Avishai Cohen – Almah (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:36 minutes | 914 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Parlophone (France)
This lyrical jazz/classical crossover set from the Israeli composer, bassist and singer glows with seductive songs, from its luxuriously harmonised classical overture, via Israeli and Sephardic folk materials to his quietly ecstatic folk-vocal finale. Almah also features pianist Nitai Hershkovits, drummer Ofri Nehemya, and the unique oboe and cor anglais improviser Yoram Lachish, alongside violin, violas and cello. Cohen’s Song for My Brother unfolds in a rolling trance, pivoting on an emphatic bass break, On a Black Horse veers between wistful baroque symmetry and implacable string-group funk, and Thad Jones’ A Child Is Born gains new resonances from the contrast between Lachish’s plaintive reeds and Cohen’s bass. There are gliding oboe lullabies, pounding Arab dances, and the hip-hoppish Shlosre is a fiendish rhythmic workout for the jazz trio at the core of this band. It’s genre-blending music from a conventional melodist’s angle, but made with a real sensitivity to its ingredients.
Tracklist:
1. Avishai Cohen – Overture ‘Noam’, Op 1 (03:53)
2. Avishai Cohen – Song For My Brother (04:55)
3. Avishai Cohen – On a Black Horse Linearity (04:17)
4. Avishai Cohen – A Child is Born (06:25)
5. Avishai Cohen – Arab Medley (04:11)
6. Avishai Cohen – Southern Lullaby (02:38)
7. Avishai Cohen – Hayo Hayta (06:09)
8. Avishai Cohen – Shlosre (03:52)
9. Avishai Cohen – Kefel (03:28)
10. Avishai Cohen – Kumi Venetse Hasadeh (03:45)
