Avishai Cohen - 1970 (2017)

1970 is arguably the most personal recording that Cohen has made so far in his career, as the title refers to the year he was born.

This album pushes all boundaries of jazz, we are dealing with the closest we can get to POP with Avishai. Unity, compassion, and togetherness have been recurrent themes in Cohens work to date, and he gives full vent to those feelings in the new album, especially with the piece "Song Of Hope." He also sketches out a more confessional emotional landscape with "My Lady" and "Move On", where he broaches the joy of love and the pain of heartbreak, drawing on the vocabulary of classic songwriters such as Stevie Wonder.

In one of the most interesting artistic decisions on the album, Cohen puts his stamp on the timeless gospel anthem, "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child". This new work reveals more layers of his artists personality as he approaches familiar and unfamiliar territories both in terms of material and arrangements. 1970 was a significant year and '1970' is a significant album in 2017.

Avishai Cohen, double bass, electric bass, vocals
Itamar Doari, percussion, vocals
Karen Malka, vocals
Yael Shapira, cello, vocals
Elyasaf Bishari, oud, vocals
Jonatan Daskal, keyboard
Tal Kohavi, drums

Recorded at Studio Ferber, Paris, France by Jay Newland assisted by Guillaume Dujardin
Mastered by Geoff Pesche at Abbey Road Studios, in June 2017
Produced by Jay Newland, Avishai Cohen and Johnny Goldstein