At Home with the Harmonica

The album has 10 of Mukherji8217;s favourite Kishore Kumar tracks in which Zindagi ka Safar gets a rock-ballad treatment, while Jeevan ke safar mein rahi is rearranged with a swing feel. Mukherji explains how blues players use harmonicas to create a jazz like sound, while he Indianises the tone. 8220;I can take out the meend from the instrument to Indianise the sound,8221; he explains. Mukherji has had occasional musical alliances with Usha Uthup, sarod player Pratyush Banerjee and music director Shantanu Moitra of Parineeta fame who has arranged the music for his second album by changing the interludes, preludes and rhythm patterns. Mukherjee goes into raptures while talking about his favourite harmonica, a Larry Adler Professional, one of the best brands for harmonicas in the world. 8220;Bob Dylan wouldn8217;t have been Bob Dylan without the harmonica,8221; he says.