
The players are Cohen: trumpet, effects, synthesizer Uzi Ramirez: guitar Yonatan Albalak: guitar, bass Aviv Cohen: drums and Ziv Ravitz: drums, live sampling. The album is the catalyst for the band’s extensive international tour and was recorded in Studios La Buissonne in the South of France in August 2019 and produced by Manfred Eicher. Now, Cohen is releasing his fourth ECM album titled Big Vicious on March 27, 2020.īottom Line: Cohen’s electric project Big Vicious features two guitarists and two drummers and continues to win audiences at international festivals. Cohen and pianist Yonathan Avishai created a vibrant recording of their conversational playing with their 2019 ECM album Playing the Room. Each album featured his distinctive lyricism and ability to control a creative musical space in a meaningful manner. The following year, Cross My Palm with Silver marked his second ECM release. In 2016, Cohen joined the ECM label with the release of Into the Silence, featuring saxophonist Bill McHenry, pianist Yonathan Avishai, bassist Eric Revis, and drummer Nasheet Waits. Cohen leads his projects as well as several other projects, including his Triveni trio, Third World Love with bassist Omer Avital, and the 3 Cohens with his siblings, clarinetist Anat Cohen and saxophonist Yuval Cohen.


His music combines the best of avant-garde jazz, post-bop, and klezmer to form a swirling tapestry of musical sounds. Avishai Cohen is an Israeli-born composer and trumpet player that is known for his adventurous and forward-thinking approach to the jazz genre.
