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The albums of Israeli jazz bassist Avishai Cohen, who is also active as a singer, bandleader, composer and arranger, are marked by a remarkable curiosity to explore new musical ground with each project. So it’s no wonder that his latest album Arvoles has nothing in common with the highly successful last album “1970”, not to […]

Das Avishai Cohen Trio stellt im Pavillon Hannover seine noch gar nicht erschienene neue CD vor. Hannover. Freundliche Elektrizität. Naturwissenschaftler würden abstreiten, dass es so was überhaupt gibt. Aber die Besucher des Konzerts von Avishai Cohen am Mittwochabend im Pavillon können ihre Existenz bezeugen. Denn sie haben sie erlebt. Von dem Moment an, in dem der israelische Jazz-Bassist Cohen die […]

BLACKCOUNTRYROCK – Avishai Cohen, Shai Maestro and Mark Guilana – The Barbican, London, 24th November 2018 Sometimes it is nice to go to gigs with no preconceptions. It’s even better when they turn out to be wonderful. My good friend Raymond Gorman had been badgering me about Avishai for years. When Cohen announced a London […]

Quotes Gemeinsam mit dem Babelsberger Filmorchester unter der Leitung von Bastien Stil entstand eine Fusion aus Modern Jazz, nahöstlicher Musik, Latin und Klassik. Ein Abend, wie ein köstliches Mezze-Buffet! Avishai Cohen and his trio together with the Babelsberg Film Orchestra under the direction of Bastien Stil created a fusion of jazz, classical, middle eastern and […]

Quotes “Sur 1970– son année de naissance –, il remise quelque peu ses prouesses d’instrumentiste au profit de sa voix, chaude et lumineuse,….” “On 1970 – his year of birth -, he gives some of his prowess as an instrumentalist to the benefit of his warm and bright voice….”   “ Il y fait montre […]

‘1970’ CD Review – UK Vibe – 4/5* With this last album, the world-renowned bass player Avishai Cohen departs from his usual stellar jazz recordings and offers us a groovy and mellow compilation of original and traditional songs, inspired by music of the 1970s. It is not the first time Avishai Cohen enchants listeners with […]

Live Review: La Voix du Nord  Avishai Cohen en trio avant son concert symphonique avec l’ONL : géant Avant de se produire avec l’Orchestre national de Lille, ce samedi soir, le contrebassiste israélien était en trio, ce vendredi midi, au Nouveau Siècle. Moment de grâce. Un public connaisseur, enthousiaste et debout pour applaudir le concert […]

Avishai will feature in the next issue of JazzThetik. Here he is fronting the magazine cover.

A beautiful review of Avishai’s performance at the Lviv Jazz Festival in June 2017, with the INSO-Lviv Orchestra.   …There were two sets on the main stage that will be long remembered, especially by those of us who had never heard Avishai Cohen with a symphony orchestra, and those of us who had been asleep on Chucho Valdes. […]

“The Concert Avishai Cohen: The Pure Essences and Energy of Music”   “…referred to [as]…”creator of the modern jazz” or “one of the most innovative artists”, this evening at the Philharmonic gave the people of Szczecin belief that these terms are not inflated.” “The performance ended after 3 encores and an applause that lasted well […]

Avishai Cohen conquista Cesena, un jazz dalle Mille e una notte Un jazz dalle Mille e una notte. Un pubblico quasi timido all’inizio di fronte al semi conosciuto artista, ma scatenato alla fine. Tutti in piedi ad applaudire per 5 minuti buoni e la standing ovation poteva durare di più, interrotta solo perchè alla fine Avishai Cohen – […]

Il concerto che si è svolto presso il teatro Asioli di Correggio ha visto Avishai Cohen esibirsi con il trio con cui è stato inciso “From Darkness”; il batterista Daniel Dor e il pianista Nitai Hershkovits sono i due musicisti che hanno accompagnato Avishai Cohen in questo meraviglioso viaggio musicale, per quello che è stato, […]