Israeli / American trumpet player Avishai Cohen is a popular jazz musician. Also in the Netherlands, where he effortlessly sells out venues such as the Amsterdam Bimhuis and the Rotterdam Lantaren / Venster. His playing is technically gifted but also always intense and deep-digging and carries both the legacy of and his origins. That Jewish / Arab melancholy was mainly expressed in (2016), an
… elegy for his late father and his debut for the European . Successor Cross My Palm With Silver sounds heavier and more rooted in jazz traditions. Cohen put together his ideal quartet, including pianist Yonathan Avishai and drummer Nasheet Waits. They sound smooth and accurate on Cross My Palm With Silver. Undeterred, there is improvisation and adventure within five of Cohen's compositions. It shows why the trumpet player is so loved by the jazz audience. (MR)more
