Product Overview
Versatile is positive proof that Van Morrison is built differently to other artists. One of very few British recording artists to warrant the description 'living legend', Van is currently working at a rate to put musicians a third of his age to shame; an ethic that harks back to his early days as a recording artist who'd easily release multiple brilliant long players within the space of a year. Across Versatile'ssixteen tracks, Van Morrison interprets some of the very building blocks of modern music in his own utterly unique style. As well as songs originally made famous by the likes of Chet Baker, Frank Sinatra, the Righteous Brothers, Tony Bennett and Nat King Cole, Versatile features six stunning new Van compositions, including Broken Record a timeless piece of late-night swing. Van says of Versatile: "Recording songs like these -especially the standards -gave me the chance to stretch out vocally and get back to the music that originally inspired me to sing -jazz!" TRACKLISTINGS: 1. 'Broken Record' (Van Morrison) 2. 'A Foggy Day' (George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin) 3. 'Let's Get Lost' (Frank Loesser and Jimmy McHugh) 4. 'Bye ByeBlackbird' (Ray Henderson and Mort Dixon) 5. 'Skye Boat Song' (Traditional. Arranged by Van Morrison) 6. 'Take It Easy Baby' (Van Morrison) 7. 'Makin' Whoopee' (Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn) 8. I Get a Kick Out of You (Cole Porter) 9. 'I Forgot That Love Existed' (Van Morrison) 10. 'Unchained Melody' (Alex North and HyZaret) 11. 'Start All Over Again' (Van Morrison) 12. 'Only A Dream' (Van Morrison) 13. 'Affirmation' featuring Sir James Galway (Van Morrison) 14. 'The Party's Over' (Betty Comden, Adolph Green and JuleStyne) 15. 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco' (George Cory and Douglass Cross) 16. 'They Can't Take That Away from Me' (George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin)
