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Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves at Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Courtesy of Bennett Jackson | Posted on December 14, 2021
Where
Kuumbwa Jazz Center
320-2 Cedar Street
Santa Cruz, CA
Map
831-427-2227
When
Mon, March 21, 2022
7:00 pm
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Musicians
Anat Cohen
clarinetMarcello Gonçalves
guitarAbout
Ever charismatic, prolific, and inspired, Grammy-nominated clarinetist-saxophonist Anat Cohen has won hearts and minds the world over with her expressive virtuosity and delightful stage presence. The New York Times writes, “Ms. Cohen on the clarinet was a revelation. Using the clarinet’s upper register, she could evoke infectious joy. In the lower register, her playing could conjure a deep, soulful melancholy. On up-tempo numbers, her improvisations weren’t just bebop fast; they had a clarity and deep intelligence that is really quite rare. She made it look effortless, even as she was playing the most technically difficult of all the reed instruments… she took my breath away.” On their second album together, Reconvexo, Brazilian 7-string guitarist Marcello Gonçalves and Cohen, turn their attention to the deep well of music from the Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) songbook...