From Down There
Born in Tel Aviv in 1975, Cohen grew up in a musical family along with her two brothers, soprano saxophonist Yuval Cohen and trumpeter Avishai Cohen. As a child, she started with clarinet lessons, later adding saxophone while attending the Jaffa Music Centre. After completing her compulsory military service, during which time she played in the Israeli Air Force Big Band, Cohen enrolled at Boston's Berklee College of Music, ultimately graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Music. In the late '90s, she relocated to New York City, where she found work with such luminaries as pianist/composer Pablo Ablanedo (with whom she made her recorded debut on 2001's From Down There), bandleader Duduka Da Fonseca, singer/percussionist Cyro Baptista, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, drummer Louis Hayes, guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, pianist Rachel Z, and many others.
Poetica
As a solo artist, Cohen debuted with 2005's Place and Time, which featured pianist Jason Lindner, bassist Ben Street, and drummer Jeff Ballard. She returned with 2007's Poetica, which again featured Lindner as well as bassist Omer Avital (who also supplied several string quartet arrangements). Also that year, she issued the large ensemble album Noir, which found her backed by the Anzic Orchestra and playing Brazilian-influenced arrangements by Oded Lev-Ari. Cohen then returned to her small group with pianist Lindner, bassist Avital, and drummer Daniel Freedman for 2008's Notes from the Village. Along with her own groups, Cohen was active during this period as a member of the all-female big band DIVA, as well as the Brazilian jazz-influenced Choro Ensemble. She also played and recorded with her siblings, trumpeter Avishai Cohen and pianist Yuval Cohen, in the group 3 Cohens, issuing albums like One, Braid, and Family.
Clarinetwork: Live at the Village Vanguard
In 2010 she delivered the concert album Clarinetwork: Live at the Village Vanguard. With 2012's Claroscuro, Cohen began showcasing her growing interest in various world traditions, including African rhythms, New Orleans Creole traditions, Brazilian samba, and more. It was an approach she continued to explore on her next release, 2015's eclectic, Brazilian choro-infused Luminosa. In 2017, she delivered two collaborative Brazilian-tinged albums: Outra Coisa, a duo album with guitarist Marcello Gonçalves, and Rosa Dos Ventos featuring Trio Brasileiro, both of which earned Grammy nominations. Also that year, she debuted her tentet with Happy Song. The duo concert album Live in Healdsburg, featuring the clarinetist and pianist Fred Hersch, arrived in 2018. Cohen issued the second album with her tentet, Tripple Helix, in 2019. by Matt Collar
Anat Cohen - Place & Time (2005)
A talented saxophonist and clarinetist originally from Israel, Anat Cohen has strong tones on tenor, soprano and clarinet and is a creative improviser within the modern mainstream of jazz. She contributed six excellent originals to her debut recording including a few wistful ballads and the somewhat heated "87 North." Her clarinet playing on "Veinte Anso," an immediately recognizable Cuban melody taken here as a tango, is charming. Her quartet, which teams her with the versatile and supportive pianist Jason Lindner, is expanded on four numbers that add her brother Avishai Cohen (no relationship to the famous bassist) who contributes some effective trumpet. With the Cohens sharing the front line and Lindner dropping out, they re-create the sound of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet on "As Catch Can" (even if tenor is substituted for Mulligan's baritone). The other songs are generally more exotic, displaying Anat Cohen's interest in Latin music and her Israeli heritage. All in all, this is a very impressive debut. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1 Place & Time 5:40
Anat Cohen
2 The 7th of March 6:07
Anat Cohen
3 Veinte Anos 4:59
Maria Teresa Vera
4 87 North 8:04
Anat Cohen
5 Say It 8:38
Frank Loesser / Jimmy McHugh
6 Homeland 6:39
Anat Cohen
7 As Catch Can 3:22
Gerry Mulligan
8 Pour Toi 4:39
Anat Cohen
9 Bat-El 8:21
Anat Cohen
Credits :
Acoustic Bass, Double Bass – Ben Street
Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Anat Cohen
Drums – Jeff Ballard
Percussion – Jeff Ballard (faixas: 2)
Piano – Jason Lindner
Trumpet – Avishai Cohen (faixas: 4, 6, 7, 9)
Anat Cohen & The Anzic Orchestra – Noir (2007)
Tracklist :
1 La Comparsa 4:47
Ernesto Lecuona
2 No Moon at All 5:27
Redd Evans / Dave Mann
3 Carnaval de São Vicente 5:17
Pedro Manuel Rodrigues
Percussion – Duduka Da Fonseca
4 Do It 4:19
Johnny Griffin
5 Cry Me a River 5:33
Arthur Hamilton
6 You Never Told Me That You Care 5:03
Hobart Dotson / Sun Ra
7 Medley: Samba de Orfeu/Struttin' with Some Barbeque 5:23
Lil Armstrong / Luiz Bonfá
Percussion – Duduka Da Fonseca
Soprano Saxophone – Yuval Cohen
8 Cry 4:37
Churchill Kohlman
9 Bebê 6:11
Hermeto Pascoal
Drums – Duduka Da Fonseca
10 Ingênuo 5:29
Pixinguinha–Lacerda Benedicto
Credits :
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Ted Nash
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet – Anat Cohen
Arranged By, Conductor – Oded Lev-Ari
Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Scott Robinson
Bass – Barak Mori
Cello – Erik Friedlander, Greg Heffernan, Robert Burkhart
Drums – Ali Jackson Jr. (faixas: 2, 4 to 6, 8), Antonio Sanchez (faixas: 1, 3, 7, 10)
Guitar – Guilherme Monteiro
Percussion – Zé Maurício
Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Billy Drewes
Trombone – Deborah Weisz, Yonatan Voltzok
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Avishai Cohen, Frank Greene, Tanya Darby
Anat Cohen – Poetica (2007)
Tracklist :
1 Agada Yapanit 6:21
Ehud Manor / Ariel Zilber
2 Hofim 6:38
Nachum Heiman
3 The Purple Piece 7:29
Anat Cohen
4 Eyn Gedi 7:46
Dov Shalom Aharoni, Eitan Peretz
5 La Chanson des Vieux Amants 4:07
Jacques Brel
6 Lonnie's Lament 7:21
John Coltrane
7 Quando Eu Me Chamar Saudade 3:47
Nelson Cavaquinho / Guilherme DeBrito
8 La Casa del Llano 8:02
Anat Cohen
9 Nigunim 3:01
David Zehavi
10 Cypresses 10:35
Omer Avital
Credits :
Arranged By – Anat Cohen (faixas: 3, 5, 7, 8), Omer Avital (faixas: 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10)
Bass, Arranged By [String Quartet], Producer – Omer Avital
Cello – Danny Miller
Clarinet, Producer – Anat Cohen
Drums – Daniel Freedman
Percussion – Daniel Freedman (faixas: 6), Gilad (faixas: 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10)
Piano – Jason Lindner
Viola – David Creswell (faixas: 4, 6, 9, 10)
Violin – Antoine Silverman (faixas: 4, 6, 9, 10), Belinda Whitney (faixas: 4, 6, 9, 10)
Anat Cohen – Claroscuro (2012)
Tracklist :
1 Anat's Dance 6:42
Jason Lindner
2 La Vie En Rose 6:17
Louiguy / David Mack / Édith Piaf
3 All Brothers 8:49
Daniel Freedman
4 As Rosas Nao Falam 5:58
Cartola
5 Nightmare 4:19
Artie Shaw
6 Tudo Que Você Podia Ser 7:37
Lô Borges / Márcio Borges
7 And The World Weeps 7:41
Dr. Lonnie Smith
8 Olha Maria 6:05
Antônio Carlos Jobim
9 Kick Off 2:42
Anat Cohen
10 Um A Zero 4:43
Pixinguinha
11 The Wedding 6:11
Abdullah Ibrahim
Credits :
Bass – Joe Martin
Clarinet – Paquito D'Rivera (faixas: 5, 7, 9, 10)
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Anat Cohen
Drums – Daniel Freedman
Percussion – Gilmar Gomes (faixas: 6, 9, 10)
Piano – Jason Lindner
Producer – Anat Cohen, Daniel Freedman, Jason Lindner
Trombone – Wycliffe Gordon (faixas: 2, 7)
Vocals – Wycliffe Gordon (faixas: 2)
Anat Cohen & Trio Brasileiro - Alegria Da Casa (2016)
Tracklist :
1. Mumurando 4:50
2. Waiting For Amalia 3:20
3. Alegria Da Casa 3:27
4. Baiao Guri 3:15
5. In The Spirit of Baden 3:56
6. Valsa Para Alice 4:18
7. Engole O Choro 3:30
8. Sarue Latino 3:00
9. Feia 6:33
10. Santa Morena 3:35
11. Anat's Lament 4:43
Credits :
Anat Cohen - Clarinet
Dudu Maia - bandolim
Douglas Lora - 7 String Guitar
Alexandre Lora - Pandeiro & Percussion
Special Guest:
Gabriel Grossi - Harmonica (3)
Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves - Outra Coisa (2017)
Tracklist :
1 Amphibious 3:44
Moacir Santos
2 Coisa Nº 1 3:03
Moacir Santos
3 Outra Coisa 3:21
Moacir Santos
4 Coisa Nº 6 3:49
Moacir Santos
5 Coisa Nº 10 4:07
Moacir Santos
6 Nanã (Coisa Nº 5) 4:41
Moacir Santos
7 Coisa Nº 9 3:47
Moacir Santos / Regina Werneck
8 Mãe Iracema 4:31
Moacir Santos
9 Oduduá 4:25
Moacir Santos
10 Maracatucutê 5:25
Moacir Santos
11 Paraíso 4:47
Moacir Santos
12 Carrossel 1:07
Moacir Santos
Credits :
Clarinet – Anat Cohen
Composed By – Moacir Santos
Guitar – Marcello Gonçalves
Anat Cohen & Trio Brasileiro – Rosa Dos Ventos (2017)
Tracklist :
1 Baião da Esperança 3:40
Douglas Lora
2 Para Você, Uma Flor 3:23
Douglas Lora
3 Ijexá 4:07
Dudu Maia
4 Valsa do Sul 3:31
Anat Cohen
5 Flamenco 3:55
Alexandre Lora
6 Sambalelé 1:57
Anat Cohen
7 Rosa dos Ventos 5:37
Douglas Lora
8 Teimosa 4:59
Anat Cohen
9 Das Neves 2:54
Dudu Maia
10 O “Ocidente que se Oriente” 6:29
Alexandre Lora
11 Choro Pesado 3:26
Douglas Lora / Dudu Maia
12 Lulubia 4:35
Dudu Maia
Credits :
Clarinet – Anat Cohen
Drums, Percussion – Alexandre Lora
Ensemble – Trio Brasileiro
Guitar – Douglas Lora
Mandolin – Dudu Maia
Anat Cohen Tentet – Triple Helix (2019)
A very nice smooth jazz album. With a 10 piece band, it apparently meets the definition of "large" under the rules for the Grammy's "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album." This small ensemble avoids the overplaying of many different instruments to the point of dissonance often found in large jazz bands. Most pieces are clarinet based, as the instrument of Anat Cohen, the band leader. Each piece feels like it tells a story with different moods. "Triple Helix First" contains a lot of mystery, "Milonga del Ángel" sounds angry at one part, "Triple Helix Anat" is a comedic piece almost Dixieland in nature, while "La Llorona" is as scary as the demon of its namesake. While not a new concept to make a band emulate a train, I feel "Lonesome Train" creates the sound in a unique way, using instruments perhaps not typical for accomplishing this task. The rest of the album is filled in with sweet smooth jazz, right to the end with the short calming "Morning Melody," almost as if we've been listening all night and dawn has come. by Vincent D'Aniello
Tracklist :
1 Milonga Del Angel 6:28
2 Triple Helix First 11:15
3 Triple Helix For Anat 5:36
4 Triple Helix Last 5:02
5 Miri 4:21
6 Footsteps & Smiles 4:52
7 La Llorona 7:48
8 Lonesome Train 4:34
9 Morning Melody 1:17
Credits :
Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Owen Broder
Bass – Tal Mashiach
Clarinet – Anat Cohen
Drums – Anthony Pinciotti
Guitar – Sheryl Bailey
Music Director – Oded Lev-Ari
Piano – Victor Gonçalves
Trombone – Nick Finzer
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Nadje Noordhuis
Vibraphone, Percussion – James Shipp
