Fire!
By Ashley Kahn
Twenty-nine years have passed since Anat Cohen moved to the U.S. from Israel, and 20 years since she released her debut album, Place & Time, establishing her own label Anzic Records. Cohen celebrates these milestones, plus another, one that she has come to accept graciously. “Time flies and somehow I’m turning 50,” laughs the musician whose instrumental approach remains youthfully buoyant.
By Bill Milkowski
By Catalina Maria Johnson
By DownBeat
At the end of last summer, over the Labor Day weekend, vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa took time out from preparing for her concert with Joshua Redman at the Detroit Jazz Festival to take a real chance: her first Blindfold Test, in front of a live audience. Silky smooth in her vocal delivery, Cavassa proved to be adept at this musical guessing game, too. She recently signed a deal with Blue Note Records, with a new album expected to drop later this year.
