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Avishai Cohen Quartet at Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Courtesy of Bennett Jackson | Posted on February 14, 2016
Where
Kuumbwa Jazz Center
320-2 Cedar Street
Santa Cruz, CA
Map
831-427-2227
When
Mon, May 2, 2016
7:00 pm
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Musicians
Avishai Cohen
bassAbout
Trumpeter Avishai Cohen debuts music from his new recording, Into the Silence. Voted three years in a row as a Rising Star in DownBeat magazine’s Critics Poll, Avishai has been winning accolades as a talent to watch. The New York Times compared his style to that of the legendary Clifford Brown, praising him as “an assertive, accomplished trumpeter with a taste for modernism.” Previously, Cohen has been a member of the SFJAZZ Collective. He also plays in The 3 Cohens Sextet with his older siblings, clarinet sensation Anat and saxophonist Yuval. Currently, Avishai leads an A-list quartet featuring pianist Jason Lindner – Lindner played with Donny McCaslin and David Bowie on Blackstar, Bowie’s enigmatic, final recording project...