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Van Morrison Alumni Band
Classic songs performed live by The Van Morrison Alumni Band: a company of musicians hand-picked by Van Morrison himself to accompany him over decades of touring and recording, bringing one of the greatest songbooks in modern music to life - the songs everyone wants to hear, played by those who know them best in an art-deco inspired space with unrivalled acoustics.
Expect to hear the hits and the deep cuts alike: songs like “Brown Eyed Girl”’, “Into The Mystic”, “Moondance”, “Have I Told You Lately”, “Gloria”, “Domino”, “Sweet Thing”, “Crazy Love”, “Jackie Wilson Said”, and many more - all performed live, and woven around the stories behind them: anecdotes from musicians who have lived and breathed the Van Morrison sound both on stage, as well as in the recording studio with Van Morrison.
The group currently features Matt Holland (Trumpet), Steve Pearce (Bass), Alec Dankworth (Bass), Robin Aspland (Piano), Geoff Dunn (Drums), Ralph Salmins (Drums) and curated and led by saxophonist and Musical Director Leo Green, with vocalists including Jessica Greenfield, Hayley Sanderson, Natalie May Paris, and Wayne Hernandez. Collectively they have accompanied Van in concert more than 3,000 times all over the world as well as having amassed more than 600 recording credits alongside him in the studio.
This project is the only endorsed Van Morrison project of its kind in the world - of The Van Morrison Alumni Band, Van himself said: “These songs are meant to be sung and heard, and I am really happy that Leo is carrying the torch.”
Earlier this year, Van performed with the Alumni Band at the Jazz FM Awards, where he received the Lifetime Achievement Award, joining the Alumni musicians on stage for a rendition of “Snatch It Back and Hold It.”
The Van Morrison Alumni Band have also recorded their own debut album, brand-new interpretations of some of Van Morrison's most loved songs.
Expect to hear the hits and the deep cuts alike: songs like “Brown Eyed Girl”’, “Into The Mystic”, “Moondance”, “Have I Told You Lately”, “Gloria”, “Domino”, “Sweet Thing”, “Crazy Love”, “Jackie Wilson Said”, and many more - all performed live, and woven around the stories behind them: anecdotes from musicians who have lived and breathed the Van Morrison sound both on stage, as well as in the recording studio with Van Morrison.
The group currently features Matt Holland (Trumpet), Steve Pearce (Bass), Alec Dankworth (Bass), Robin Aspland (Piano), Geoff Dunn (Drums), Ralph Salmins (Drums) and curated and led by saxophonist and Musical Director Leo Green, with vocalists including Jessica Greenfield, Hayley Sanderson, Natalie May Paris, and Wayne Hernandez. Collectively they have accompanied Van in concert more than 3,000 times all over the world as well as having amassed more than 600 recording credits alongside him in the studio.
This project is the only endorsed Van Morrison project of its kind in the world - of The Van Morrison Alumni Band, Van himself said: “These songs are meant to be sung and heard, and I am really happy that Leo is carrying the torch.”
Earlier this year, Van performed with the Alumni Band at the Jazz FM Awards, where he received the Lifetime Achievement Award, joining the Alumni musicians on stage for a rendition of “Snatch It Back and Hold It.”
The Van Morrison Alumni Band have also recorded their own debut album, brand-new interpretations of some of Van Morrison's most loved songs.
Tue 29 Sep, Tue 6 Oct, Tue 13 Oct
Emerald Theatre, Victoria Embankment, London WC2R 2AB
Tickets from £35.This run continues on Tuesdays Oct 20, 27; Nov 3, 10, 17, 24; Dec 1, 8, 15, 22
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