JOE COHN

American jazz guitarist, born on 28 December 1956 in Flushing, New York, USA. Son of jazz singer Marilyn Moore and tenor sax player / composer Al Cohn. Father of multi-instrumentalist Shaye Cohn. from discogs The son of saxophonist/composer Al Cohn, Joe is well known as man who can play anything on the guitar. If it's impossible, he'll do it anyway. Heralded by Pat Metheny as an "unbelievable improviser" "able to keep ideas going and flowing" and turn "sentences into paragraphs and paragraphs into stories," his apparent virtuosity is complemented by a sensitivity to the narrative qualities of music. Born in Flushing, New York, in 1956, Cohn began playing guitar at age sixteen before studying at Berklee College of Music.It wasn't long until Cohn began playing and recording with jazz giants. In 1982, a twenty-five-year-old Cohn recorded alongside legendary pianist Hank Jones on his father's record "Overtones." That same year, Cohn would join read more...