Happy Song comes in second in DownBeat's Jazz Album of the Year Critics Poll!

#2: Anat Cohen Tentet: Happy Song
Anat Cohen's Happy Song is the result of a diverse, remarkably talented cast of players, composers, and arrangers. Cohen wrote or co-wrote three of the tracks here, and the musical director for the project was Oded Lev-Ari. Cohen's clarinet work is consistently compelling throughout, whether she's exploring fusion on Lev-Ari's "Trills and Thrills" or unleashing the toe-tapper "Oh Baby."