, Trombone
(P) 2017 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Paul Moran, Keyboards - VAN MORRISON, Producer, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - FRANK LOESSER, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmy McHugh, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Moore, Bass - Enda Walsh, Engineer - Christopher White, Tenor Saxophone - Dave Keary, Electric Guitar - Jeff Lardner, Drums - Alastair White, Trombone
(P) 2017 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Paul Moran, Keyboards - VAN MORRISON, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Mort Dixon, Composer, Lyricist - Ray Henderson, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Moore, Bass - Enda Walsh, Engineer - Christopher White, Flute, Tenor Saxophone - Dave Keary, Electric Guitar - Jeff Lardner, Drums - Alastair White, Trombone - Robbie Ruggiero, Percussion
(P) 2017 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Paul Moran, Keyboards - VAN MORRISON, Producer, Arranger, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Traditional, Composer - Paul Moore, Bass - Enda Walsh, Engineer - Christopher White, Flute, Tenor Saxophone - Dave Keary, Electric Guitar - Jeff Lardner, Drums - Alastair White, Trombone
(P) 2017 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Paul Moran, Keyboards - VAN MORRISON, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Paul Moore, Bass - Enda Walsh, Engineer - Christopher White, Tenor Saxophone - Dave Keary, Electric Guitar - Jeff Lardner, Drums - Alastair White, Trombone
(P) 2017 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Paul Moran, Keyboards - VAN MORRISON, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Walter Donaldson, Composer, Lyricist - Gus Kahn, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Moore, Bass - Enda Walsh, Engineer - Christopher White, Tenor Saxophone - Dave Keary, Electric Guitar - Jeff Lardner, Drums
(P) 2017 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Paul Moran, Keyboards - VAN MORRISON, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Cole Porter, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Moore, Bass - Enda Walsh, Engineer - Christopher White, Tenor Saxophone - Dave Keary, Electric Guitar - Jeff Lardner, Drums - Alastair White, Trombone
(P) 2017 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Paul Moran, Keyboards - VAN MORRISON, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Paul Moore, Bass - Enda Walsh, Engineer - Christopher White, Tenor Saxophone - Dave Keary, Electric Guitar - Jeff Lardner, Drums - Alastair White, Trombone - Robbie Ruggiero, Percussion
(P) 2017 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Paul Moran, Keyboards - VAN MORRISON, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Alex North, Composer, Lyricist - HY ZARET, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Moore, Bass - Enda Walsh, Engineer - Christopher White, Tenor Saxophone - Jeff Lardner, Drums - Alastair White, Trombone
(P) 2017 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Paul Moran, Keyboards - VAN MORRISON, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Paul Moore, Bass - Enda Walsh, Engineer - Christopher White, Tenor Saxophone - Dave Keary, Electric Guitar - Jeff Lardner, Drums - Alastair White, Trombone
(P) 2017 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Paul Moran, Keyboards - VAN MORRISON, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Paul Moore, Bass - Enda Walsh, Engineer - Christopher White, Tenor Saxophone - Dave Keary, Electric Guitar - Jeff Lardner, Drums - Alastair White, Trombone - Robbie Ruggiero, Percussion
(P) 2017 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Paul Moran, Keyboards - VAN MORRISON, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - James Galway, Flute - Paul Moore, Bass - Enda Walsh, Engineer - Dave Keary, Electric Guitar - Mez Clough, Drums
(P) 2017 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Paul Moran, Keyboards, Trumpet - VAN MORRISON, Producer, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Jule Styne, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Moore, Bass - Adolph Green, Composer, Lyricist - Betty Comden, Composer, Lyricist - Enda Walsh, Engineer - Dave Keary, Electric Guitar - Mez Clough, Drums
(P) 2017 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Douglass Cross, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Moran, Keyboards - VAN MORRISON, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - George Cory, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Moore, Bass - Enda Walsh, Engineer - Christopher White, Tenor Saxophone - Dave Keary, Electric Guitar - Jeff Lardner, Drums
(P) 2017 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Paul Moran, Keyboards - VAN MORRISON, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - George Gershwin, Composer, Lyricist - Ira Gershwin, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Moore, Bass - Jay Berliner, Acoustic Guitar - Enda Walsh, Engineer - Christopher White, Tenor Saxophone - Dave Keary, Electric Guitar - Jeff Lardner, Drums - Alastair White, Trombone
(P) 2017 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Van Morrison never had to choose between rock, blues, rythm ‘n’ blues, soul and jazz, since he created his own style, the Van Morrison style; that is to say a subtle blend of rock, blues, soul and jazz… Sometimes, however, the septuagenarian bard from Belfast insists a bit more on one of those genres. Like here with Versatile, where the mood is definitely jazzy. Only three months after having released Roll With The Punches, in which he covered soul and blues wonders penned by Sam Cooke, Bo Diddley or Little Walter, this time round he revisits classics that have become legends of the blue note. In this return to the basics, Van The Man sings the Gershwin brothers (A Foggy Day and They Can't Take That Away From Me), Cole Porter (I Get A Kick Out Of You) and some essentials like Let's Get Lost (popularized by Chet Baker), Bye Bye Blackbird, Makin' Whoopee, The Party's Over, Unchained Melody (magnified in the last century by the Righteous Brothers) and I Left My Heart In San Francisco which was one of Tony Bennett’s greatest hits. It’s a 38th studio album that the master of the blue-eyed soul tackles with some serenity. His crooner voice is no longer his same voice from his 20s or 30s, but he manages to make each and every one of his sentences endearing, poignant even. There’s nothing revolutionary here which could compete with his masterpieces Astral Weeks, Moondance or Veedon Fleece, but a great feeling of serenity anyway. That’s not so bad in a way… © MD/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:16
- Main artists: Van Morrison
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Legacy Recordings
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
(P) 2017 Exile Productions, Ltd. under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
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