Avishai Cohen

A year after his impressionistic, critically-lauded ECM debut Into The Silence, trumpeter Avishai Cohen s Cross My Palm With Silver introduces a program of new pieces which put the focus on the ensemble, on teamwork, with a quartet of the highest caliber. The adroit, almost telepathic interplay among the musicians allows Avishai Cohen to soar, making it clear why he is one of the most talked-about jazz musicians on the contemporary scene. All of these people together are my dream team , says the charismatic trumpeter of fellow players Yonathan Avishai, Barak Mori and Nasheet Waits, who share his sense for daring improvisation and his feeling for structure. I feel we're in a perfect place with the balance. It's open and there s so much room for the improvisation to take the music any place we can.

On November 23, 2024, Avishai Cohen and his Quintet gathered at the world-renowned Little Big Beat Studio for a special Studio Live Session. In the intimate setting of this legendary space, Cohen was joined by Roni Kaspi (drums), Itay Simhovich (piano), Yuval Drabkin (saxophone), and Yonathan Voltzok (trombone). Together they created a performance that was both powerful and delicate, marked by spontaneity, deep interplay, and the unmistakable energy of musicians fully attuned to one another.

2009 album from the Israeli Jazz singer, bassist and composer. There have been too few musicians throughout the history of Jazz who were able to create a direct bond between their instruments and the audience. With Aurora, Avishai Cohen has ... Full Descriptionreached a certain essence of expression, using voice as a direct and powerful vehicle for his emotions. Singing - in Hebrew, English, Spanish and Ladino.

Playing The Room bears testimony to the long musical friendship of Avishai Cohen and Yonathan Avishai. They began to explore jazz as teenagers in Tel Aviv, and have continued to play together over many years, with Yonathan making important contributions to Avishai’s group albums Into The Silence and Cross My Palm With Silver on ECM. Their first duo album begins with music composed by the trumpeter and by the pianist and concludes with a touching interpretation of Israeli composer Alexander Argov’s cradle song “Shir Eres”. Along the way, Avishai and Yonathan improvise – freely, playfully, soulfully – on themes from jazz tradition. And, as the album titles implies, they also invite the recording space, the Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI in Lugano, to be part of the sound, making full use of its resonant acoustic properties in a performance with the intimacy and focus of chamber music. Recorded in September 2018, and produced by Manfred Eicher, Playing The Room is available as both audiophile vinyl album and compact disc.

Finally after many requests from fans all over, Razdaz Recordz is pleased to announce the new remastered vinyl version of this classic album ‘’Continuo” is now available for immediate pre-order through Avishai music store/website, and available worldwide from Friday, October 13th 2023.