Avishai Cohen The Trumpet Player

Iroko launches Avishai Cohen’s longtime dream “to do a Latin project with his favorite Latin musician in New York”. Israel based bassist - singer and master conguero-vocalist Abraham Rodriguez Jr., brim with tunefulness, grooves, warmth, indelible melodies and the bonds of brotherhood to summon Yoruba gods.

The Israeli pianist has come a long way: awarded with a Victoire de la Musique in 2008f, has multiplied the sound experiences with a tireless gluttony. This former basketball player, adept of the big gap, goes from Gabriel Fauré to Britney Spears, from Michel Portal to Avishai Cohen's trumpet, from the most sinuous improvisation to the most colorful pop. Blue Note renews his confidence and goes out, “Song of the Degrees” (8 Février 2019), en Yaron Herman has multiplied sound experiences with a tireless gluttony. This former basketball player, adept of the big gap, goes from Gabriel Fauré to Britney Spears, from Michel Portal to Avishai Cohen's trumpet, from the most sinuous improvisation to the most colorful pop.

As if to remind anyone who's forgotten his roots, Chick Corea re-connects here with his past, when he was pianist for Willie Bobo and Cal Tjader in the 1960s, and a catalyst for Brazilian fusion in the 1970s. Playing a Fender Rhodes piano throughout this 10-song live session, Corea reminds one more of Latin jazz master Clare Fischer than the adventurous soloist who always keeps his music on the edge. With Arturo Sandoval on Mongo Santamaria's "Beseme Mama," Corea recalls his days with Return to Forever. The disc opens with all the pots boiling on "Soul Sauce" and "A Night in Tunisia," two standards by Dizzy Gillespie, the godfather of Latin jazz. Corea, Sandoval, Poncho Sanchez, and former Spyro Gyra vibes player David Samuels are all featured with fiery solos, with Sandoval trading high-flying riffs with fellow trumpeter Claudio Roditi on the latter tune.