A Marvelous Night

A MARVELOUS NIGHT

YOU WILL BE HEALED

THE MUSIC OF VAN MORRISON

Each year, ’neath the cover of October skies, capacity crowds enjoy a transcendental evening of genre-defying music performed by a stellar ensemble of musical nobility. Mesmerized not just by “the hits,” but an eclectic selection of Van Morrison’s mystical compositions, the audience is taken on a deep journey through one of popular music’s most extraordinary songbooks.

A Marvelous Night ….. You will be healed!

GYPSY SOULS

Well known for hiring only the top studio musicians, Morrison called on John Tropea when recording Astral Weeks, Veedon Fleece, and St. Dominic’s Preview. The highly regarded guitarist has recorded with hundreds of artists, including Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, Laura Nyro, James Brown, Bonnie Raitt, Lyle Lovett, Chuck Mangione, Barbra Streisand, Frankie Valli, Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin, Harry Chapin, Deodato, Bo Diddley, Miles Davis, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and Yoko Ono.

The legendary guitarist joins Pat Guadagno and Blues Brother Rob Paparozzi (Blood, Sweat & Tears), Dove Award winner Steve Delopoulos (Burlap to Cashmere), Pam McCoy, musical cosmopolite Michael Ghegan (Michael Jackson, Cirque du Soleil, Supertramp), John Korba (Hall & Oates, Phoebe Snow, Rosanne Cash), Tom LaBella, Joe Bellia & Jillian Reyes McCoy (John Bon Jovi), and Max Morden’s Maximum Horns.

Special guest have included Astral Weeks session musician Warren Smith, Irish Tenors Steve Reily and Tommy ‘Pipes’ McDonnell, Bernard Pretty Purdie, Yankee Stadium Organist Ed Alstrom and crowd favorite Remember Jones

MEMORABLE SHOWS

Pollak Theater 2012- The First Show at Monmouth University
Count Basie Theater – w/ Special Guest Bernard Purdie
50^th Anniversary of Astral Weeks – w/ Warren Smith
Count Basie Theater – w/ Special Guest Steve Rielly
The Vogel – w/ Special Guest John Tropea
The Vogel – w/ Special Guest Remember Jones