Anat cohen may be the best jazz clarinet player on the planet these days. In this site youll be able to follow their path from telaviv to boston, to nyc and to the world. Cohen has earned accolades from audiences, critics, and peers alike, including being clarinetist of the year by the jazz journalists association every year since 2007. As jazztimes says, with the clarinet she becomes a singer, a dancer, a poet, a mad scientist, laughing musically. Clarinetist anat cohen has performed often in chicago through the years, but never in as plush an instrumental setting as she led saturday night at the university of chicagos logan center for. November 8, 20 israeli export anat cohen is equally conversant in modern and traditional jazz, classical music, and a host of afrocuban styles. Reviewing anats 2008 headlining set with her quartet at the north sea jazz festival, downbeat said. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon.
The exciting and eclectic program included a movement from don byrons concerto for clarinet and wind ensemble and the world premiere of jamshied sharifis. Clarinetist and saxophonist anat cohen has taken the jazz world by storm, winning hearts and minds the world over with her expressive virtuosity and delightful stage presence. Clarinetistsaxophonist anat cohen has won hearts and minds the world over with her expressive virtuosity and delightful stage presence. It is not easy to come up with new perspectives on the universal human experience of love lost. Anat cohen quartet when i play the clarinet, i am 100 percent myself.
Seattles earshot jazz festival is coming into the final stretch of its nearly sixweek series of events. Anat cohen quartetinho upcoming events miller theatre. Anat cohens sixth recording as a leader has her leading an allstar quartet in performance on a sunday evening at the village vanguard in new york city during the centennial celebration of benny goodman. Clarinetist anat cohen embraces multiple styles and idioms with her newest album, claroscuro. Anat cohen brings new and old sounds to the clarinet. Appropriately, the clarinetist plays standards associated with the vaunted king of swing, stretching the sound of her horn in extended versions of classic jazz with her own. All of our tickets are backed by our 100 % satisfaction guarantee.
Included in the repertoire is a version of john coltranes lonnies lament, a pair of cohen originals, and what the press material describes as three old. As jazztimes says, with the clarinet she becomes a singer, a dancer, a poet, a mad scientist, laughing musically with the sheer delight of reaching that new. An enthralling clarinetist and a persuasive saxophonist, she displays a panhistorical, pancultural approach to jazz. She worked in a quartet session, piano, acoustic bass and drums and all four did a marvelous job. Idiomatically conversant with modern and traditional jazz, classical music, brazilian choro, argentine tango, and an expansive timeline of afrocuban styles, anat cohen has established herself as one of the primary voices of her generation on both the tenor saxophone and clarinet since arriving in new york in 1998. Anat cohen presents triple helix, featuring her spirited new york tentet in a stirring followup to its 2017 debut happy song, the anat cohen tentet reaches a new crest in its evolution with triple helix. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from anat cohen quartet at the discogs marketplace. Cohen not only proved to be a woodwind revelation of dark tones and delicious lyricism, but also a dynamic bandleader who danced and shouted. After a short while a settler identified as anat cohen got out of the car and immediately started to harass the three human rights observers. Since then, she picked up the clarinet, moved to new york, got hooked on. Anat has also performed for audiences at the village vanguard, jazz standard, iridium, the jazz gallery, and the jvc jazz festival. Anat cohen biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Notorious violent criminal settler anat cohen assaults and.
Live in boston in 1996, the multiinstrumentalist left israel to study at the berklee college of music. Explore releases from anat cohen quartet at discogs. Anat cohen quartet tickets anat cohen quartet concert. Born into the musical cohen family of tel aviv saxophonist yuval and trumpeter avishai make up the 3 cohens band anats effortless virtuosity and brio have been her all access pass to the crown jewels of jazz clubs and concert halls the world over. Anat cohen tickets, 2020 concert tour dates ticketmaster. The albums centerpiece is a threemovement concerto composed for cohen and the tentet, the grammynominated clarinet virtuoso, by her longtime collaborator oded levari, the tentets. She has also appeared at the chicago jazz festival, washington dcs kennedy center, san franciscos yoshis, bostons regattabar, and the north sea, monterey, and montreal jazz festivals, among others. Anat cohen quartet at istanbul jazz festival 20 youtube. Poetica by jack bowers, published on march 28, 2007. Anat cohen jazz series events calendar south on main. W ere so pleased this year to be able to share anat cohen with our fans. Anat cohen is a new york citybased jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and bandleader from tel aviv, israel.
Included is music by vocal artist jay clayton, clarinetist anat cohen, pianistcomposer wayne horvitz. Cohen renders gordon jenkins melody with devastating emotional finality. Influenced by klezmer, reggae, funk, and latin rhythms, and known for her expressive, charismatic performances, cohen has earned accolades from audience, critics, and peers alike, including jazz great and frequent. Cohen began playing clarinet and saxophone, and in 1996 studied at the berklee college of music. Shell play its farflung music sunday night at evanston space. Over the course of approximately six minutes, she physically assaulted all three, knocking one to the ground so that he was bleeding in multiple places, and attempting to destroy recording equipment, and.
As jazztimes says, with the clarinet she becomes a singer, a dancer, a poet, a mad scientist, laughing. Cohen not only proved to be a woodwind revelation of dark tones and delicious lyricism, but also a dynamic continued. Anat cohens life in music has been somewhat of a whirlwind since her emergence as a bona fide jazz star in recent years. The anat cohen quartet is back for a second appearance on the miller stage, on the heels of their enormously popular 2012 debut. Reviewing anats 2008 headlining set with her quartet at the north. She leads different groups, covering an array of musical territories, and.
Reviewing one of anats headlining sets with her quartet at the north see jazz festival, downbeat said. As jazztimes says, with the clarinet she becomes a singer, a. Cohen not only proved to be a woodwind revelation of dark tones and delicious lyricism, but also a. Anat cohen clarinet gadi lehavi piano tal mashiach bass anthony pinciotti drums. Anat cohen quartet arts initiative columbia university. The charismatic and prolific grammynominated clarinetistsaxophonist anat cohen returns with her expressive artistry and captivating stage presence. Tickets anat cohen quartet select your seats from our wide variety of anat cohen quartet tickets. Nat hentoff observed that anat cohen tells stories from her own experiences that are so deeply felt that they are very likely to connect listeners to their own dreams, desires, and longings.