WDR Big Band and 3 Cohens featuring Anat Cohen, Avishai Cohen, Yuval Cohen and Oded Lev-Ari - Interaction (Live) (2025) [Hi-Res]

All-Star Jazz Trio The 3 Cohens — Featuring Siblings Anat Cohen (Clarinet),
Avishai Cohen (Trumpet) & Yuval Cohen (Saxophone) — Return with
Interaction, a Live Album with Germany’s Venerable WDR Big Band.
Interaction captures The 3 Cohens and WDR ensemble joining forces for an evening of originals and classics arranged and conducted by Oded Lev-Ari.

The members of all-star family jazz band The 3 Cohens — featuring Anat Cohen (clarinet), Avishai Cohen (trumpet) and Yuval Cohen (soprano saxophone) — have always taken time out from their ever-burgeoning careers as soloists and bandleaders to reconvene for music-making together. The siblings developed a deep musical bond growing up in Tel Aviv, with improvising together becoming second nature for them. The 3 Cohens recorded four studio albums over a decade: 2003’s One, 2007’s Braid, 2011’s Family and 2013’s Tightrope, with the last three released by Anzic Records, the indie label founded by Anat with kindred-spirit producer-collaborator Oded Lev-Ari. DownBeat put The 3 Cohens — with Anat the middle child to the elder Yuval and younger Avishai — on the cover of its January 2012 issue, hailing the trio’s “chemistry, alchemy, telepathy.” Ten years on from that milestone, the 3 Cohens reunited for a live collaboration with Germany’s lauded WDR Big Band (a Köln-based ensemble that has been performing jazz on West German Radio since 1957); the program showcased tailormade arrangements by Lev-Ari of compositions by himself and each member of The 3 Cohens, as well as two of their favorite classics: Gerry Mulligan's “Festive Minor” and the Louis Armstrong hit “Tiger Rag.” The performance was recorded for a very special live album, Interaction.

Yuval Cohen: Soprano Saxophone
Anat Cohen: Clarinet
Avishai Cohen: Trumpet and Effects
Oded Lev-Ari: Conductor

WDR Big Band:
Saxophones: Stefan Pfeifer-Galilea, Johan Hörlén, Paul Heller, Ben Fitzpatrick, Jens Neufang
Trumpets: Andy Haderer, Rob Bruynen, Wim Both, Ruud Breuls
Trombones: Raphael Klemm, Jonathan Böbel, Mattis Cederberg, Andy Hunter
Rhythm section: Billy Test (piano, Fender Rohdes), Hans Dekker (drum set), John Goldsby (double bass)

Tracklist:
1 Shufla de Shufla (Live)
2 Catch of the Day (For A & M) (Live)
3 Tiger Rag (Live)
4 Naked Truth Pt. 2 (Live)
5 Festive Minor (Live)
6 Trills & Thrills (Live)
7 Footsteps & Smiles (Live)