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Anat Cohen

Born: 1975

Idiomatically conversant with modern and traditional jazz, classical music, Brazilian choro, Argentinetango, and an expansive timeline of Afro-Cuban styles, Anat Cohen has established herself as one ofthe primary voices of her generation on both the tenor saxophone and clarinet since arriving in NewYork in 1999.

Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, Anat grew up with musical siblings; her older brother, Yuval, is himself asaxophonist of note, and her younger brother, Avishai, is one of New York’s busiest trumpeters. Shebegan clarinet studies at age 12 and played jazz on clarinet for the first time in her Jaffa conservatory’sDixieland band. At 16 she joined the school’s big band and learned to play the tenor saxophone. Thesame year, Anat entered the prestigious “Thelma Yelin” High School for the Arts, where she majored injazz. After graduation, she discharged her mandatory Israeli military service duty from 1993-95,playing tenor saxophone in the Israeli Air Force band.

Interaction

By Anat Cohen

Label: Anzic Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Shufla de Shufla; Catch of the Day (For A&M); Tiger Rag; Naked Truth Pt. 2; Festive Minor; Trills & Thrills; Footsteps & Smiles.

Anat Cohen and Oded Lev-Ari: On Togetherness, The 3 Cohens and The Art of Interaction

by Dan Bilawsky
March 5, 2025

As clarinetist Anat Cohen and arranger Oded Lev-Ari sit down to chat on a frigid February morning, they're completely cognizant of a pair of major milestones on the horizon in early 2025: Anzic Records--the label they initially launched with valued partner and supporter Colin Negrych, and have long run as a two-person team--marks its 20th anniversary; ...

3 Cohens

The three Cohen siblings, Yuval, Anat and Avishai, have had a very similar musical path. Growing up in Tel-Aviv under the same roof, attending the same day schools and the same music Conservatory in the afternoons, have helped shape their musical taste, approach and ideas.

They Attended the Tel-Aviv School for the Arts, the "Thelma Yalin" high school for the arts and the "Jaffa" Music conservatory.

The 3Cohens had a classical music background that included some symphonic orchestral playing. But it didn't take long before the 3 discovered their life long love to jazz music.

Anat Cohen: Clarinet In Full Bloom

by Lawrence Peryer
February 2, 2025

Today, the Spotlight shines On clarinetist Anat Cohen. Anat's been bringing her joyful spirit to jazz venues worldwide for two decades, blending swing, Brazilian rhythms, and melodies from her native Israel. Her 2024 album Bloom (Anzic), pairs her musical warmth with that of her quartet Quartetinho-Portuguese for “little quartet"-creating intimate conversations between clarinet, piano, ...

I Dischi del 2024 secondo Ludovico Granvassu

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 2, 2025

Spesso molti articoli sulle “migliori uscite dell'anno" iniziano con una premessa quasi apologetica ("questi non sono necessariamente 'i migliori album dell'anno,' ma 'i miei preferiti';" “è tutto soggettivo;" “domani avrei scelto titoli diversi;" “ho potuto selezionare solo dieci album," ecc.)? Queste dichiarazioni sembrano riflettere il disagio del redattore, costretto a riassumere un vasto ecosistema artistico selezionando ...

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2024

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 31, 2024

Have you noticed how many “best of the year" listicles start with an apologetic preamble ("these are not necessarily 'the best albums of the year' but 'my favorites';" “it's all subjective;" “tomorrow I might have chosen different titles;" “I could only select ten albums" etc.)? Those disclaimers channel the writer's discomfort of having to summarize a ...

Synthesis: The String Quartet Sessions

By Ryan Truesdell

Label: ArtistShare
Released: 2024
Track listing: Where Can You Be; A World Lies Waiting; Playground: 1. Copy Cat, 2. Ropes and Ladders; Murmuration and Adagio; Suite for Clarinet and String Quartet: 1. Shadows at Dawn, 2. Branches at Night, 3. Fire and Flowers, 4. Image of Mistery; Chipmunk Timmy's Funny Sunny Day; Violet; Melt; Paper; Heart of Gold; Tidal Waves; Talking; Tilting World; String Quartet #1: Movement I, Movement II, Movement III; Danca de quarto (for Sara); Two Reflections for String Quartet: 1. Sorry, 2. Not Sorry; Grey Cottage: #1 Coming Out of the Fog, #2 Shaking Peace, #3 My Deer, #4 Healing and Gratitude, #5 Dustish, #6 Jazz Hands, #7 Tax Penalty Payment Approaching.

Bloom

By Anat Cohen

Label: Anzic Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: The Night Owl; Paco; Trinkle, Tinkle; Tango Para Guillermo; Coco Rococo; La Catedral: III. Allegro Solemne; Superheroes of the Gig Economy; Friends in Every Manner of Conveyance.

Anat Cohen Quartetinho: Bloom

by Katchie Cartwright
December 23, 2024

Anat Cohen's Quartetinho emerged from her Tentet with a self-titled album in 2022 (Anat Cohen Quartetinho, Anzic). It is a mighty little group, enhanced by doubling: Vitor Gonçalves plays accordion and piano, Tal Mashiach is on bass and guitar, James Shipp handles vibes, marimba and percussion, Cohen on clarinets. For Bloom, the ...