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Genre: Jazz / Neo-soul / Zouk
Location BROOKLYN, New York, US
Profile Views: 128785
Last Login: 6/27/2012
Member Since 4/29/2006
Website avishai.us
Record Label Anzic Records
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
Avishai Cohen is a leading figure on the international jazz scene and one of the most sought-after trumpet players of his generation. Though deeply rooted in the bebop and post-bop tradition, Mr. Cohen is taking jazz in new directions, making waves as an improviser, composer, and bandleader. Originally from Tel Aviv, he began performing at age 10. He toured the world with the Young Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra and went on to become the trumpet player of choice for many leading jazz, rock, pop, studio, and television projects. He received a full scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and in 1997 he placed third in the prestigious Thelonious Monk Jazz Trumpet Competition. Mr. Cohen came of age as part of the fertile scene at Smalls, the storied New York jazz club, where he developed his artistic vision alongside such friends and colleagues as pianist Jason Lindner and bassist Omer Avital. Here the imperatives of jazz tradition and innovation were not in conflict, but rather merged into one powerful creative stream. Mr. Cohen flourished in an environment where hard-driving swing, open-ended funk, Latin and Middle Eastern rhythms, complex extended forms and free improvisation converged under one roof, drawing enthusiastic audiences. All of his diverse work, as a leader, co-leader, and sideman, is informed by this broad-minded legacy, which has given jazz new vitality and relevance in the 21st century. Since early 2010 - Avishai is a member of the prestigious SFJAzz Collective, which ranked at #5 top jazz band in 2010 downbeat's critic poll. To date, Avishai has 5 albums under his own name: The Trumpet Player(2002) , After The Big Rain (2006), Flood (2007) Seven (2007 -triple CD),and the new CD: Introducing Triveni (released Sept , 2010). in addition, he has recorded 7 albums as a co-leader with his 2 side projects: The 3 Cohens, and Third World Love. Avishai can be heard on such soundtracks as 'American Gangster' and 'Soul Man' as well as on many other albums as a side-man. DownBeat Magazine hailed Avishai's last album as “singular Musicianship” ,and the New York Times' Nate Chinen called Avishai Cohen “an assertive and accomplished trumpeter with a taste for modernism”. for more info and extended discography please visit www.AvishaiCohenMusic.com Avishai Cohen has all the power and tenacity hes going to need...a band that rewrote its own rules in each song. - Ben Ratliff, New York Times Avishai Cohen the trumpet player is a stunningly good player, with a strong, clear, incisive tone, an enviable melodic imagination and a powerful drive. He writes impressively too... -Barry Witherden, Jazz Review ...Hes got some of the confident tone and rhythm of Clifford Brown under his fingers, and plays battling, hard-hitting figures and intervals. -Ben Ratliff, New York Times -
Members
Triveni: Omer Avital and Nasheet Waits After the Big Rain: Lionel Loueke, Jason Lindner, Omer Avital, Daniel Freedman, Yosvani Terry Flood: Yonatan Avishai and Daniel Freedman -
Influences
White noise, birds, trains, wind Charlie Parker and Joe Van der Stophousen -
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10 of 485Morethanks for the adding. regards from israel i rely loved triveni!
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How are you? My New friend.Thanks a lot for adding
Fabulous!! i love your sound....best wishes from Barcelona...
Shalom Avishai. Thanks for add. Last night I saw a video of S.F.J.C. and your solo and I was shocked! !
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