08-June-2015
Stadthalle Wien
Vienna, Austria
The great Celtic, Blue-eyed- and "just" soul singer Van Morrison has performed in Vienna.
Since now already again some time it makes the Master's disciples not easy. After all, Van Morrison goes according to its own definition since the late 70's no longer on the road, just to give more loosely concerts instead. The man can afford it themselves and the Entourage long regeneration phases concede at the hotel. As a part-time tourist cities on scavenger hunt is likely the old curmudgeon abroad not be more striking.
Sometimes you have to follow even the greatest white soul voice of all time at jazz festivals, so as not to see there between 12-bar blues and Hotelbarjazz necessarily motivated performances. For a rare Vienna audience in turn working people may heckle the Stadthalle, thanks to a time scheduled at 19 clock concert start on Monday, where the 69-year-old service, although with a three quarter of an hour late, yet still competes in the pre-primetime. With "Celtic Swing", Van Morrison conditioned on the saxophone and his band on solid red Jazz, the Hotelbarbefürchtungen prove to be justified here. Everyone gets his solo, there are friendly applause.
A phase of stage fright has indeed long since overcome Van Morrison. Solidifying 3500 Before today either before or Ehrfrucht you know-it-not-even-in seat concert anyway until almost the end of the chairs remaining lovers and connoisseurs seems the master still have longing for the hotel. So hastily strung song to song and musician is summoned to the organ, the counterparty to the electric bass to musicians from the piano, giving the impression that the evening could be rather short as entertaining. Especially here ostentatious, commonly referred to as "art pure enjoyment" reception are Vollblutmusikertum kess between syncopations, triplets, trills and the next Bass Solo defiance must be remembered that Van Morrison always have sufficient two or three vocal sounds to the spectrum of human emotions by measure - and to force us to our knees.
And indeed, the voice does not stop even today just yet. In the Stadthalle unusually clear sound and fair shines Van Morrison, despite stage heat with sunglasses and hat buttoned in the tailored suit, with all moods, as well as in moments of extreme musical routine as a man with feeling. In "Days Like This" as later gods song from 1995 while also no particular emphasis is needed to make the audience cheer. With tape and a major improvement in pretty gospel male-female vocal dialogues background singer away from a not already anticipated best-of-concert the work between klaviergetragenem songwriter, trained jazz and gently groovy R & B to many a classic pass is good at least in its stylistic range staked. Where the tender is not out of the background john lee hookern the guitars with the mud from the Mississippi Delta, but also cheap rate in Konzerthaus etiquette considered gereichten Blues.
Towards gospel mass
Interesting addition to the baton Van Morrison, with his back to the agents enforced meaningful over the right fist, and that the polarity always on spirituality Northern Irishman should feel comfortable especially in generous spiritual part of the daily changing set list. After the concert with "Whenever God Shines His Light" device at the end to intimately ecstatic gospel mass.
When the at least once garagenrockistischen Them classic "Gloria" also plays in the band Rage, the master is himself but already disappeared behind the stage, never to return with exactly no addition also. 90 minutes have been defeated, the Enlightenment coincides with the hall light to the ground.
-Andreas Rauschal
Setlist (Thanks Martin)
Celtic Swing
Close Enough For Jazz
By His Grace
Carrying a torch
Baby Please Don't Go/ Parchman Farm/ Don't Start Cryin' Now
Moondance
Days Like This
precious time
Here Comes The Night
Magic Time
Enligthenment
Retreat and View
Open The Door (To Your Heart)
Tore Down A La Rimbaud
Wild Night
Brown Eyed Girl
Did Ya Get Healed
In The Afternoon/ Ancient Highway/ Raincheck/ Burn Baby Burn
Whenever God Shines His Light
Help Me
Gloria
Big Hand for The Band!
Dave Keary (Guitar)
Paul Moore (Bass)
Paul Moran (Keyboards)
Bobby Ruggiero (Drums)
Dana Masters (Vocals)
