AVISHAI COHEN
CASINO BARRIERE BORDEAUX, Rue Cardinal Richaud, 33300 Bordeaux Directions
Sat 17.10.2026 20:30
Auteur, compositeur et contrebassiste israélien de jazz né à Jérusalem, le 20 avril 1970, Avishai Cohen est reconnu dans le monde entier pour ses talents de composition et d’instrumentiste.Avishai Cohen part aux Etats-Unis, à New York plus précisément, en 1992 afin de rencontrer et de se confronter à d'autres musiciens de jazz pour exercer son art. C'est là qu'il rencontre le légendaire Chick Corea, qui le prend sous son aile pour le faire enregistrer et l'emmener se produire en live avec lui lors de tournées mondiales avec ses groupes : Origin et Chick Corea New Trio.Avishai Cohen publie un premier album, intitulé Adama en 1998 via le label Stretch Records. Le disque est coproduit par son mentor Chick Corea... La brillante et passionnante carrière d'Avishai Cohen est lancée et lui permettra de côtoyer les plus grands, comme Brad Mehldau, Roy Hargrove ou encore Herbie Hancock !Sur disque et en live, l’artiste mélange avec maestria le jazz, la musique classique, la world music et les musiques israélo-latines.
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Avishai Cohen
Avishai Cohen (born 1970 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli jazz bassist, composer and arranger. He was raised by a musical family, and as a child he started playing piano. After a few years he moved to the bass guitar. Later, after playing in the army for a while, he moved to New York City. After performing some small clubs, he was noticed by Chick Corea and was given a record contract. He has performed in two of Chick Corea's bands, "Origin" and the "Chick Corea New Trio".
After having recorded "Adama" in 1997 and "Colors" three years later, Avishai decided to create his own label in 2003. The label released its debut CD, "Lyla" in September 2003. In February of 2005 Razdaz Recordz released "At Home", an album that was arguably Avishai Cohen's most compelling and striking new recording to date.
That is until the artist conceived of, and recorded his newest studio CD, the spectacularly beautiful, "Continuo". Cohen’s third recording on his label Razdaz Recordz, and his seventh as a leader, was recorded in Gothenburg, Sweden in December 2005 with Avishai's core trio of pianist/keyboardist Sam Barsh and drummer/percussionist Mark Guiliana.
With the 2007 release of "As Is . . . Live at The Blue Note" (CD/DVD), for the first time ever, audiences can now revel in the groove, melody, power, excitement and beauty of an Avishai Cohen performance at home, repeatedly. This live album is the definitive and final documentation of this trio as Avishai takes the band in an exciting new direction with the arrival of the young Israeli piano virtuoso Shai Maestro, poised to take over where the brilliant Sam Barsh left off.
New album "Gently Disturbed" released in 2008 performed by Avishai's trio. Avishai also shows more of his "Avishai Cohen & Ensemble" on their world tour.
