Anat Cohen
and Fred Hersch, two of most prolific and celebrated artists in modern jazz
today, proudly announce the release of their debut duo recording, Live In
Healdsburg. The album, due out on Anzic Records on March 9, displays qualities
these world-class artists, and expert collaborators, have in abundance:
empathy, open hearts, big ears, quick instincts, and an ego-less approach to
the music. Cohen and Hersch also have the rare gift of combining virtuosity and
beauty, which permeates every note they play.
As
remarkable a clarinetist as she is, I have rarely played with a musician who
listens so well. Often in the middle of a solo, she will stop playing and just
check out what I am doing. She has amazing ears and such an ease with her
instrument that she can really 'tell stories' in the moment. And Anat always
imparts a sense of joy and passion to everything she plays. It is a true
pleasure to make music with her! - Fred Hersch
Playing with
Fred feels like swimming in an endless sea of possibilities. Fred is finely
tuned to the moment and always ready to take the music in any direction -
swinging, open, serious, humorous, groovy and always tasteful. Fred's
incredible playing and his fascinating palate of colors and moods inspire me to
jump in with my clarinet and go on an adventure together. It is a true pleasure
to make music with him! - Anat Cohen
Live In
Healdsburg comes on the heels of Anat's Tentet recording, Happy Song, and her
two Brazilian albums, Outra Coisa: The Music of Moacir Santos (with 7-guitarist
Marcello Gonçalves) and Rosa Dos Ventos (with Trio Brasileiro), both nominated
for Grammy Awards this year. This trio of releases follows her previous album,
Luminosa (2015). "The sound of Luminosa reflects my musical life in New
York City," she explained. "I flow between modern and traditional
jazz, between samba and choro - all maybe in a week's time. The title is
Portuguese for luminous and to me, music is a luminous experience. Whenever I'm
immersed in it, life lights up for me, no matter what else is going on."
In a feature on Luminosa, NPR said: "Jazz musicians don't get much more
global than Anat Cohen." Prior to that release came Claroscuro in 2012,
another worldly collection that featured such guests as Paquito D'Rivera and
Wycliffe Gordon - and garnered a four-and-a-half-star review in DownBeat
Magazine. In 2009, Anat was the first Israeli to ever headline the hallowed
Village Vanguard, a stand that yielded a quartet tribute to the Benny Goodman
songbook in Clarinetwork: Live at the Village Vanguard (2010). Notes from the
Village (2008) was a showcase for her multi-reed talents in quartet and quintet
settings, and she released two albums in 2007, the orchestral Noir and string
quartet-laced Poetica. Anat made her leader debut with the small-combo Place
& Time (2005). Anat has also recorded four acclaimed albums as part of the3
Cohens Sextet with her brothers, saxophonist Yuval and trumpeter Avishai: One
(2003), Braid (2007), Family (2011) and Tightrope (2013), with their work
together landing them on the cover of DownBeat.
All About
Jazz aptly called Anat "one of a kind," and she has won over the most
knowing of jazz sages: Dan Morgenstern praised her "gutsy, swinging"
style, Ira Gitler her "liquid dexterity and authentic feeling," and
Gary Giddins her musicality "that bristles with invention." The late
Nat Hentoff said: "Anat does what all authentic musicians do: She tells
stories from her own experiences that are so deeply felt that they are very
likely to connect listeners to their own dreams, desires and longings."
For Fred
Hersch, Live In Healdsburg is the follow up recording to his latest CD, the
double Grammy nominated, Open Book (his 7th and 8th nominations). This album
with Ms. Cohen is also the latest recording in a stunningly impressive
discography that dates back to the 1980s and encompasses more than twenty
albums as a leader. Hersch has also appeared on more than twenty recordings as
co-leader, over two dozen albums as a featured soloist (including the album
Tightrope from The 3 Cohens, on Anzic), and more than sixty recordings as a
sideman, for the likes of Art Farmer, Lee Konitz, Toots Thielemans, Eddie
Daniels, Billy Harper and many others. Hersch, a Guggenheim fellow, recently
released his memoir, Good Things Happen Slowly, which was featured in the Sunday
New York Times and was named one of 2017's Five Best Memoirs by The Washington
Post.
ANAT
COHEN/FRED HERSCH - Live In Healdsburg
1. A Lark
(Fred Hersch) 8:23
2. Child's
Song (Fred Hersch) 7:21
3. The
Purple Piece (Anat Cohen) 8:27
4. Isfahan
(Billy Strayhorn) 8:05
5. Lee's
Dream (Fred Hersch) 5:19
6. Peacocks
(Jimmy Rowles) 10:25
7. Jitterbug
Waltz (Fats Waller) 8:19
8. Mood
Indigo - Encore (Duke Ellington) 5:13
Recorded
live at the Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Raven Performing Arts Theater,
Healdsburg, CA, June 11, 2016
Anat Cohen
On Tour - 2018
March 2 -
NYC @ The 92nd Street Y
March 10 -
Cambridge, MA @ Sanders Theatre
Double Bill
with Ben Wendel Seasons Group
March 14-17
- Davis, CA @ Mondavi Center for The Performing Arts
Fred Hersch
& Anat Cohen Duo
March 18 - Boise, Idaho @ Boise State
University
Fred Hersch
& Anat Cohen Duo
March 20
& 21 - Seattle, WA @ Dimitriou's Jazz Alley
Fred Hersch
& Anat Cohen Duo
April 5 -
Lawrence, KS @ Lied Center of Kansas
Special
Guest w/ KU Jazz Ensemble I
April 7 - Kansas City, MO @ American Jazz
Museum
Anat Cohen
Tentet
April 8 -
Columbia, MO @ "We Always Swing"® Jazz Series
Anat Cohen
Tentet
April 9
& 10 - Lebanon, IL @ Hettenhausen Center for the Arts,
McKendree University
Anat Cohen
Tentet
April 11 -
Dayton, OH @ Sears Recital Hall, University of Dayton
Anat Cohen
Tentet
April 21 -
Davie, FL @ Bailey Hall, Broward College
Anat Cohen
Quartet
May 5 - Washington, DC @ John F. Kennedy
Center For The Performing Arts
Celebrate
Mary Lou Williams featuring the Anat Cohen Tentet
May 31 -
Sante Fe, NM @ Lensic Performing Arts Center
Fred Hersch
& Anat Cohen Duo
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