Versatile is the 38th studio album by Van Morrison, released on 1 December 2017 by Caroline.
[1] His second release of the year, it entered the Top 40 in six countries, including the UK.
The album consists of some originals, both new and older, mixed with jazz standards.
The first track, "Broken Record", is an original composition whose opening riff traces back to "Heathrow Shuffle", an instrumental Morrison played from around 1974 in concerts, and is included on the Live at Montreux 1980/1974 DVD.
Another original, "Affirmation", was based on a previously-released "Sax Instrumental No.