Monsieur Camembert are an Australian five-piece gypsy jazz fusion band formed in Sydney in 1997. They have won three ARIA Music Awards for Best World Music Album in 2002 for Live on Stage (released in 2001), in 2003 for Absynthe and in 2005 for Monsieur Camembert. The linguistic repertoire of Monsieur Camembert's music includes English, Russian, Hebrew and Yiddish.
History
Monsieur Camembert formed as a five-piece Gypsy fusion band in Sydney, Australia in 1997. Their first album, was the live release The Gypsy Hot Club Presents Monsieur Camembert, which featured Svetlana Bunic on accordion, Julian Curwin on lead guitar, Yaron Hallis on vocals and rhythm guitar, Michael Lira on double bass and Daniel Weltlinger on violin and was recorded at The Gypsy Hot Club. Released in 1999, it is also titled, Live @ The Basement and demonstrated their styles including Gypsy swing, Greek, Hungarian-Russian gypsy, klezmer, tango and original songs.
Their second album was also a live performance, Live on Stage which was released on 11 September 2001. Performing on the album were Mark Atkins on didgeridoo, Eddie Bronson on percussion, Bunic, Curwin, Shenton Gregory on violin, Hallis and Mark Szeto on bass. Note: [on-line] version was expanded from the 2002 edition.
They have won three ARIA Music Awards for Best World Music Album (2002, 2003, 2005). The linguistic repertoire of Monsieur Camembert's music includes English, Russian, Romani, Hebrew and Yiddish.
Band members As of 2009: Yaron Hallis (Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar) Matt Ottignon/Edouard Bronson (Saxes/Clarinet/Flute) Marcello Maio (Accordion/Piano) Julian Curwin (Lead Guitar) Mark Harris (Double Bass/Vocals)
Guest artists including: Shenzo Gregorio (Violin) Vladimir Khusid (Trumpet/Flugelhorn) Anatoli Torjinski (5 String Cello/Balalaika) Daniel Weltlinger (Violin) Svetlana Bunic (Accordion) Jim Pennell (Lead Guitar) Stuart Vandegraaf (Saxes/Clarinet/Flute)
Discography Albums + List of albums Title Album details Live @ The Basement Released: August 1999 Label: Monsieur Camembert (CAM001) Formats: CD Live on Stage Released: September 2001 Label: Monsieur Camembert (CAM002) Formats: CD Absynthe Released: 2003 Label: Monsieur Camembert (CAM003) Formats: CD Monsieur Camembert Released: March 2005 Label: Monsieur Camembert (CAM 004) Formats: 2×CD, digital Famous Blue Cheese - the Leonard Cohen Show Released: June 2007 Label: Monsieur Camembert (CAM 005) Formats: 2×CD, digital
Awards and nominations ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.
! |- | 2002 | Live on Stage | Best World Music Album | |rowspan="3"| ARIA Award previous winners. |- | 2003 | Absynthe | Best World Music Album
| 2005 | Monsieur Camembert | Best World Music Album
| 2007 | Famous Blue Cheese | Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album | | ARIA Award previous winners.
References
External links Official website