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Avishai Cohen
Meet the artist
A bassist and composer who combines Mediterranean melodic sensibilities with modal jazz, helping bring Israeli jazz to international attention. This is the bassist Avishai Cohen, not the trumpeter of the same name.
His bass actively leads melody and rhythmic development as well as supporting the ensemble. Repeated phrases and changing groupings draw precise responses from piano and drums. Mediterranean melodic affinities sit close to modern jazz harmony, making intricate pieces memorable. Beneath the rhythmic strength lies a particularly sensitive ensemble balance.
Where to start listening
Follow the bass as a melodic voice as well as an accompaniment. Feeling how the beats are grouped makes the rhythmic movement especially rewarding.
2006Continuo
Avishai Cohen
An album combining Middle Eastern grooves with delicate lyricism, strongly reflecting Cohen’s individual voice as a composer.
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2008Gently Disturbed
Avishai Cohen
A defining Avishai Cohen trio recording with Shai Maestro and Mark Guiliana, whose close interplay established a distinctive approach to the modern jazz trio.
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