Jazz Articles about Adrian Cohen

About Adrian Cohen

Album Review

Five years have passed since pianist Adrian Cohen released his debut CD, Standardized (Independent, 2003), an exhilarating exploration of the jazz repertoire in a trio setting. In that time, both Cohen's abilities and his reputation have grown. With Delphic, Cohen meets and exceeds the promise of his first disc.

The album takes its title from the oracle of Apollo whose temple stood at the foot of Mount Parnassus. The Greek God Apollo spoke through this oracle proclaiming, among other things, ...

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Album Review

The Adrian Cohen Trio: Standardized

Read "Standardized" reviewed by Alexander M. Stern

by Alexander M. Stern
September 25, 2003

The body of music collectively known as “standards” consists of old show tunes, pop songs, and contributions to the jazz songbook by some of the most important composers and improvisers in the history of the music. These works became known as standards because they represented a musical lingua franca, a common language of shared cultural references, a well-spring from which any number of musicians who had never before met could draw in order to communicate their ideas.

Standards remain a ...