Jazz Articles about Anat Cohen

Anat Cohen & The Anzic Orchestra: Noir

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 24, 2007

Periodo d’oro per la famiglia Cohen, da Tel Aviv. Prima il talentuoso trombettista Avishai con un CD di piacevoli sorprese (After the Big Rain, ora la sorella, Anat, che spiega al mondo del jazz tutti i suoi ambiziosi progetti [oltre al presente disco anche Poetica]. E non è finita: Yuval, sopranista, non è detto che non pubblichi, a breve, un suo lavoro. Staremo a vedere. Per l’intanto, la terribile ragazza dei Cohen, produce un CD che segna il suo debutto ...

Anat Cohen: Poetica

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 30, 2007

Cresciuta in una famiglia di artisti, il più noto è Avishai trombettista tra i più richiesti della attuale scena newyorchese, Anat Cohen possiede la curiosità tipica di quei musicisti che abbandonano la terra d’origine, in questo caso Israele, per ampliare le proprie conoscenze e respirare l’aria ricca di fermenti della scena statunitense. Tutto ciò si riflette anche nella produzione musicale della sassofonista e clarinettista di Tel Aviv che spazia dai contesti dixieland degli inizi, alla musica classica, dal choro brasiliano ...

Anat Cohen: Time To Blossom

by R.J. DeLuke
June 18, 2007

“I would say that's what keeps me content musically is the fact that I try to put myself in different musical situations and I enjoy them all equally, says Anat Cohen, an Israel-born musician who has been making noise in her own sweet way on the New York City music scene since coming to the Big Apple in 1999. The city intimidated her a bit at first, influenced by impressions of the city she had only seen in modern movies ...

Anat Cohen: Chant Of The Reeds

by Jim Santella
May 21, 2007

Clarinetist/saxophonist Anat Cohen brings many talents to the forum: a gifted interpreter of songs and melodies from a variety of cultures and traditions, she speaks a rich language possessing many dialects. Originally from Israel, she and her two siblings, Yuval and Avishai, have embraced New York's jazz scene with enthusiasm and are busy charting individual career paths. Older brother Yuval, a saxophonist, and younger brother Avishai, a trumpeter, join her on Noir, along with a large ensemble packing a powerful ...

Anat Cohen: Poetica

by Jack Bowers
March 28, 2007

This is a wonderfully recorded session, overflowing with tender, charming melodies, and everyone involved is a world-class musician. On the other hand, it's not exactly jazz: more like chamber music, bordering at times on classical and not too many steps removed from the venerable klezmer tradition. There is improvisation, but it flows so easily from the arrangements that one is scarcely aware of it.

Clarinetist Anat Cohen is the leader, and this is an album she has wanted to record ...

Anat Cohen & The Anzic Orchestra: Noir

by Jack Bowers
March 11, 2007

Frankly, I had no idea what to expect from Anat Cohen's first big band album. But if I'd had any expectations, they'd have easily been surpassed by the time the opening track reached its midway point. Cohen plays clarinet on that selection, and it's easy to understand why music critics have named her one of Down Beat magazine's “rising stars on the instrument. She's not only an intrepid and resourceful clarinetist, but also equally impressive on tenor, alto and soprano ...

Anat Cohen: Place & Time

by Donald Elfman
September 16, 2005

How thoroughly refreshing it is to hear a young musician who really does have a sense of place and time, in the best possible ways! Saxophonist Anat Cohen imbues her tunes and her playing with an understanding of how to use space and rhythm and, having played in many countries, with a feeling for other cultures and where jazz and improvisation are in the world at this time.

Her melodies and her solos tell stories and with a voice that's ...