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Avishai Cohen: Flood (Part Two of the Big Rain Trilogy)
by AAJ Italy Staff
Di origini israeliane, il trombettista Avishai Cohen è ormai da molti anni elemento stabile - e di rilievo - della scena musicale statunitense. L'album Flood costituisce la seconda parte di una trilogia intitolata The Big Rain. Trilogia evocativa di scenari post-apocalittici, che permettono al trombettista di dipingere orizzonti emozionali molto ampi e diversificati. Se nel precedente After the Big Rain Cohen poteva contare su un organico piuttosto ampio, qui le atmosfere sono più raccolte. Solo composizioni originali, eseguite da un ...
Continue ReadingAvishai Cohen: Gently Disturbed
by Frederick Bernas
With this release on his own Razdaz Recordz, Avishai Cohen firmly entrenches himself as a frontrunning innovator in the piano trio medium. The Israeli bassist is joined by Mark Guiliana on drums and countryman Shai Maestro on piano--the latter a change in personnel from Continuo (Razdaz, 2006) and Live At The Blue Note (Razdaz, 2007). “Seattle" represents a slightly ponderous start, with a lyrical bass solo from Cohen over meandering chordal piano vamps, but it is not ...
Continue ReadingAvishai Cohen Trio: Gently Disturbed
by Andrew Velez
Acclaimed Israeli bassist (and accomplished pianist) Avishai Cohen brings an impressive list of credits to his first outing with a new trio. Cohen's work defies easy categorization. On bass he's performed with Brad Mehldau and Chick Corea. The long list of musicians he has accompanied on piano includes Bobby McFerrin, Roy Hargrove, Paquito D'Rivera and Nnenna Freelon, which suggests something about his range. Further still, he has performed concert works with the London and Israeli Philharmonics. So ...
Continue ReadingThird World Love: New Blues
by AAJ Italy Staff
Da qualche anno a questa parte quella israeliana si sta rivelando come una delle scene più fertili e creative del panorama jazzistico internazionale. Per rimanere alla stretta attualità basterà citare i pianisti Yitzhak Yedid e Yaron Herman, i bassisti Avishai Cohen, lanciato da Chick Corea, e Omer Avital, Gilad Atzmon e i fratelli Cohen (la sassofonista e clarinettista Anat, il sopranista Yuval, il trombettista Avishai). Proprio Omer Avital e Avishai Cohen sono tra i protagonisti di questo New Blues, registrazione ...
Continue ReadingAvishai Cohen: As Is ... Live At The Blue Note
by Budd Kopman
As Is ... Live At The Blue Note is a CD and DVD document of a superb set. Bassist Avishai Cohen is a true virtuoso on both the electric and acoustic bass and, quite naturally, his compositions are extremely strong rhythmically. The band consists of his working trio, keyboardist Sam Barsh and drummer Mark Giulliana, to which saxophonist Jimmy Greene and trumpeter Diego Urcola have been added. That Barsh and Giulliana have been with Cohen awhile can ...
Continue ReadingAvishai Cohen: After the Big Rain
by AAJ Italy Staff
Ci sono due Avishai Cohen nel mondo del jazz che si rispetta. Il primo, più famoso, è il contrabbassista; l'altro, meno conosciuto, è un talentuoso trombettista di origini israeliane che ha un paio di idee niente male nella custodia della sua tromba. Dopo il confortante esordio che risale a quattro anni fa (The Trumpet Player) il musicista ha avuto il tempo di affinare e rapportarsi alle “diversità" musicali in tanti modi. Di qua e di là ha suonato con gente ...
Continue ReadingAvishai Cohen: Trio Innovation
by Frederick Bernas
Avishai Cohen Ronnie Scott's, London Friday, August 24
This was the first time I'd visited London's legendary jazz venue since its recent swanky refurbishment; still dimly lit, but with a classier kind of ambience, Ronnie's barely allows punters to appreciate the photos of great jazz musicians adorning every wall.
One man well on the way to joining this still illustrious company is Avishai Cohen. The Israeli bassist, with his acoustic trio of Shai Maestro (piano) and ...
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