Monday, June 13, 2016

La Dor V’Jazz

Orli Santo for The Jewish Week

Meet members of the three waves of Israeli jazz musicians who have washed ashore here, and made their rhythmic and melodic mark.


THE FIRST WAVE

Bassist Avishai Cohen (avishaicohen.com)

Declared one of the 100 Most Influential Bass Players of the 20th Century by Bass Player Magazine, Cohen, 46, has been hailed by DownBeat as “a jazz visionary of global proportions.” Like several of his contemporaries, his signature sound blends Middle Eastern, Eastern European and African-American musical idioms. The New York Times describes it as a “heavy Middle Eastern groove with a delicate, almost New Age lyricism.”

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