Avishai Cohen

• 4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

Combining Latin sources and electronic dance grooves with sampling and textural elements, pop covers, solo piano, and traditional jazz methods, Avishai Cohen has without a doubt succeeded in creating a truly multi-genre album. Lyla not only presents music from diverse sources, but shows Cohen's willingness to blend and blur genre lines to establish a modern, heterogeneous phenomena. Unlike many similar undertakings, Cohen's music doesn't feel facile or cursory, and transplanted musical elements never seem to be misplaced, tagged-on, or the result of marketing ploys. In fact, even when results are flawed, each track resonates with an honest tone of genuine musical interest and knowledge. Ultimately, it is even difficult to discern which elements are transplanted and which native.

PERSONNEL:

• Avishai Cohen - electric bass, vocals
• Yagil Baras - acoustic & electric bass
• Eric McPherson - drums
• Mark Guiliana - drums, percussion
• Chick Corea - piano
• Yosvany Terry - alto sax
• Avi Lebovich - trombone, flute
• Alex Norris, Diego Urcola - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Bernie Kirsh, Jeff Taylor, Lola - vocals

TRACKS:

• 01. Ascension
• 02. Lyla
• 03. How Long
• 04. The Watcher
• 05. The Evolving Etude
• 06. Structure In Emotion
• 07. Handsonit
• 08. Come Together
• 09. How Long (Reflected)
• 10. Eternal Child
• 11. Simple Melody