Khachapuri

About the show

Vato Klemera is a Birmingham-based musician and composer who blends jazz, folk, and experimental electronics. His project ‘Khachapuri’ is a celebration of Georgian folk and film music, colliding songs from his childhood with raucous improvisation, original compositions, and jazz-as-boundary-pushing.

"Khachapuri" – a Georgian dish of baked bread with cheese inside, a household staple often served at a Supra (party or feast).

Expect classics of the Georgian folk canon to be pulled into new shapes; energetic grooves reeling into hypnotic heights; traditional Polyphonic harmonies nudged into experimental nooks and crannies; storytelling through toasts as an age-old ritual unfolds before your very eyes.

You are cordially invited to the Supra, come raise your glasses to long life, health, and happiness.

Vato Klemera – Piano + compositions
Harry Brown – Alto Saxophone
Sam Freshwater – Tenor/Soprano Saxophone
Dave Sear – Trombone
Amy Coates – Double Bass
Andrew Duncan – Drums