Al Cohn

La Elemental Music ristampa il catalogo della Xanadu Records

by Maurizio Zerbo
January 23, 2017

Grazie a produttori illuminati come Don Schlitten, il jazz degli anni Settanta ebbe modo di sottrarsi alle facili contaminazioni del rock o bossa nova. Il catalogo della sua label indipendente, la Xanadu, testimonia la capacità di attrarre con rispetto della tradizione il nuovo pubblico del jazz, riservando ampio spazio ai cosiddetti musician's musicians: artisti di culto per colleghi e addetti ai lavori, ma poco noti al grande pubblico. La riedizione di queste gemme da parte della Elemental, tutte concentrate tra ...

Al Cohn: Four Classic Albums Plus

by David Rickert
February 4, 2011

Saxophonist/clarinetist Al Cohn could have spent his life as either an arranger or a player, but fortunately he chose to do both, creating a series of records that weren't classics, but nevertheless reached the sublime and poetic elements of jazz. In this collection of four sessions, one is an orchestral session from the fifties, with charts by Cohn; the others are from partnerships, where Cohn tended to do his best work: one from his celebrated collaborations with Zoot Sims; and ...

Al Cohn: We Remember You

by Johnny Wills
January 6, 2003

Al Cohn was a tenor saxophonist from New York, born in 1925. Sadly he died in 1988, but his performance at the 1986 Oslo Jazz Festival in Norway is documented on this live recording. On this session Cohn teams up with Totti Bergh also on tenor sax, bringing back memories of his many famous past partnerships with Zoot Sims. The first track introduces the female vocalist Laila Dalseth on the Gershwin ballard “Someone To Watch Over Me," ...

Al Cohn & Zoot Sims: Easy As Pie

by AAJ Staff
January 1, 2001

Once again, Label M mines the vast resources of jazz performances that Baltimore's Left Bank Jazz Society sagaciously recorded, knowing that they were hearing unparalleled music in their midst but not knowing that it would entertain jazz listeners thirty-plus years hence. It seems that the Left Bank group was at its best when it recorded horns, and particularly saxophonists. Even on Easy As Pie, Dave Frishberg's piano lacks clarity due to the on-site instrument's limitations. Unfortunately, the same problem occurred ...

Al Cohn and Joe Newman: Swinging Sessions

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
January 11, 2022

Great jazz in the 1950s has always been a product of happy partnerships. Among these unions was the year-long recording collaboration between tenor saxophonist Al Cohn and trumpeter Joe Newman. Between December 1954 and December 1955, Cohn and Newman recorded on six albums together. These recordings were Cohn's Mr. Music and The Natural Seven; Newman's All I Wanna Do Is Swing and I'm Still Swinging; The Jazz Workshop's Four Brass, One Tenor; and Freddie Green's Mr. Rhythm. In total, there wasn't a ...
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Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
September 14, 2016

Tenor saxophone giants Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon recorded together only once—on Oct. 22, 1976, for the Xanadu label. The result of the lengthy New York session were two albums—True Blue and Silver Blue. Cohn was recording regularly for Xanadu at the time and Gordon had only recently relocated to the States after spending 14 years living in Europe. These recordings preceded Gordon's lengthy relationship with Columbia, which began with his live album for the label two months later—the aptly ...
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Al Cohn: Rifftide, June 1986

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
November 9, 2015

A year and a half before Al Cohn's death of liver cancer in Feb. 1988, the tenor saxophonist was on tour in Europe. In June 1986, he was in Monster, the Netherlands, recording Rifftide with Dutch jazz musicians Rein de Graaff (p) Koos Serierse (b) Eric Ineke (d) at Studio 44 for the Timelss label. It's one of the finest albums of Cohn's late period and a document that marvelously illustrates what made Cohn special. Cohn was a powerful post-war ...
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Joey Cohn Named General Manager Of KPLU/JAZZ24

Source: Michael Ricci
November 18, 2014

Seattle-Tacoma, WA: Joey Cohn has been named General Manager of KPLU and Jazz24, after assuming the duties of Interim General Manager in April 2014. Cohn is nationally known for his expertise in programming jazz and has consulted with NPR, Verve Records and a number of public radio stations around the country. Under his leadership, KPLU was named the Marconi Jazz Station of the Year and twice received the national Edward R. Murrow award. Cohn also launched Jazz24, KPLU’s 24-hour jazz ...
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Independence Day with Fischer and Cohn

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
July 4, 2014

Today, the United States of America is celebrating the 238th anniversary of its independence. Rifftides observes the 4th of July with two versions of the song that many Americans wish was the national anthem. Pianist Clare Fischer arranged the first for his 1967 album Songs For Rainy Day Lovers. The second version is by tenor saxophonist Al Cohn with Barry Harris, piano; Sam Jones, bass; and Leroy Williams, drums. footnote: Al Cohn recorded “America The Beautiful” in 1976 as part ...
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Zoot Fest 2011: Honoring Zoot Sims and Al Cohn

Source: Richard E. Chamberlain, Jr.
November 2, 2011

Honoring Zoot Sims and Al Cohn and remembering the NYC Jazz Loft of photographer W. Eugene Smith FEATURING: AUTHOR SAM STEPHENSON, PHIL WOODS, BOB DOROUGH, BILL CROW, LEW TABACKIN, RONNIE FREE, BILL GOODWIN, COTA FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA, HOD O'BRIEN & SURPRISE GUESTS Sunday November 13, 2011 from 12 Noon to 6 p.m. in the Keystone Room, East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301 Join us for a relaxed afternoon of music, mirth and memories as we salute Zoot Sims, Al Cohn ...
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Joe Cohn - Fuego (Criss Cross, 2011)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
October 31, 2011

Mainstream jazz guitarist Joe Cohn recorded this album on November 16, 2010 in Brooklyn, accompanied by a hard hitting crew consisting of Peter Beets on piano, John Webber on bass and Kenny Washington on drums. You would expect a deeply swinging session from the son of famous saxophonist Joe Cohn, and that is exactly what is delivered here with a setlist that leans heavily on the compositions of the bebop and hard bop masters. The band plays together very well, ...
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Jazz Stylist Sid Cohn Headlines Catalina Bar & Grill

Source: Doug Deutsch Publicity Services
August 31, 2009

Multi-talented jazz stylist Sid Cohn headlines the renowned Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood on Thursday, September 17 .

Cohn – who once had a solo singing role in the Kevin Bacon-starrer film, PYRATES – is also a Theater veteran, having previously performed in “Damn Yankees,” “She Loves Me,” “Fiddler On The Roof” and many more first-class productions, at venues such as the Beverly Hills Theater, Burbank Theater, and Santa Monica Civic Opera..Cohn has also performed in the past at ...
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Sam Cohn New York Talent Agent Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
May 8, 2009

Sam Cohn was dubbed by Time magazine in 1993 the first super agent of the modern age. During his more than three decades at International Creative Management, he dominated the business, representing the likes of Paul Newman, Woody Allen, Meryl Streep and Susan Sarandon.

Sam Cohn, a powerful talent agent who dominated New York's talent business during his heyday, has died. He was 79.

Cohn, who was at International Creative Management since its inception in 1975 and headed the New ...
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The Al Cohn Collection

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
December 3, 2008

The Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania in the northeast United States are home to musicians who like peace and quiet but must be near New York City and Philadelphia, where the work is. The Delaware Water Gap area of the Poconos has become famous in jazz circles for residents including Phil Woods, Bob Dorough, David Liebman, John Coates, Jr., Bill Goodwin, Steve Gilmore and Hal Galper, and for the Deer Head Inn, the region's jazz headquarters. It was at the Deer ...
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