Van Morrison – Lugano, Switzerland (07/12/02)

Van Morrison
Estival Jazz Lugano
Piazza Della Riforma
Lugano , Switzerland
12. July 2002

1. Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart
2. Did Ye Get Healed
3. Goin` Home
4. Talk Is Cheap
5. Choppin` Wood
6. Early In The Morning
7. Moondance
8. Days Like This
9. Back On Top
10. Precious Time
11. Philosophers Stone
12. All Work And No Play
13. Muleskinner Blues
14. Help Me
15. Bright Side Of The Road
16. Cleaning Windows
17. Have I Told You Lately
18. Stop Drinking
19. Gloria

Van Morrison – Vocals, Harmonica
Richard Dunn – Hammond Organ , Piano
Ned Edwards – Electric & Acoustic Guitar
David Hayes – Electric Bass , Electric Double Bass
Matt Holland – Trumpet , Flugelhorn
Martin Winning – Alto , Baritone & Tenor Saxophone
Bobby Irwin – Drums
Special Guest :
Chris Barber – Trombone

Note :
after “Gloria” there is a micro noise and
Mr. Morrison shout to a Journalist : “OUT !”

6 thoughts on “Van Morrison – Lugano, Switzerland (07/12/02)”

  2. There certainly are some ex qual recordings from this era. looks like you’ve located a couple more for us Mat.
    Just a shame these shows are a tad on the prosaic side. A little lacking in imagery and mysticism for the daydreamers amongst us! It’s mostly a setlist issue, however this obviously reflects Van’s musical aims at the time

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  3. Mat,

    no need to feel guilty about the mp3s. As you know personally I always want the lossless for my archives and for the hifi etc

    However – personal walkmans for FLAC are very limited and (mostly) expensive, car stereos wont play ’em (and in many cases on the road or in town you can’t tell the difference anyway),
    many smartphones and tablets will not play ’em (especially windows devices – apparently the world will be won over by Windows Media Lossless format one day, yeah right!!)
    also, anybody listeming with earbud or budget headphones, or miniature (or wireless) speakers with bass ‘enhancement’ would be better off upgrading them first.

    Just a shame that bandwidth didn’t accelerate at the same rate as music sharing and streaming and that mp3 had such a long run unopposed.

    As for Van, i’ve always believed that he is a decent jazz singer and (at times) a truly excellent soul blues singer. However, as a ‘Cetic Soul’ singer infused with all these elements he is a one-off phenomenon!!

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  4. After listening to this one and the other 2002 show I posted I mostly agree with you Dave. Its not that they are bad, in fact they are really quite good, but they are missing that certain spark you get in the best of Van shows. There are some very nice moments scattered throughout but it never quite goes to that special Van place.

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