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Anat Cohen

Poetica

Name: Poetica
Brand: Anzic Records
Price: 20.0 USD
Availability: SoldOut

01 Agada Yapanit 6:22

02 Hofim 6:39

03 The Purple Piece 7:30

04 Eyn Gedi 7:47

05 La Chanson Des Vieux Amants 4:08

06 Lonnie's Lament 7:22

07 Quando Eu Me Chamar Saudade 3:48

08 La Casa Del Llano 8:03

09 Nigunim 3:02

10 Cypresses 10:36

Joined by a quartet of downtown Manhattan jazz luminaries (pianist Jason Lindner, bassist Omer Avital, drummer Daniel Freedman) and a string quartet, Cohen plays clarinet with a total command of the instrument. She sensitively renders, Coltrane’s “Lonnie’s Lament,” a biting Brel chanson, a ballad by Brazilian songwriter, Cavaquinho, four Israeli songs, two of her own originals and one by Avital.

Credits

Anat Cohen – clarinet; Jason Lindner – piano; Omer Avital – bass; Daniel Freedman – drums, percussion (track 6); Gilad – percussion (track 10)
: String Quartet (tracks 4, 6, 9, 10); Danny Miller – cello; Antoine Silverman – violin; Belinda Whitney – violin; David Creswell – viola

Produced by: Anat Cohen & Omer Avital
Recorded by: Leon Dorsey (July 2006, NYC)
Mixed by: Joe Ferla (October 2006, NYC)
Mastered by: Mark Wilder (November 2006, Sony Studios, NYC)
Additional editing by: Michael Perez-Cisneros
Cover design by: Pamela Gelbert
Landscape photos by: Rob Stephenson

Press

“this is stunningly beautiful music, with Ms. Cohen's lovely, liquid tone … This is music that transcends all borders, whether of the generic or the geographical variety … The most stunning of all the international pieces on either album”
— Will Friedwald, The New York Sun

“a clarinetist who plays with high spirits, a silky tone, and a hard-polished edge … features spirited originals … a cover of Coltrane's "Lonnie's Lament" (with string quartet) that's as stirring as any out there”
— Fred Kaplan, Slate.com

“Cohen's mastery of the clarinet … her tone delightfully fluid and assured … the journey is never dull or predictable”
— Mike Joyce, Washington Post

“this enchanting collection of chamber pieces in which her virtuosity on clarinet is showcased with both a rhythm section and a string quartet”
— Gene Seymour, Newsday