Anat Cohen ( he, ענת כהן, born 1975) is a

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-based

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clarinetist, saxophonist, and bandleader from

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Biography

Cohen began playing clarinet and saxophone. In 1996, she studied at the

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. She has also recorded with her brothers Avishai Cohen (trumpeter) and Yuval Cohen (alto and soprano saxophonist). Her debut album, ''Place & Time'', featuring

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, Jeff Ballard, and Avishai Cohen, was released in 2005 on

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. Her most recent album as leader, with the Anat Cohen Tentet, was ''Triple Helix'', released in 2019 also on Anzic Records. Cohen performs regularly and has appeared at a number of notable jazz festivals, including the

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, Tudo É Jazz Festival, and the North Sea Jazz Festival.

Awards

In 2007 she won the awards for "Up and Coming Artist" and "Clarinetist of the Year" from the

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. She was also voted "Clarinetist of the Year" every year between 2008 and 2021 and honored as "Multi-Reedist of the Year" in 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017 by the Jazz Journalists Association. She has received multiple citations in ''

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'' magazine's annual critics' and readers' polls in multiple categories: "Rising Star" in the tenor saxophone (2012), "Rising Star" in the soprano saxophone (2013), and top ranking in the clarinet (2010-2021). On 12 July 2013, she received the 2013 Paul Acket Award from the

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Festival in

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from the BNP Foundation. On 27 November 2017, she was nominated for two

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- for ''Outra Coisa: The Music Of Moacir Santos'' (with Marcello Goncalves) in the "Best Latin Jazz Album" category and for ''Rosa Dos Ventos'' (with Trio Brasileiro) in the "Best World Music Album" category. She was nominated for a Grammy in 2019 for ''Triple Helix'' in the "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album" category.

Discography

As Leader *''Place & Time'' (2005) *''Poetica'' (2007) *''Notes From the Village'' (2008) *''Clarinetwork: Live at the Village Vanguard'' (2010) *''Claroscuro'' (2012) *''Luminosa'' (2015) With The Anzic Orchestra *''Noir'' (2007) With The Choro Ensemble *''Choro Ensemble'' (2005) *''Nosso Tempo'' (2008) With 3 Cohens *''One'' (2003) *''Braid'' (2007) *''Family'' (2011) *''Tightrope'' (2013) With

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*''

Beat the Donkey ''Beat the Donkey'' is an album by percussionist Cyro Baptista, which marked the debut of his rotating percussion and dance ensemble that would become known as Beat the Donkey, which was released on the Tzadik label in 2002.Infinito'' (Tzadik, 2009) Brazilian style * ''Alegria Da Casa'', with Trio Brasileiro (2016) * ''Outra Coisa'', with Marcello Gonçalves (2017) * ''Rosa Dos Ventos'', with Trio Brasileiro (2017) With The Anat Cohen Tentet * ''Happy Song'' (2017) * ''Triple Helix'' (2019) With

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* ''Live In Healdsburg'' (2018)

References

External links

Official websiteOxford Music Online
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, Anat 1975 births Living people Musicians from Tel Aviv Women jazz saxophonists Israeli jazz saxophonists Jazz clarinetists 21st-century saxophonists 21st-century women musicians 21st-century clarinetists