Avishai Cohen Quartet and Quintet

[GA Russell]

Avishai Cohen’s ECM leader debut - “Into The Silence” - will release February 12th.
Avishai Cohen: trumpet
Yonathan Avishai: piano
Eric Revis: double bass
Nasheet Waits: drums
Bill McHenry: saxophone

Avishai Cohen on tour 2016

Avishai Cohen Quartet
January 15 - New York, NY – 1st night of ECM @ Winter JazzFest–
(w/ Jason Lindner, Tal Mashiach & Nasheet Waits)

Avishai Cohen on tour with SF Jazz Collective:
April 6 – Louisville, KY at The Clifton Center
April 7 – West Lafayette, IN at Purdue Convocations
April 8 – Carmel, IN at Carmel Center for the Performing Arts
April 9 - Dubuque , IA at University of Dubuque

Avishai Cohen Quintet on tour:
April 27 – New York, NY at Jazz Standard
April 28 – Cambridge, MA at Regattabar
April 29 – Chicago, IL at Old Town School of Folk
April 30 – Des Moines, IA
May 1 – Minneapolis, MN – The Dakota
May 4 - Oakland, CA at Yoshi’s
May 7 – Vancouver, BC at Norman Rothstein Theatre 

[Guy Berger]

Has anyone listened to this album?  I know Relyles wasn't crazy about it which leads me to think I should skip it.

Guy

[Scott Dolan]

I like what little I've heard from him. The only irritating aspect is that there seems to be yet another Avishai Cohen who is a bassist, and when you do a search in the iTunes store both artists are mixed together, which makes it difficult to know which one you're looking at album to album. 

I do love the way he plays, though. I need to get some of his material. 

[relyles]

40 minutes ago, Guy Berger said:

Has anyone listened to this album?  I know Relyles wasn't crazy about it which leads me to think I should skip it.

Guy

For clarification - I have not heard the ECM CD. I heard Avishai perform music from the CD with a quartet at the Winter Jazz Fest. The description of the music from the ECM website as "a programme of expansive and impressionistic compositions" seems appropriate. The music I heard in the concert was not bad. My listening preferences just tend to be closer to music a bit more rough around the edges or less impressionistic. I generally like Avishai Cohen's trumpet playing in the various settings that I have heard him.

[Larry Kart]

Heard Avishai with Mark Turner in concert last year and thought I was going to die of boredom.

[Guy Berger]

25 minutes ago, Larry Kart said:

Heard Avishai with Mark Turner in concert last year and thought I was going to die of boredom.

I had a very different impression of this band on record, and live.  Different strokes etc

[sonnyhill]

I liked Lathe of Heaven with Turner and Cohen.  McHenry has a great tone on tenor; it will be interesting to hear him with Waits and Revis in Cohen's band.

[Guy Berger]

16 hours ago, sonnyhill said:

I liked Lathe of Heaven with Turner and Cohen.  McHenry has a great tone on tenor; it will be interesting to hear him with Waits and Revis in Cohen's band.

That was my initial instinct but I read somewhere that McHenry has only a limited role on the album.

[CJ Shearn]

On 2/22/2016 at 4:43 PM, Guy Berger said:

Has anyone listened to this album?  I know Relyles wasn't crazy about it which leads me to think I should skip it.

Guy

Listening right now, preparing for a review.  I like it quite a lot on three spins, the music has a subtle fire.  Some great playing by Yonathan Avishai on piano, and while McHenry is strictly an ensemble player most of the album, he does take a passionate solo on "Behind the Broken Glass".