Morrison Van | New Arrangements And Duets | CD

Van Morrison is a Northern Irish singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, born in Belfast on 31 August 1945. He has been a professional musician since the late 1950s and plays guitar, harmonica, keyboards, drums and saxophone, among other instruments. He began as lead singer of the Northern Irish band Them, which had a 1964 hit with 'Gloria', a song he wrote, before leaving for a solo career. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

New Arrangements And Duets is a 1 CD album by Van Morrison, released on 27 September 2024 by Virgin Music Group. It includes big band tracks recorded in 2014, with new band arrangements by Christopher White and Paul Moran, and duets with Curtis Stigers, Joss Stone, Kurt Elling and Willie Nelson. The duets with Curtis Stigers and Joss Stone were recorded in 2018, and those with Willie Nelson and Kurt Elling in 2018 and 2019.

Track List

1. Ain't Gonna Moan No More (Duet With Kurt Elling)
2. Broken Record (Duet With Kurt Elling)
3. Avalon of the Heart
4. Close Enough for Jazz (Duet With Curtis Stigers)
5. I'll Be Your Lover Too
6. Only a Dream
7. So Quiet in Here
8. Someone Like You (Duet With Joss Stone)
9. The Beauty of the Days Gone By
10. The Master's Eyes
11. So Complicated
12. Choppin' Wood
13. You Gotta Make It Through the World
14. What's Wrong With This Picture (Duet With Willie Nelson)
15. Steal My Heart Away (Duet With Willie Nelson)