Avishai Cohen (trumpeter)

Avishai Cohen
Cohen with the SFJAZZ Collective in 2015
Background information
Born	1978 (age 38–39) Tel Aviv, Israel
Genres	Jazz, post-bop, bebop
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, bandleader
Instruments	Trumpet
Labels	ECM Records , Anzic Records, Fresh Sound
Associated acts	Avishai Cohen Quartet SFJAZZ Collective, Lemon Juice Quartet, Third World Love, 3 Cohens, Triveni, Tea for 3,
Website	avishaicohenmusic.com

Avishai Cohen Is a New York City–based jazz musician and composer originally from Tel Aviv, Israel.

Cohen was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He grew up in a musical family with his saxophonist siblings: sister Anat Cohen and brother Yuval Cohen (soprano saxophone). At the age of eight Avishai asked his mother if he could begin taking trumpet lessons. At age ten, Avishai began playing with the Rimon Big Band, He recalls, "I had a box I stood on." As a teenager Avishai toured with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra.

Avishai Cohen attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston. After graduating from Berklee, Cohen went on to win 3rd place in the Thelonious Monk jazz trumpet competition in 1997. Cohen then moved to New York City where he began developing his music alongside Jason Lindner and bassist Omer Avital at Smalls Jazz Club. He recorded his first album in 2003 with Anzic Records. The album title The Trumpet Player is titled such to avoid confusion with a jazz bassist of the same name (Avishai Cohen). Since then he has recorded with many notable jazz artists as a bandleader, co-leader, and composer. He has played with several jazz groups that include musicians from the SFJAZZ Collective. Cohen has stated that he was very heavily influenced by Miles Davis. He is married and has two children.