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Avishai Cohen - Lyla (2003)
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Avishai Cohen - Lyla
Released: 2003 | Label: RazDaz Records | Cat No: 4607
Jazz: Straight-Ahead/Mainstream/Bop/Hard Bop/Cool
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Released: 2003 | Label: RazDaz Records | Cat No: 4607
Jazz: Straight-Ahead/Mainstream/Bop/Hard Bop/Cool
LOSSLESS (Ape.Img+Cue+Log) | 265 MB | No Scans
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(Mp3 Version @ 320 kbps)
| “ | Recordings that dabble in a variety of genres take the risk of sounding unfocused; all too often artists with diverse interests and influences are unable to find the thread that draws everything together, resulting in an apparent lack of direction. Fortunately this is not the case with Avishai Cohen who, with Lyla, has created a cosmopolitan effort that blurs the boundaries between jazz, pop, hip-hop and world music. Cohen, who first created a name for himself as a bassist with Chick Corea’s Origin and New Trio, has been moving towards this for some time. While his bass playing still figures prominently in the blend, he often-times relinquishes bass duties to Yagil Baras, instead playing a variety of keyboards and providing vocals on a few tracks. But Lyla’s real strength is in the composition, arrangement and production. Lyla is Cohen’s first recording for his fledgling Razdaz Records label. Cohen formed the label as a showcase for the numerous projects he is involved with after four recordings for Chick Corea’s Stretch Records, and if Lyla is any indication, the freedom inherent in having his own label is liberating indeed. From the improvisational fury of the West African-informed “Ascension”, to the title track which, with its use of Fender Rhodes and Spanish-tinged melody, owes something to Corea, to the atmospheric reading of Dr. Dre’s “Watchdog”, to the drum-n-bass of “Handsonit”, to the childlike simplicity of “Simple Melody”, Cohen covers a lot of territory. And yet, for all the diversity, the album hangs together as a whole. Other highlights on the recording are Cohen’s piano solo, “Structure in Emotion” which, with its three movements, shows an increasing maturity in Cohen’s musical vision; “Eternal Child”, a duet reading with Chick Corea, of Corea’s Elektric Band piece; and “The Evolving Etude” which, with Cohen’s International Vamp Band, who provide backup on many of the album’s group pieces, is a showcase for Cohen’s fleet-fingered electric bass work. Cohen is gradually emerging as a consummate artist with an ability to merge a multitude of styles into a new whole; Lyla should go a long way to further cement his reputation as someone who is unafraid to go where his muse takes him. | ” |
Credits:
Bass [Acoustic, Electric] - Yagil Baras
Drums - Eric McPherson
Drums, Percussion, Programmed By - Mark Guiliana
Piano - Chick Corea
Producer - Avishai Cohen , Mark Guiliana , Ray Jefford
Saxophone [Alto], Shaker [Chekere] - Yosvany Terry
Trombone, Flute - Avi Lebovich
Trumpet, Flugelhorn - Alex Norris , Diego Urcola
Vocals - Bernie Kirsh , Jeff Taylor (2) , Lola (4)
Vocals, Piano, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer, Fender Rhodes], Synthesizer, Bass [Acoustic, Electric] - Avishai Cohen
Tracklisting:
1 Ascension
2 Lyla
3 How Long
4 The Watcher
5 The Evolving Etude
6 Structure In Emotion
7 Handsonit
8 Come Together
9 How Long (Reflected)
10 Eternal Child
11 Simple Melody
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