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Avishai Cohen: Flood
by Jim Santella
In a suite of original compositions subtitled “Part Two of the Big Rain Trilogy," trumpeter Avishai Cohen's pure, sweet trumpet tone and bent notes allow him to create sound pictures that depict gentle raindrops, a giant deluge, the eventual overflow and final sunshine to complete the cycle. Since his songscape relies on personal expression, the instrumentation ...
Avishai Cohen's Flood CD Release Celebration - December 2nd and 3rd at The Jazz Standard
On October 21, 2008 Anzic Records released trumpeter/composer Avishai Cohen's new CD, Flood, the 2nd recording in The Big Rain Trilogy and the follow up to the critically acclaimed After The Big Rain (July, 2007 on Anzic). On Flood, Cohen, a distinct and innovative figure in the global-jazz movement, continues to successfully weave his Israeli cultural ...
Avishai Cohen Joins Blue Note
Blue Note has announced that it has signed a worldwide deal with bassist/composer/singer and bandleader Avishai Cohen. Cohen's debut release for Blue Note--his 11th album as an ensemble leader--will be recorded in December in Paris with the release scheduled for spring '09. Born April 20, 1970, in Israel, the eclectic artist is considered to be one ...
Avishai 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).
Avishai 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 ...
Aguilar Amplification Announces Factory Tour and Private Clinic with Avishai Cohen
Aguilar Amplification, maker of high quality bass amplifiers, speaker cabinets and accessories for bassists is pleased to announce their first in-house clinic on Saturday, August 30, 2008 with endorsing artist, Jazz-great Avishai Cohen. This free of charge event will be strictly “first come, first seated" as space is limited. Attendees will get a chance to get ...
Renowned Bassist Avishai Cohen Appointed as Artistic Director of North Sea Jazz Festival
Avishai Cohen, who was recently lauded in the Jazz Times review of his latest release, Gently Disturbed(Razdaz Recordz,) as “among the elite bassists on the scene today," has been officially named as the Artistic Director for the Red Sea Jazz Eilat Festival for 2009. The announcement was made last week by festival producer Miki Gov and ...
The New Yorker's 100 Essential Jazz Albums
While finishing “Bird-Watcher," a Profile of the jazz broadcaster and expert Phil Schaap, I thought it might be useful to compile a list of a hundred essential jazz albums, more as a guide for the uninitiated than as a source of quarrelling for the collector. First, I asked Schaap to assemble the list, but, after a ...
Third 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 ...
