page_title: Avishai Cohen (trumpeter)
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Avishai Cohen (trumpeter) / Biography
caption_attribution_description: English: Avishai Cohen at Bach Dancing &amp; Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay CA 9/10/17. Photo: Brian McMillen / brianmcmillen@hotmail.com w/Gadi Lehavi, p; Barak Mori, b; Marcus Gilmore, d.
context_page_description: Avishai Cohen is a New York City–based jazz musician and composer originally from Tel Aviv, Israel.
context_section_description: Cohen was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He grew up in a musical family with his saxophonist siblings: sister Anat Cohen and brother Yuval Cohen (soprano saxophone). At the age of eight Avishai asked his mother if he could begin taking trumpet lessons. At age ten, Avishai began playing with the Rimon Big Band, He recalls, "I had a box I stood on." As a teenager Avishai toured with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra.
  Avishai Cohen attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston. After graduating from Berklee, Cohen went on to win 3rd place in the Thelonious Monk jazz trumpet competition in 1997. Cohen then moved to New York City, where he began developing his music alongside Jason Lindner and bassist Omer Avital at Smalls Jazz Club. Because he was initially frequently confused with the bassist Avishai Cohen, he named his debut 2003 album The Trumpet Player. He has played with several jazz groups that include musicians from the SFJAZZ Collective. Cohen has stated that he was very heavily influenced by Miles Davis. He is married and has two children.
caption: Avishai Cohen at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay CA 9/10/17
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