muzycy:
Anne Drummond - Flute
Avishai Cohen - Bass (Electric), Bass (Acoustic)
Diego Urcola - Flugelhorn
Jeff Ballard - Percussion
Mark Guiliana - Percussion, Drums
Sam Barsh - Organ, Piano, Melodica, Fender Rhodes
Tomer Tzur - Hand Drums
Yosvany Terry - Saxophone, Chekere

The Guardian - Friday December 3, 2004 � [John Fordham]

In 2000, the Israeli double-bassist and composer Avishai Cohen, a regular Chick Corea accompanist, released the kind of composer's album rarely expected from sidemen, particularly bassists. Cohen's album Colors was a remarkably sophisticated start, demonstrating that most elusive of knacks for writing simple tunes that aren't simple. He also showed a highly developed arranger's sense of shading a melody with bold instrumental choices, and revealing it anew with subtle harmonies and textures.
Then Cohen seemed to get worried about not being enough fun (just as his old boss Corea had regularly done) and started pumping out repetitive Cuban and funk hooks instead, with very little of it hinting at the special talents he clearly had. Last year's Lyla seemed to represent a partial journey back, and At Home completes the trip. Cohen is at Ronnie Scott's until Saturday with this fluently lyrical material, but an expanded band on the disc gets the best out of the leader's delectable folk-themes and slow-build harmonic developments. From the seductive looping theme of Feediop - with its sly accelerations where the form suggests rock steadiness, and its occasional tweaks to the anticipated harmony - and the lovely, carol-like melody of Madrid, the folk-dance theme and percussive intensity of Leh-Lah, and on through furious piano improvisations from Bar-sheshet against Mark Guiliana's fat-in-a-pan drumming (Punk), wistful brass harmonies and airy flute ruminations (Meditteranean Sun), the music is consistently riveting, but without eclipsing the ingenuity of the improvisers. Avishai Cohen is back where he should be.

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Gdy w drugiej połowie lat 90., urodzony w Izraelu, basista i kompozytor - Avishai Cohen pojawił się na scenie nowojorskiej, okrzyknięty został �objawieniem�.
Krytyków i muzyków urzekła przede wszystkim jego wielka charyzma oraz charakterystyczne dla jego muzyki: potężne brzmienie, apetyt na �podchwytliwe� rytmy i zamiłowanie do etnicznych miksów.
Komercyjny sukces przyniosła Cohenowi współpraca z Danilo Perezem (uwieczniona na świetnie przyjętym krążku �Panamonk�). Następnie Cohen trafił do podstawowego składu zespołu Chicka Corea - Origin Sextet; grał także w jego Chicka Corea New Trio, z którym wystąpił pod koniec lat 90-tych na koncertach w Polsce.
Doświadczenia ze współpracy z Chickiem Corea, wielki talent oraz ogrom niebanalnych pomysłów sprawiły, że Cohen stał się jednym z najważniejszych współczesnych muzyków jazzowych. Magazyn DownBeat nazwał go �wizjonerem gatunku i jednym z najciekawszych muzyków młodego pokolenia�.
W grudniu 2004 roku ze swoim kwartetem dał kilka znakomicie przyjętych koncertów w Polsce.

The Guardian - Friday December 3, 2004 � [John Fordham]

In 2000, the Israeli double-bassist and composer Avishai Cohen, a regular Chick Corea accompanist, released the kind of composer's album rarely expected from sidemen, particularly bassists. Cohen's album Colors was a remarkably sophisticated start, demonstrating that most elusive of knacks for writing simple tunes that aren't simple. He also showed a highly developed arranger's sense of shading a melody with bold instrumental choices, and revealing it anew with subtle harmonies and textures.
Then Cohen seemed to get worried about not being enough fun (just as his old boss Corea had regularly done) and started pumping out repetitive Cuban and funk hooks instead, with very little of it hinting at the special talents he clearly had. Last year's.......
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