Papal Visit Purim Millennium Snow in Jer. From star-struck fan to member of the band, Chick Corea enthusiast, Avishai Cohen, talks about his new CD and reveals details of his personal journey. Even in New York City, the epicenter of the global jazz scene, the number of top players who make a decent living out of the trade is almost negligible, compared with the more commercial areas of the music industry. So, it's all the more surprising to hear that Israeli-born bassist, Avishai Cohen, is about to move house from his rented Manhattan accommodation to a recently purchased apartment. Just eight years after first stepping gingerly off the plane at JFK, armed with nothing but his trusty double bass and a study grant, Cohen has achieved the Israeli jazz musician's dream.
Colors is a sort of continuation of the first two discs.
The same people play on Colors and the same person wrote the music. It's not a negative reflection on the first CDs. It's a matter of growth, of each individual player and of the band as a whole. When Cohen first arrived in New York, he had been playing jazz bass for just 18 months. He didn't know a soul in the Big Apple, but he had obtained a grant to study at the New School Jazz and Contemporary Program, having honed his jazz playing at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem.