In the autumn of his career, Van Morrison is feeling good about himself. Just like this Irishman looks back with pleasure at the music of his youth and his own oeuvre. Since (2017) he has blues and jazz again and You're Driving Me Crazy is the third record in more than half a year on which he shows pure nostalgia. With trumpeter and hammond organist Joey DeFrancesco as an ally, this swings like
… hell. Morrison's voice has lost none of its power as he smoothly swipes, swings and scats through cocktail-jazz versions of his own The Way Young Lovers Do or 's standard Miss Otis Regrets.. On the cover we see Morrison, who is known as a professional grumpy, joking as bad boys and laughing with Defrancesco. It is precisely that fun that the music radiates. (MR)more