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Avishai Cohen (other)
Avishai Cohen or Avishay Cohen may refer to: *Avishai Cohen (bassist) (born 1970), Israeli jazz bassist *Avishai Cohen (trumpeter) Avishai Cohen ( he, אבישי כהן) is a New York City–based jazz musician and composer originally from Tel Aviv, Israel. Biography Cohen was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He grew up in a musical family with his saxophonist siblings: sis ... (born 1978), Israeli-born jazz trumpeter based in New York * Avishay Cohen (born 1995), Israeli footballer {{Hndis, Cohen, Avishai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avishai Cohen (bassist)
Avishai Cohen ( he, אבישי כהן; born April 20, 1970) is an Israeli jazz double bassist, composer, singer, and arranger. Early life Avishai was born in Kabri, a kibbutz in northern Israel. He has Spanish-Jewish, Greek-Jewish and Polish-Jewish ancestry. He grew up in a musical family at Motza and Beit Zayit near Jerusalem until the age of six, when his family moved to nearby Shoeva. He began playing the piano at 9 years old but changed to the bass guitar at the age of 14, inspired by bassist Jaco Pastorius, whose music was introduced to Cohen by a music teacher in St Louis, Missouri, where Cohen had moved with his family as a teenager. When his family moved back to Israel he joined the Music and Arts Academy in Jerusalem with a focus on acoustic bass. Later life and career Cohen played with Chick Corea and Claudia Acuña. At age 22, after having served for two years in an army band, Avishai moved to New York City, where he initially performed on the streets while wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avishai Cohen (trumpeter)
Avishai Cohen ( he, אבישי כהן) is a New York City–based jazz musician and composer originally from Tel Aviv, Israel. Biography 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 frequently confused with bassist Avishai Cohen, he named his debut 2003 album ''The Tru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
