Anat Cohen Interviewed at AAJ

"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 that showed a potentially dangerous side, but she has survived and prospered. She's adding her own piece to the quilt that is the city's musical scene.

Cohen has survived the tough town and is navigating the rough, often unforgiving, waters of the business for musicians that play jazz.

Veteran AAJ contributor R.J. DeLuke spoke with Cohen recently, about her two new releases - Poetica (Anzic, 2007) and Noire (Anzic, 2007) - that, with different ensembles, demonstrate the breadth and creativity of this up-and-coming saxophonist/clarinetist.

Check out Anat Cohen: Time to Blossom at AAJ today!