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Avishai Cohen: As Is ... Live at the Blue Note
by Paul Olson
It's impossible to deny the sheer musical virtuosity of bassist/composer Avishai Cohen; he can hold his own with anyone on the double bass, and he's a wonderful electric bassist as well. He's also a gifted composer whose intricate, often Middle Eastern-inflected pieces are, while well within the jazz idiom, unique--hear one of his songs, and you'll know it's his.Furthermore, Cohen and his core trio of drummer Mark Guilliana and keyboardist Sam Barsh were, until recently, one of the ...
Continue ReadingAvishai Cohen: Sketch of Tel Aviv & After The Big Rain
by Jeff Stockton
Third World LoveSketches of Tel AvivSmalls2007 Avishai CohenAfter the Big RainAnzic2007 Smalls in the late '90s was one of those magical places where talented musicians were given an opportunity to play what and, on most nights, for as long as they wanted. A decade later, the fruit from this fertile ground is coming in ...
Continue ReadingAvishai Cohen: As Is
by Katrina-Kasey Wheeler
Avishai Cohen is the sound of a new generation of bass prodigies, and his talent is a force to be reckoned with in the world of jazz. The New Yorker has affirmed him to be “one of the most gifted bassists of his generation who is finding his own voice as a composer. His vision knows no boundaries and is ever-expanding exponentially. Down Beat Magazine has identified him as “a musician who is a jazz visionary of global proportions. He ...
Continue ReadingAvishai Cohen: As Is ... Live at the Blue Note
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nelle note di copertina ci si dilunga ampiamente sull'ammirazione che Cohen nutre per Jaco Pastorius. In realtà, mi sembra che lo stile del nostro sia più vicino, almeno in questo album, a Stanley Clarke. In ogni caso, disquisire nell'anno 2007 se lo stile di un bassista sia più vicino a quello di Pastorius o a quello di Clarke ci pare poco produttivo. E infatti i brani nei quali Cohen imbraccia il basso elettrico sono quelli meno interessanti. Soffrono di un'impostazione ...
Continue ReadingAvishai Cohen: Continuo
by Paul Olson
No bassist on the contemporary jazz scene is more technically able than Avishai Cohen, nor more immediately recognizable on a recording: his muscular, singing tone and richly melodic lines are unique. He's also got one of the tightest trios on earth, and the countless gigs pianist Sam Barsh and drummer Mark Guiliana have played with Cohen are immediately audible on Continuo.
Cohen's 2005 album At Home suffered from too many disparate styles and too many extra musicians augmenting the trio--it ...
Continue ReadingAvishai Cohen Trio & Ensemble: At Home
by Terrell Kent Holmes
The title of bassist Avishai Cohen's latest CD, At Home, is a double entendre. Given the diverse geographical titles and styles of the songs, it's clear that Cohen wants to convey the notion that he's at home everywhere, musically and geographically. The core of the work centers on his trio, but it also includes a fine ensemble of musicians on other cuts to expand its range which flows from Cohen's relentless pizzicato. The dynamic “Feediop" opens the show, ...
Continue ReadingAvishai Cohen: At Home
by Paul Olson
Israeli bassist/composer Avishai Cohen is perhaps best known for playing with Chick Corea, but he was never destined to be a sideman; his songwriting and arranging skills are too developed. On At Home--his first release since 2003's Lyla--Cohen demonstrates that his writing and arranging are as imaginative and wide-ranging as his bass playing is virtuosic.He might be trying too hard to show all he can do, though. The album is divided between tracks featuring Cohen's trio with keyboardist ...
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