Anat Cohen - Poetica
ARTIST.....: Anat Cohen
TITLE......: Poetica
LABEL......: Anzic
URL........: www.anatcohen.com
RIP DATE...: Jan-25-2008
STORE DATE.: Jun-12-2007
GENRE......: Jazz
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 83,8 MB
Track Listing:
01 - agade yapanit (a japanese tale) 06:21
02 - hofim (beaches) 06:38
03 - the purple piece 07:30
04 - eyn gedi 07:47
05 - la chanson des vieux amants 04:08
06 - lonnie's lament 07:21
07 - quando eu me chamar saudade 03:48
08 - la casa del llano 08:02
09 - nigunim 03:01
10 - cypresses 10:36
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65:12 min
Release Notes:
I started to play the clarinet when I was 12. I received my early
formal music education in a conservatory and in junior high school
in my hometown of Tel-Aviv. At about age 16, when I decided to
pursue a major in Jazz at the ôThelma Yelinö High School For The
Arts, I was instructed to ôbring your brotherÆs saxophone oràany
horn... but NOT the clarinetö. For the next 15 years I played
mainly tenor saxophone and only brought out my clarinet
occasionally.
While attending Berklee College of Music in 1996, I met Phil
Wilson, a great musician and educator. He encouraged me to play
the clarinet because he felt I had my own ôvoiceö on the
instrument. After moving to NYC in 1999, I started to play
different styles of music in which the clarinet is part of their
tradition: Brazilian Choro, Dixieland, Colombian and Venezuelan
folk music, among others. For the last seven years, I have played
saxophones less and the clarinet more. I am feeling the connection
with the instrument I established as a child and enjoying it more
than ever.
I decided to make an album to share some of what I have learned
about playing the clarinet in various musical contexts. The songs
I have chosen are songs I have loved for years. There are some old
Israeli songs like ôHofimö (Beaches), ôNigunimö (Melodies) and
ôEin Gediö (a beautiful oasis in Israel), a great song by Israeli
singer/songwriter Ariel Zilber called ôJapanese Taleö (which has
stunning lyrics by Ehud Manor), a beautiful ballad called ôQuando
Eu Me Chamar Saudadeö by the extraordinary Brazilian songwriter
Nelson Cavaquinho, a French song by Jacques Brel ôLa Chanson des
Vieux Amantsö (Song for Old Lovers - which I would like to
dedicate to Yossi Banai, whose version of the song in Hebrew I can
only describe as truthful) and song by the great John Coltrane,
ôLonnieÆs Lamentö. There are and two original compositions of mine
- ôThe Purple Pieceö and ôLa Casa del Llanoö (a place I ate arepas
several times during a visit to Caracas, Venezuela) and Omer
AvitalÆs impressionistic song ôCypressesö.
I have always associated the clarinet with sounds that are
flowing, expressive and intimateà.i.eàpoetic. I made this album,
and named it Poetica, to inspire others to share this association
with me.
With: Anat Cohen û Clarinet Jason Lindner û Piano Omer Avital û
Bass Daniel Freedman - Drums (Percussion on LonnieÆs Lament) Gilad
û Percussion on Cypresses ** String Quartet on tracks 4,6,9 &10:
Antoine Silverman û Violin Belinda Whitney û Violin David Creswell
û Viola Danny Miller û Cello
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