Solomon Burke's performance at the Sarasota Blues Festival in 2003 ranks as one of the best rhythm-and-blues shows this area has witnessed in years. This DVD was shot only a week later, when the "king of rock 'n' soul" played the Swiss Lifestyle Music Festival. Hot off his Grammy-winning comeback album Don't Give Up on Me, Burke leads a large, taut band through a seamless, never-lagging blend of new songs and classics like Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come." 4 stars
The King Live at AVO Session Basel
Solomon Burke
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