October sees the release of new albums from two prominent jazz playing Avishai Cohens. The trumpet playing Avishai releases the rather good Ashes to Gold on ECM while the bass-playing Avishai drops Brightlight on Naïve. A first “single” Roni’s Swing was released a couple of months back and grabbed One Jazz’s ears for its sparkling and yes, bright, forward motion sound driven by drummer Roni Kaspi. Brightlight is a testament to Cohen’s eclecticism as an artist, featuring a diverse array of original compositions, jazz standards and one vocal track, the classic ‘Summertime’.
The overall effect is one of catchy tunes played with a sense of hopeful enthusiasm with Guy Moskovich’s glistening piano and plenty of well-pitched sumptuous bass solos from the Avishai himself.
This is our Album Of The Week on One Jazz w/c Monday 21st October