Artemis: Artemis (Blue Note)
Blue Note Records has long had a predilection for herding its star players of the day into a studio and seeing what emerges. The resultant … Read More “Artemis: Artemis (Blue Note)”
Reviews
Anat Cohen Tentet: Triple Helix (Anzic)
Few musical ploys are as riveting as intricacy, especially when the ensemble at hand is sizable. But without a wealth of eloquence in play, elaboration can be its own worst enemy, a knot of tangles void of emotion. Anat Cohen knows this, and though her Tentet’s second album boasts some truly formidable crossweaves, there’s seldom … Read More “Anat Cohen Tentet: Triple Helix (Anzic)”
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Live Review: DC Jazz Festival 2019
The 15th annual DC Jazz Festival marked the full maturation of an event that began in 2004 as the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival; it’s been known by its current name since 2010. From June 7 through 16, the 2019 edition of the DCJF presented more than 120 performances at 40 venues throughout the nation’s capital. … Read More “Live Review: DC Jazz Festival 2019”
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Anat Cohen Tentet: Happy Song (Anzic)
The world of legitimate jazz does not have many stars. Anat Cohen is one. Her high visibility began in 2007 with Noir, a lush large-ensemble project arranged by Oded Lev-Ari. She has not made another orchestral album until now. Her new tentet, with Lev-Ari again conducting and arranging, is only occasionally lush. Instead it is … Read More “Anat Cohen Tentet: Happy Song (Anzic)”
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Live Review: Dominican Republic Jazz Festival
In its 21st year, the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival has grown from an informal gathering at founder Lorenzo Sancassani’s beachfront pizza joint into a sprawling, weeklong affair that travels from one end of the island to the other. The majority of the concerts take place in towns along the resort-speckled north coast, all free of … Read More “Live Review: Dominican Republic Jazz Festival”
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Anat Cohen – Two New Albums on Anzic
Clarinetist Anat Cohen continues her fertile embrace of Brazilian music on this pair of simultaneously released records. As with Alegria Da Casa, her 2015 debut collaboration with Trio Brasileiro, Rosa Dos Ventos revels in the lively, ragtime-oriented alacrity of Brazilian choro music. This time, however, the quartet pushes the boundaries, relying on all originals for … Read More “Anat Cohen – Two New Albums on Anzic”
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Anat Cohen: Luminosa
Anat Cohen has always loved Brazil’s music, and her seventh disc, Luminosa, goes deep down that rabbit hole. The Israeli multireedist’s quartet (keyboardist Jason Lindner, bassist Joe Martin and drummer Daniel Freedman) assays Brazilian standards and Brazilian-flavored Cohen originals, and infuses a Flying Lotus cover with the spirit of carnaval. It’s her best album yet. … Read More “Anat Cohen: Luminosa”
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Anat Cohen at the Village Vanguard 9/22/2012
The multi-reedist pays homage to Goodman and the rest at the legendary club