Anat Cohen Saxophones / Clarinet

bio discography press kit quotes

“Cohen has emerged as one of the brightest, most original young instrumentalists in jazz … [she] has expanded the vocabulary of jazz with a distinctive accent of her own.”
---THE WASHINGTON POST, May 6, 2007

“A musical world traveler who likes to mix things up … [Cohen is] passionately literate in music far outside her local circle, [and] an improviser with gusto.”
- THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 11, 2007

"Poetica”…is the most lyrical of the two releases, an imaginatively arranged session showcasing Cohen’s mastery of the clarinet.
-Washington Post, May 11, 2007

"Now comes the big picture: a pair of simultaneously released CDs that demonstrate the Israeli-born saxophonist-clarinetist's remarkable range as a musician and composer."
- Washington Post, May 2007

“Especially on clarinet, Cohen’s is a compelling and original voice of great promise.”
- Global Rhythm, June 2007

"The world is Anat Cohen’s oyster...She’s young, she’s attractive, she’s ambitious—that’s the big three right there."
- Pop Matters, April 2007

“Anat Cohen captured the audience with a clever, virtuosic clarinet solo.”
---Frank Matzner, All About Jazz (June 2006)

“Particularly impressive was clarinetist Anat Cohen’s virtuosic turn on What a Little Moonlight Can Do.”
---Mike Joyce, The Washington Post (May 2006)

“ …the performances were electric and in-the-moment and the audience was treated to a taste of the picture/painting of a most talented player and writer.”
--- Donald Elfman, All About Jazz NY (July 2005)

“… I was delighted by the liquid runs and rich, woody tone with which she ornamented such Satchmo standbys as “Indiana” and “West End Blues.” If [Anat] has a fan club, I’m in.”
--- Terry Teachout, The Washington Post (March 2005)

"...the section sparkle and the soloist are mostly compelling, especially tenor saxophonist Anat Cohen, whose work bristle with invention."
-- Gary Giddins, The village Voice (July 2003)

"A perky choro by Pixinguinha featured Anat Cohen, nimble on clarinet; a quick-tongued boast about musicianship."
— Jon Pareles, The New York Times (May 22, 2002)

"Ms. Cohen filled the room with a huge, bursting sound and infectious beat - not unlike that of her influences Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins and, currently, Joe Lovano."
— Nat Hentoff, The Wall Street Journal (April 20, 2001)

“I would like to give Wynton Marsalis a blindfold test and play not only recordings by the International Sweethearts of Rhythm…, also he ought to hear Israeli saxophonist Anat Cohen…
--- Nat Hentoff, Jazz Times (June 2001)

". . .saxophonist Anat Cohen knocked everybody out with a gutsy, swinging tenor turn"
— Dan Morgenstern, Jazz Times (August 2000)

". . .Israeli clarinetist Anat Cohen [is] sharp in her improvisations. The yearning Portuguese melodies and speedy, virtuosic runs are not such a stretch for Israeli schooled in klezmer, which can also be plaintive and frisky."
— Michelle Mercer, The Village Voice (Jan 22, 2002)

"Doubling on clarinet, Miss Cohen was part two of Five Play
— The Washington Post (May 13, 2000)

"Cohen's clarinet work was breathtaking."
— Sarah D'hesti Mileer, Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin (Oct. 11, 2002)

"Anat Cohen makes her soprano sax cry in a plaintive nostalgia pampas on "Dreaming", then blends with tenor and violin. The effect is ethereal, floating without key signature and displaced lines."
— Fred Bouchard, Down Beat Magazine (July, 2002)

"Anat is an Israeli that seems like Brazilian when she plays samba, she is a saxphonist, a clarinetist, and when she plays the tamborim we remember the samba schools in Brazil"
— Brazilian Press, New York (June 13 2001)