The Egg Presents: Avishai Cohen

Avishai Cohen is globally recognized as a musician with an individual sound and a questing spirit, an ever-creative player-composer open to multiple strains of jazz and active as a leader, co-leader, and sideman. Aside from the acclaimed work with his quartet over the last several years, and previously his trio work under the moniker *Triveni*, the trumpeter has also recorded and toured the world as part of the Mark Turner Quartet, the SFJAZZ Collective, Jazz100, Zakir Hussain, and the 3 Cohens Sextet – with his sister, clarinetist-saxophonist Anat, and brother, saxophonist Yuval.

In 2024, Cohen released his newest album, *Ashes to Gold*, a deeply introspective and richly textured exploration of life’s transitions and renewal. The album showcases Cohen’s ability to blend lyrical beauty with technical brilliance, further solidifying his reputation as a boundary-pushing innovator in contemporary jazz.

Named as the Artistic Director of the International Jerusalem Festival, Cohen has also been voted a Rising Star on three consecutive occasions in the *DownBeat* Critics Poll.

“Cohen is a multicultural jazz musician, among whose ancestors is Miles Davis. Like Davis, he can make the trumpet a vehicle for uttering the most poignant human cries.” (JazzTimes)

“…the trumpeter conveys on stage all the nuances and inspiration of the moment.” (Télérama)

“Avishai Cohen has rather quietly become one of the most creative trumpet players in jazz.” (JazzTimes)