An extravangantly skilled trumpeter . . . relaxed and soulful . . . he deftly combined sensitivity and flair.
The New York Times
A trumpeter of rare poise and lyricism . . .
The Boston Globe
Avishai Cohen trumpet
Yoni Zelnik bass
Justin Brown drums
Trumpeter Avishai Cohen – voted a Rising Star three years running in the DownBeat Critics Poll has earned renown as a musician with an individual sound and a questing spirit, an ever creative player- composer open to multiple strains of jazz and active internationally as a leader, co-leader and sideman
Dark Nights is Avishai’s seventh recording as a leader and the third album featuring his thrilling trio Triveni with double – bassist Omer Avital and drummer Nasheet Waits
The trumpeter also records and tours the world as part of the prestigious SF Jazz Collective, as he does with The 3 Cohens Sextet, the hit famil y band with his sister, clarinetist and saxophonist Anat, and brother, saxophonist Yuval.
Since 2009, trumpet virtuoso has used his Triveni project as a vehicle for wide open playing that relies less on the head and more on the heart. Since all three of these performers are capable of dazzling without much forethought.
