Van Morrison - Versatile

Versatile is the thirty-eighth studio album by Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in December 2017 via Exile and Caroline International.

Versatile is the second studio album to be released in 2017 by Van Morrison, and follows the blues and soul influenced Roll With The Punches, released in September 2017.

Across the sixteen tracks on Versatile, Van Morrison interprets some of the very building blocks of modern music, in his own 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  As well as songs originally made famous by the likes of Chet Baker, Frank Sinatra, the Righteous Brothers, Tony Bennett and Nat King Cole, Versatile features six stunning new Van Morrison compositions, including “Broken Record”, a timeless piece of late-night swing. Morrison also provides his own unique interpretation of the traditional song “Skye Boat Song”.

Morrison says of Versatile in a press release: “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!".

Van Morrison produced the album and plays piano and sax across the record.

Check out the tracks:   “Broken Record”; “A Foggy Day”; “Skye Boat Song”; “I Get A Kick Out of You”; “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” and “Album Trailer”.

This double album 2LP record set is on black vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve with digital download code, pressed in Europe.