Ajar by CHUTNEY
In January 2020, a bunch of mates gathered around a piano to jam out some klezmer tunes and munch on apple slices dipped in a jar of chutney. Four years and over a hundred gigs later, we have Ajar of Chutney.
Chutney is a rich composite of disparate ingredients, bound in harmony by the warm, sugary, schmaltzy embrace of klezmer - the folk music of Jewish Eastern Europe. Ajar is a degustation of folk, funk, reggae, disco, Latin, jazz, swing, Dixieland, pop, classical, musical theatre, circus and film. It is a whirlwind world music tour through Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Italy, Austria, Germany, Israel, Egypt, Latin America and the USA - all refracted through the dual lenses of our cultural identity: contemporary Australia and timeless Jewishness.
Ajar is a spicy mix of instrumental and vocal, old and new, fresh arrangements and juicy originals. These thirteen tracks represent a coming of age for Chutney: it is the band’s bar mitzvah - welcome to the party!
Tracklist
| 1. | Odessa Bulgarish | 4:17 |
| 2. | Leo's Cry | 5:03 |
| 3. | Der Heyser Bulgar | 6:29 |
| 4. | Kama At Yafa | כמה את יפה | 6:30 |
| 5. | Sher | 3:44 |
| 6. | Rivers of Gold | 5:29 |
| 7. | Sir Bunky | 6:33 |
| 8. | Godfather Caravan | 5:22 |
| 9. | Niggun Meron | 4:52 |
| 10. | Cantina | 2:48 |
| 11. | Toxic Moonlight | 4:25 |
| 12. | Zoom Bulgar | 3:08 |
| 13. | To Life | 6:15 |
Credits
Produced, recorded, edited and mixed by Daniel Natoli at A Sharp Studio, Riverwood
Mastered by Darren Ziesing at Millennium Mastering
License
All rights reserved.Tags
CHUTNEY is a klezmer band with a twist. Drawing on their Eastern European & Middle Eastern Jewish heritage, they present a hot, spicy and energetic mix of originals and arrangements of traditional dance tunes.
With violin, clarinet, keyboard, bass, percussion and drums, the musicians’ chemistry is electric as they traverse genres from folk to pop, jazz to tango, classical to funk, east to west.